New to this forum

[Nigelsl]

Hi everyone

My name is Nigel and I recently (5 months ago) opened a pet shop in Windsor with my daughter Danielle in Windsor. The shop is doing very well beating the plan and growing all the time.

It is a new venture for us and we are new to the scary world of the self employed. We have made mistakes, but are learning fast.

Our thoughts for the future are to expand the business by selling on-line of which we have absolutely no idea of where to start, but everyone seems to be doing it, and perhaps add a couple more shops to the chain.

We have lots of ideas on how to improve our sales and get customers through the door, but tend to be busy fools and never seem to have the time to put them into practice.

What are we looking for from this forum? I suppose it would be to benifit from like minded people who can offer practical advice and to know we are not alone.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Nigel

[DuaneJackson]

Hello and welcome Nigel. You've come to the right place.

Lots of friendly folks willing to give advice wherever they can. I'm sure it'll soon become part of your daily routine.

I look forward to talking to you.

[Rob Holmes]

Hi Nigel,

Welcome :)

Sounds great what you're doing - if I can help feel free to drop me a line !

Rob

[Tin]

Hi Nigel, we'll all been there so we know how hard things can be. I'm sure you will find this a very friendly and helpful forum.

Welcome & good luck :-)

[Eagle]

Hi Nigel - welcome!

Hope your stay is an educational one. :)

Mark

[creacom]

Hi Nigel

Welcome to UKBF and best of luck with your business.

There is a guy on here that makes wonderful dog treats - Matt from Dawganic Dawg Treats http://www.dog-treat.co.uk

Maybe he could be a useful contact for you.

Jacqui :D

[Alpha]

Hello Nigel and welcome.

Hope you can get a lot of good ideas from here as well as passing on some as well.

[SillyJokes]

Welcome, pet store online - reminds me of the story of the big online pet store that burned through £10 millions, including commissioning their own theme song before crashing spectacularly in about 2000.

I am sure you could bring pet stuff online without all that and make a great success of it.

Good luck.

[webit]

Hi Nigel nice to see a traditional shop on the forums.

A lot of good advice here so ask plenty of questions, even though most of the traders are virtual there is a lot of knowledge and experience here.

Also, might be of interest - I own a shopping site that focuses on real shops and I am running a half price promotion this week (listing from £5pa)

DC

[Pink Bubbly]

Hi Nigel and welcome

Re the website - I've PM'd you.

Pink Bubbly

[Jayne]

Hi Nigel,

Welcome to the forum :D

And what do you mean Webit, i've got a real shop too! If I can help with anything Nigel, just ask. I'm quite new to the web business too.

Jayne :D

[webit]

hence my use of the word most !!!

What happend with the sale of the shop yesterday??

[Jayne]

Still waiting to find out :roll:

[Magsite]

Hi Nigel,

Welcome

Lisa

[fastfences]

Hi Nigel and welcome.
You may like to see this:
http://www.livepetshop.co.uk/
cheers, Nigel (the good looking one :wink: )

[Arial]

Hi Nigel

Welcome :)

Arial

[Coding Monkey]

Howdy, Nigel. The non-cocky one, that is ;)

[Nigelsl]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome, I think I am going to enjoy it here, it feels like home already :D

[Hedgehog Toys]

Hi,

Welcome to the forum, we have done things in reverse to you, we are starting online and looking to open our shop within 2-3 years.

Have fun here, they are a great bunch of guys and girls with alot of knowledge between them.

Chris