Garage Life Motoring
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Pat who's the "we" in garage life motoring? Is this a solo venture or did you partner with someone? Will you have a physical store front or drop ship stuff?
^because if you drop ship, it makes it pretty much impossible to draw male genitalia on boxes and send them out
But for seriousness this is pretty cool!
You can sell rad parts
Spence for website/shirts
Dave can do decals
I can eat burritos two at a time
What a team!
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Pat who's the "we" in garage life motoring? Is this a solo venture or did you partner with someone? Will you have a physical store front or drop ship stuff?
^because if you drop ship, it makes it pretty much impossible to draw male genitalia on boxes and send them out
But for seriousness this is pretty cool!
You can sell rad parts
Spence for website/shirts
Dave can do decals
I can eat burritos two at a time
What a team!
For an extra fee we will draw genitalia on boxes! I have recruited my Brother in Law to help out since he's more of the VW/Audi guy. At this moment we don't have a store front but it's a plan for the future so everything will be drop shipped or hand delivered. We have a plan for the next 5 years and if we make it that far then you guys will find out more lol. At this time I am narrowing our focus and working on an assortment that makes sense for us. This means finding models that share parts and are popular so we can maximize the space we have on the site. At the moment for BMW I've selected 1 series and 3 series (e36, e46, e90) and debating whether to add 5er (e34, e39, e60). We still have access to a huge number of parts for just about every OEM out there. I want the assortment to reflect "Quality parts and low prices". I know that because i'm a little guy I can't always have the lowest price but that's the goal. For example, The Cobb AP3 for the N54 will be selling for $835 before shipping which is extremely competitive. I am very competitive on ST coil overs but KW is typically a bit more expensive from me.
I have been in the auto industry in various capacities for 10 years now from being a tech to service manager, automotive recruiting and now a regional manager overseeing op's for 12 large retail service centers. I've wanted to do my own thing for a long time but it could never conflict with my "real" job and that means I couldn't advertise doing installations for services that are also done at work. The retail idea came to me last Wednesday night while I was laying in bed and couldn't sleep. This idea popped into my head and overtook me, that Friday I had Garage Life Motoring registered as an LLC and distributor figured out. Not having a store front limits the number of distributors that I can work with because some have very strict requirements.
Apparel/stickers is definitely on our list but I have a to do list with priority numbers assigned and that's towards the lower end right now. We're working on our e-store right now and I'll be in touch with some of you to look at it once we're done and make sure we haven't completely fucked it up. We're building it on 3dcart right now.
These are just tidbits of whats going through my head right now and where we're at. I've been balancing a busy "real" job schedule, family life and trying to get this started so nothing has been at a lightning pace but i'm excited to see the support is out there already!
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For an extra fee we will draw genitalia on boxes! I have recruited my Brother in Law to help out since he's more of the VW/Audi guy. At this moment we don't have a store front but it's a plan for the future so everything will be drop shipped or hand delivered. We have a plan for the next 5 years and if we make it that far then you guys will find out more lol. At this time I am narrowing our focus and working on an assortment that makes sense for us. This means finding models that share parts and are popular so we can maximize the space we have on the site. At the moment for BMW I've selected 1 series and 3 series (e36, e46, e90) and debating whether to add 5er (e34, e39, e60). We still have access to a huge number of parts for just about every OEM out there. I want the assortment to reflect "Quality parts and low prices". I know that because i'm a little guy I can't always have the lowest price but that's the goal. For example, The Cobb AP3 for the N54 will be selling for $835 before shipping which is extremely competitive. I am very competitive on ST coil overs but KW is typically a bit more expensive from me.
I have been in the auto industry in various capacities for 10 years now from being a tech to service manager, automotive recruiting and now a regional manager overseeing op's for 12 large retail service centers. I've wanted to do my own thing for a long time but it could never conflict with my "real" job and that means I couldn't advertise doing installations for services that are also done at work. The retail idea came to me last Wednesday night while I was laying in bed and couldn't sleep. This idea popped into my head and overtook me, that Friday I had Garage Life Motoring registered as an LLC and distributor figured out. Not having a store front limits the number of distributors that I can work with because some have very strict requirements.
Apparel/stickers is definitely on our list but I have a to do list with priority numbers assigned and that's towards the lower end right now. We're working on our e-store right now and I'll be in touch with some of you to look at it once we're done and make sure we haven't completely fucked it up. We're building it on 3dcart right now.
These are just tidbits of whats going through my head right now and where we're at. I've been balancing a busy "real" job schedule, family life and trying to get this started so nothing has been at a lightning pace but i'm excited to see the support is out there already!
I'm glad you have your ducks in a row. Apparel and stickers are cool and all, but not a real business priority. I'll always interject my shameless t-shirt plug tho!
I've never heard of 3DCart but their website doesn't look bad. I've used Magento, Shopify, WooCommerce and BigCommerce.
When I was running my hookah business, I did about $15k through my Shopify website that was costing me a whopping $30/month. It's a very easy to use platform as well. Etsy was a more popular sales platform for me, but obviously you won't be using that.
I'm not sure how far along with 3DCart you are, but good luck!
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I'm glad you have your ducks in a row. Apparel and stickers are cool and all, but not a real business priority. I'll always interject my shameless t-shirt plug tho!
I've never heard of 3DCart but their website doesn't look bad. I've used Magento, Shopify, WooCommerce and BigCommerce.
When I was running my hookah business, I did about $15k through my Shopify website that was costing me a whopping $30/month. It's a very easy to use platform as well. Etsy was a more popular sales platform for me, but obviously you won't be using that.
I'm not sure how far along with 3DCart you are, but good luck!
We started on Shopify but we found 3dcart to be easier for us to work with. The nice thing is that if we don't like it then we can always try something different. The most difficult part was finding something that allowed a Y/M/M lookup but that was extremely expensive so our solution was to just limit the pathway to Make>Model>Chassis. It's not as precise but easier and cheaper on our end. I'll try and send you what we have so far.
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WHA NO E30? WHY U NO E30?
but really, will be cool to have a local supplier of parts! i would really like picking up parts instead of shipping them.
Dan
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WHA NO E30? WHY U NO E30?
but really, will be cool to have a local supplier of parts! i would really like picking up parts instead of shipping them.
hahaha, I was waiting the e30 comment from someone! If anyone wants e30 stuff I can order it, just off the top of my head I can get control arms, eibach and H&R springs, Bilstein/Koni/Sachs shocks, various brake parts from EBC/Stoptech and many other parts.
To clarify, we don't have a store front at this time but it's a plan in the future. For now I won't be carrying inventory but am happy to order something and meet up if need be.
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Hello! I just wanted to let everyone know that we still exist! I have access to ECS full catalog so if there is anything you are interested in please shoot me a note and I will get you a price!
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Bump from the grave
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Bump. Pat has saved me some good $$$ a few times!
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How does that work? You can sell stuff from ECStuning and a lower price?
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I have a wholesale account with ECS do installation and repair aside from my normal job and use them almost exclusively for parts so I try and pass on my wholesale pricing to the community.
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I have a wholesale account with ECS do installation and repair aside from my normal job and use them almost exclusively for parts so I try and pass on my wholesale pricing to the community.
Expect an order soon then!
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Expect an order soon then!
Just shoot me a note with part #'s and i'll get some pricing!
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Just shoot me a note with part #'s and i'll get some pricing!
Do you want the MFG Part # or the ECS Part #?
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Do you want the MFG Part # or the ECS Part #?
Either works
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I'm still here sligning parts! If anyone is looking at orders from ECS just shoot me a link to your cart and I can get you a price!
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07 335i Stella - sport package, BMS DCI, zhp knob, TMS cf parking brake lever, VRSF downpipes, MHD tune, Bilstein B14 coilovers, other stuff *sold*
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