OK, I jumped in a got the deal with Jeff and farriers united. I've got a new web page, BSHORSESHOEING.com set up. Have a look and let me know what you think. I still need to change the pictures, the one's there are Jeff's that come with it so you can see what it all looks like. Also have the ability to add pages so will do an album, an articles page, and maybe a links page for my favorite places. It really is a good deal. It gives me the ability to accept credit cards, do mailings through emails, invoice customers, and keep track of all I need to.

Thanks to Jeff and Farriers United.:cool:

Let me know what you all think.

And getting your first 3 months for free, because you're a F&HRC Co-Op member was a nice touch, too...

Baron Tayler

I like it a lot. Looks really great. I noticed you dont list prices but some Farriers do.

My thoughts on online prices is that it would encourage the other local guys, especially the cheapo ones to go cheaper. It would also encourage some clients to shop around. You are probably established well enough to not have to deal with either, but those guys and the bad clients can be a headache.
Some gems that I have heard include..."So and so shoes for 20% less than you."...."So and so warranties lost shoes up to 5 weeks."
LOL. Fantastic.

How do you guys feel about the online prices/rates of farrier services?

I like the shop and how you said little catch phrases for each product. Tell us if anyone actually uses it! The problem is some people will see your recommended products and take their business to Amazon or Valley Vet. Cant prevent it. Does it give your shoppers free shipping or anything?

Ben to me its looks a bit dead
dont know if its the colour just my oppinion

It's ok Smitty, it's the old west decor with the drab colors and old worn wood. It's kind of an old west nostalgic thing. There are other back grounds and I will check them out and see if anything will make it pop when someone looks at it, but being a bit of a cowboy I like the old west stuff. I also need to sit down and finish it off and add some things to make it more informational and personal. Thanks!

Ben can you put up videos on it?

Peters Shoeing wrote:


Alan, I'm not quite done with the site just yet and the pricing is one of the things I need to get done. If my prices cause the cheapos (shoers or owners) to go lower or not call me so be it. The owners of that type are ones I don't want. I have a business to run and a life and a family to feed. I know what I need to charge to make a living and what my work is worth (at least to me) and charge accordingly. If the other shoers lower thier prices, well, let em cut thier own throats, I don't care. I don't want to have to shoe 10 or 20 day to make enough to live on. I want to shoe 5 or 6 a day, do a dang good job, and amke enough to love on.

As far as what people say about prices and trying to get a break, let em ask and explain why there is a difference. I don't care if Joe Schmoe shoes for 20% less than I do. They want that price, call him. If they are calling me they either want me to work on thier horses or are just bored searching the web for something to **** about or someone to harrass. If they call me to work on thier horse, they pay my price, done deal.

As for the store, I don't knoow a dang thing about it yet as I'm still finishing set up and just starting to tell customers about the site. Jeff will be sending me business cards with the site and info on it to hand out. Then we will see what happens. I don't know about the price differences between other catalogues or online sites, but I will check them out so I have this info for customers. As well, I need to check on shipping costs. Maybe Jeff will see this and can jump in and explain a little better as I'm just getting my feet wet.

All I can say is I'll give this a go and asee if it helps bring business and money into my business. If it ain't working I'll either give it up or learn to work it harder with help from Jeff and make it work. It's just a tool and won't work with out me driving it. We'll see!

smitty88 wrote:

Not sure just yet Smitty, but I will check into that with Jeff. I know I can add pictures and more pages and articles, but not sure about videos. Jeff says there is more stuff coming out we will be able to do that will be really cool. I'll check into the videos today as I'm home sick, been like this since yesterday. What ever this crud is I hope it goes away so I can work tomorrow.

BS-Horseshoeing wrote:
Its probley all that Cowboy food your eating;)

Thanks for the post Ben,
You can put Videos on the site its just copying and pasting. You can do anything on these sites that you can with any web builder.
The online store allows the farrier to sell products for what ever he or she wants. The price we have on most things are in line with everybody else including Amazon. There are some lead products like wormer that we can't compete with. Right now we are not selling that anyway we are selling Hoof conditioners, supplements, Halters, and lots of Hoof Boots. With the store all we did was give you accesses to a huge whole seller in an easy to use system.
All we do is manage it for you. It is something that I wanted for myself and thought that you guys would like it to. Thats why I named it Farriers United a moneymaking Co Op.
As for shipping it is flat rate and is high if the person buys one item. It has not stopped lots of people from buying single items. I usually let my customers know and sometimes bundle orders with other customers to take care of that issue. We have been contacted by another huge wholesale company that would be willing to ship for free if the order was over $75.
We are looking into that. With all that being said our shipping rates are right in line with Dover the largest online tack shop in the country.

Jeff Denson wrote:

does that mean shipping to Ireland would be free if over 75

Wouldn't that be great!