I suggest you pay attention to BLF people generally, instead of trying to pull people out of BLF to have them benefit your company instead of benefiting everyone here.
You could offer a standard discount for a code “BLF” as many established resellers do.
You could actually read the reviews already posted here — and ask people’s permission to quote them if you are selling the same light already reviewed.
You could contribute to BLF by telling us where you get the lights you sell, and whether you can get them made better — as other established resellers have done.
Get that? Pay attention and contribute in ways everyone benefits from.
It will benefit your company to do that.
My suggestion — I’m very curious if this is even possible for you to consider doing:
Pick one flashlight — one for which you know who makes the parts — people you can call and talk to.
Tell us which flashlight that is.
Send some to reviewers here.
Sell some at a good affordable price to ordinary readers who want to try it out.
Open a topic for suggestions about that particular light, the version you sell, made by the people you know.
Pay attention to the suggestions.
Pass the suggestions on to the people who build the parts.
Find out what they think.
Tell us what you can afford to improve.
Listen to people here suggesting improvements based on what you tell us might be possible
Make the changes.
Make a better flashlight.
Send some to reviewers here.
Listen to the reviews and recommendations on the next round.
Tell the people who build the parts.
Ask the people who build the parts what they can suggest could be done better.
No, not the managers.
The people on the line who hands-on are making the parts.
You must be able to find some of them for some light.
Make it better.
Sell it.
$$PROFIT$$
Put some of the profit back into the people who made it better.
I think her FB proposal is fine, but that she should make it on FB and not confuse the communities.
Something seems off to me if a Vendor comes to BLF to leverage this “community” but the reviews end up on FB. But some times I just get confused easily.
This is of course doable. Easy is a different question, but even in China to build a good company is probably not easy.
+1 for this idea also.
Hey should we hook “tinywind.com” the (distributor) up with “hilaryshu” (MFG) (looking for an anglicized Co. name)? Hey Maybe the Company name should be BLF Co.? Of course we would need to have controlling interest on the board, but they could save in R&D costs? maybe it’s not so crazy?
Hello Ronin42, thanks for your feedback on our event. As for this review event, we did not tend to Facebook review, “50 likes OR 150 views on your most famous social network” (not AND) as we said on the rules, so you can review it on your Youtube, Forum, Blogger, Twitter, Facebook…. and elsewhere.
Your event was a non event. I thought that was clear. Hank and I sent you proposals that might get traction with us, I have not heard that you are accepting those ideas.
We do not think we are “genius” especially when compared with you knowledgeable guys. We were trying to explain the confusing parts but it seems to be failed. So we know that we made it complex and we would make it easier and more convenient for you all next time.
Glad to be here to learn from you all and improve ourselves. Sincerely thank all of you here for the valuable advice you have given.
I have had a running conversation with Saphire who has been very polite and understanding, but I think I have finally made the point that as a distributor of low to mid range flashlights tinywind will need to actually be responsive to our input. Both Hank and I have made very clear proposals that tinywind can impliment or not. I made it a point that if their current “offer’ was working for them, Great! No problem.
If they want to try somting new they will let us know. The ball is in there court.
Ok hank, not your idea but you took the time clearly write it out such that it is an actionable plan/proccess for them. It appearently is exactly what they need. Now I dont know if it’s what they want, for that we will see.