golf bag barstool?

[ElliottBaughman]

Take a look the barstools I made!!

[ElliottBaughman]

[1puttit]

Those are really slick. Would be awesome in the "man cave". Nice work!

[ElliottBaughman]

Thanks man! I got it patented in 2007, I have never been on a golf forum before, but this might help me sell a few

[ElliottBaughman]

I want to get them mass produced, but i'm still in school and it's hard for me to find the right people to help me start it up. I would love opinions on how to go about starting it up!!  FEEDBACK

[ElliottBaughman]

Coolest thing you've ever seen? Well besides golf balls that float lol

[bigjim]

How do I buy one those? Do u make them yourself?

[ElliottBaughman]

Yea I made those I'm looking to find ppl that will produce it all over america I just don't know where to start...I can make you one though...get your name on it or anything you want

[Drewskie]

How much would you charge for one of those?? Those are pretty cool

[ElliottBaughman]

Well right now I am just making them myself...with material and labor about 350.00 but if I can start getting them made in mass quantity the price will go down for sure!!

[The Tin Man]

The issue your facing is scale.  If I owned a metal shop I would really be hurting if I had the time to make you 10 or 50.

So lets talk 1000. Can you afford this?  (I would really want to do 10,000)

With me in the loop your profit goes down. Now add a dealer and his profit cut.

Plan B - fly to Tawaian and open the hotels phone book. How to find everything you need to get anything made is in the phone book. The chances of your patent being honored are slim.  (Advantage: You can get away from using real golf bags.)

Plan C:  Make them yourself as a hobby.  Open an E-bay store.

[Gresh24]

http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/casting

[Gresh24]

And, btw, here's a company already making these:

http://www.tourperformancegolfinstitute.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=426

[Shorty]

I just had a look at your patent and the ones in the photos are different enough from the drawings in the patent not to infringe it, so I'd forget about the patent. There wouldn't be enough of a market to worry about anyway. I think your best bet would be to sell them on eBay. You'd probably do quite well, but the base is too agricultural looking.

[Gresh24]

Originally Posted by Shorty

I just had a look at your patent and the ones in the photos are different enough from the drawings in the patent not to infringe it, so I'd forget about the patent. There wouldn't be enough of a market to worry about anyway. I think your best bet would be to sell them on eBay.

You'd probably do quite well, but the base is too agricultural looking.

Good point.

And I agree the bases look a little primative.  More of a "shop" look rather than "bar room"  look.  But they are cool, I have no problem with "agricultural".

[ElliottBaughman]

Yea I guess it's a little agricultural lol, but you guys gotta realize when I was getting this made I was just out of high school Doing it on my own