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Heres whats up im thinking about opening a shop im going to carry elevation heres what else im looking at carrying if anyone has any phone numbers for there companys please let me know!, im trying to get everything together so i can find out how much i need as an opening offer! if anyone can help me or let me know what they carry that would be awesome please help guys thanks!
heres my ideas so far let me know what numbers you guys have or what companys you have that you like so i have an idea of what brands i should carry,

Wiring:
knu konceptz
audio pipe
Batterys:
kinetik

underbody:
Flow lighting - 800-245-8131

All around companys:
ELevation audio - 315-853-5831
Bravox
Atomic
RE
DD
power accoustic

Decks:
ALpine
Jvc
Kenwood


any ideas please help! thanks guys!
Mike

be sure to run some crappy stuff like Audiobahn and Sony to get more attention to young bass heads.

drop power acoustik and kenwood.
pick up DEI and Pioneer Premiere.

DEI will give you clifford, viper, directed, DEI, a/d/s, PPI, orion, and more.

DD, while it's EXCELLENT stuff, is extremely hard to be a retailer for. Too many other not so legit people that will undercut you by an enormous amount (cheaper than dealer cost)

In today's world it's necessary to carry brands that aren't readily e-bay or internet available at half the price. People don't care about "service" anymore, nor if their serial numbers have been burned off as long as it didn't break anything.

What you carry will depend on your targeted customer, though.

thanks guys for the input i appreciate it! and also with the dei thanks i didnt think about all those other brands following....should have known. keep em coming :)
Mike

I'd say Kicker. The square solobaric subs sell like crazy. Also, their amps are very nice for the price.You might want to look into maxxsonics as well. You'll get Hifonics, Autotek and Crunch.

Decks-panasonic is a nice Choice
Batteris-SVR and maybe Batcap
Planet audio,some mainstream stuff like JL,kicker,mtx or audiobahn like the above stated, young bassheads, eclipse would be nice aswel

audiobass10 wrote:I'd say Kicker. The square solobaric subs sell like crazy. Also, their amps are very nice for the price.You might want to look into maxxsonics as well. You'll get Hifonics, Autotek and Crunch.

Kicker maybe, but I wouldn't carry the solos. To many returns, and other BS to have to deal with. Yeah you might sell a ton, but you could kiss that profit good bye once you figure in all the returns.

if you plan on becoming a direct dealer for any pioneer product be prepared to drop about half a million bucks on your buy in order

We had a problem with Phoenix Gold wanting a huge buy in order and huge quarterlys also. I think it was PG. Anyway, once we got them to understand the area we were in, they eased up on us. We were in Sierra Vista, AZ. Not that large of a population.