The "State of Shotly" for those who use it.

[shotly]

Just figured I would post this up on TST as we have quite a bit of interaction with all the friendly people on TST.  If you have bought, looked or come to the site this may be of interest to you.

http://bit.ly/qnBKaZ

Thanks so much! Oh and would love to get your thoughts, so if you have two seconds please give us your honest answer(s) on the poll.

Matt

[Kieran123]

I think you guys are doing a great job.

I haven't bought anything yet, but check it every day without fail.

I am in the market for a 21* Hybrid and a 56* SW *hint hint*

[shotly]

Ha! Love the suggestion, have you seen http://golfty.com?  If you want I can throw you a free product search and we can find you a deal on it.  PM me with what you want to pay etc and I'll see what we can do for you.

BTW, thanks for the comments, you rock!

[LeftCoast]

The addition of tee times would be great.  I only buy equipment so often, but I do pay for tee times frequently!

[shotly]

@LeftCoast, totally agree with you.  Can you give me some suggestions on courses in your area that you play or would play with a discount?

[chaptowngolfteam]

I would love to see some tee time deals in the Los Angeles area.

[LeftCoast]

I would definitely be more willing to branch out to some more courses in my area.  Some of them might be: Langdon Farms, Heron Lakes, Quail Valley, The Reserve, Redtail, Pumpkin Ridge (Ghost Creek), Wildwood.  Thanks for looking into it.

[shotly]

@chaptown definitely an area of focus for us in the next few months.  Trying vigorously to get some of these on Shotly cause we are 100% in agreement.

@LeftCoast, awesome!  Let me reach out to them and see what we can negotiate with them.

The other thing that would be awesome is spreading the word, sometimes we negotiate deals with golf courses but without the proper volume to support these areas.... well they laugh at us :)  Kidding, but growing the area definitely will benefit everyone involved.

[Kieran123]

Originally Posted by shotly

@chaptown definitely an area of focus for us in the next few months.  Trying vigorously to get some of these on Shotly cause we are 100% in agreement.

@LeftCoast, awesome!  Let me reach out to them and see what we can negotiate with them.

The other thing that would be awesome is spreading the word, sometimes we negotiate deals with golf courses but without the proper volume to support these areas.... well they laugh at us :)  Kidding, but growing the area definitely will benefit everyone involved.

Hopefully as soon as a few courses jump on - a lot more will want a piece of it

Eventually even Canada maybe

[shotly]

@Kieran123 Oddly enough we just got off the phone with a Canadian course.  Though, Canada is pretty large.  There is definitely high hopes of expanding out there though.  Gotta keep the train moving and expanding :)

[johnclayton1982]

I think it is a great idea, but I think there are a few issues.  I also check every day, and I'd love to see some tee time deals in the New Orleans, Louisiana area.  I play Chateau, Lakewood, English Turn, and Audobon Park.  Any tee specials at any of those courses would be great.

The only one I thought was a silly deal was the Nike Machspeed Hybrid, which you claimed retailed for $239 - which it didn't, many online retailers had them for $89 and my local Authority Sports for $99.  In fact, I found an online retailer $84 with free shipping cheaper than shotly, which was $85 with shipping.

It seems like you get fantastic discounts on small items (a real 70% plus, not a fake retail price) and pretty bad discounts on clubs and big items (I've seen auctions where the "saving" plus shipping is like $4, or like the Machspeed, where other online retail stores are actually cheaper).   On the other "groupon" type sites they don't seem to fall off the discount on bigger items.

so, that would be one critique - the larger items don't seem like deals at all, with shipping pretty close to the actual price most times.

[shotly]

Hey John

Thanks for the comments and definitely thank you for the courses, it really helps to have specific courses so we have an idea of which ones to conquer first.  To give you a point of reference, on all our deals we go off of the Manufacturers Retail not another website, we do this not to inflate numbers but because so many vendors have so many different prices comparing a price just isn't realistic nor accurate. So for example, on the Nike Machspeed, the MSRP or retail actually is $239 on that club (in fact, MSRP is actually higher). I can definitely confirm we don't inflate numbers cause we realize there are a ton of consumers who probably know more about where the best deal is and what the price is than some of us because you are scouring at all times for that specific product.

We do however agree there are improvements to be made, but at the same time we are not always going to beat an eBay price, we just don't consider that a reasonable source for a price point, not to mention we work off of our cost, not what other's sell for. The reason being is people may compare used to our new, it may be a left handed versus a right handed (lefty's are always discounted more on the bay).  The single most important reason we don't compare eBay to our prices is you don't know who you are dealing with on eBay, with us you can pick up the phone and give us a shout, find us on many forums.... then of course there is the counterfeit issue that I see people run into all the time on there.

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Anyways, a bit long winded, but I wanted to make sure I fully responded to your post to give you some insight on how we price, why we price and to assure you we definitely take your feedback seriously, just some times we miss the mark or there may not be an applicable comparison.  Thank you for taking the time to write.

Matt

[iacas]

Thanks for the response, Matt. I haven't bought yet from Shotly but I check daily and I know of a few people who are happy with things they've bought, and it's only a matter of time until I join them.

[shotly]

Thanks Erik, anything in particular you are looking for?  Maybe I could give you a sneak peek and a day to keep an eye out for.

[iacas]

Originally Posted by shotly

Thanks Erik, anything in particular you are looking for?  Maybe I could give you a sneak peek and a day to keep an eye out for.

Heh. If you happen to come across a bunch of Casio EX-FH25s at a good price, I'll buy at least 10 of 'em! ;-)

I don't end up buying too much golf stuff. I rarely get to play anymore. ;-)

[shotly]

Lol, funny I had to do a google search to figure out what the heck those were.  Well, we will take the support either way :)  If it makes you feel any better since starting Shotly, I haven't really got to play any at all myself

Matt