My mum said the markup at her old shop was just 20% for kits which is a joke, basically the middlemen take all the profit
Imagine someone going in dragons den saying the markup was 20% they'd get laughed out the door
Although the big post above is very informative it does mainly talk about having their own website which is a no brainer, I actually set one up for my mum and dad's shop, this was about 8 years ago, and it made a difference, but my initial point about eBay is still valid because the numbers just don't stack up, especially when model sport sell stuff so cheap, which must be a pain for the smaller model shops
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