Cranking out fire pits. Label question

did I miss something?
what the numbers stand for?
is it your edited phone number ?

I'd like to buy one James
someday!

Sweet fire pits. I bet they throw good heat. As for the advertising tag. There top of the line. People need to know who built them, and where to get it. Now you just need to add a swing away grill. Nothing better than camp fire food. Plus a grill keep the sparks down. And drunks from falling in.

I must have welded up 300 over the past 5 years.
In that period of time careful attention to ergonomics and tool placement has been a focus.
List of tools
Ground and welding stinger
4.5 inch hand grinder
5/7 inch hand grinder
3 inch wire wheel mounted on hand grinder
6 inch wire wheel mounted on hand grinder
torch
pressure washer
8 inch bench grinder
stool to the east
stool to the west
rotary work table
layout arm to spin marks attached to rotary work table
occasional hammer, soft mallet, weld clamp
cut-off saw

So there is basically 5 work stations around the work table. Each with it's own table, stool, tool hanger
1) layout of center points and attachment locations
2) welding
3) torching
4) buffing and grinding bowl
5) touch-up grinding and buffing welds and weld splatter

After completion pit is rolled 10 feet away to be pressure washed

Tools are all the best quality and lightest of weight.

Work stations arranged in a counter clockwise order.

Ends up being brainless activity, in any state of mind.
Just an old school production welding set up.

Customers are mostly urban/suburban white collar socially active professionals with family.
Most have SUV's and kids.
Most have had cheap fire pits from the box stores that have rusted through.
Most sales are pick ups at the farm.

Recently about 30% of sales are word of mouth, so the importance of the label.
Most word of mouth is a referral to Etsy shop, and they tell them to search shop name.

Using the name Atlanta in the title 'Firepitsatlanta' generates a lot of local Etsy shoppers whom contact me thru Etsy.
Asking if they can come shop/purchase w/out shipping.
Etsy represents the bulk of the sales, and most are local folks. Atlanta and surround is 5-6 million people.

For those selling rocks and jewelry that live close to a large population Etsy shop titles including the name of the populous is a consideration.
Mention large inventory and showroom. People like to visit home business.

In process of setting up an account with Houzz, sort of an Etsy of home furnishings.
A bit concerned that Houzz will be top selling route over Craig's List and Etsy.
Most of the competition advertises thru Houzz.

Not so sure a website can compete with these selling sites for many products.
They have an 'in' with the search engines.

LOL, just did a search, 'firepitsatlanta' and noticed my local competitor(S&S Fire Pits) put 'fire pits Atlanta' in his key words and bumped me somehow.
He is a computer wizard unlike me.
Half a dozen other local outdoor equipment operations with 'fire pits atlanta' in their title. Ha, you guys are making me famous/cavalier.
It appears that my Etsy shop did not come up on first page, however my incomplete Houzz listing did.
I think Houzz is his primary outlet. Shame shame, I believe the ole boy is playing hard ball.
Bet ya I have a Houzz shop set up and running by weeks end. He started it. I mingle w/my customers, they talk, I listen. Getting feedback...
Tells me I am giving him a run. I think he sells more than I do. But pays workers, has a retail shop, travels to festivals every other weekend.
They call that overhead/headaches.
Been thinking about paying the young buck a visit dude drop in style. Bet he will be red faced. Wife says no LOL. OK, me won't.

your on entrepreneurial kills will catch on like fire james !
someday I'll say:
I knew him when he was just a rock grinder...
ha

I am sure you have plenty of ideas, I hope you don't mind I put a pic of one me and a buddy made in NM. We used horse shoes, swinging grate and frame to hold pot holders and a few slabs of elk. It was made out of an old propane tank

I like the tag on the outside idea, lets people know you are real vs. fly-by-nighter, and proud of your quality. I have a collection of those industrial part tags housed in a nice display case.
captbob, when you buy a car, tell 'em $50 bucks a year for the advertising space, or the frames come off, or you won't buy the vehicle. We bought a new Chev in '75, the looney salesman actually broke into a mechanics tool box to get a screwdriver, to enable him to remove the license frames.

The original tank end type fire pits were born out west toiv0.

Probably the Cowboy grill was where it all started. Texas, lots of dry wood and beef.
I believe they packed them out on horses to the desert when hunting and camping.
Knowing Texans they had 50 T-bones packed too.

Sweet grill and thanks for sharing. Big selection of accessories hanging, and you could dry boots and clothes with the high rack.
The high rack is a must do. Looks like a hand cranked winch ? Does it raise and lower the rack ?

Love the horse shoes. the whole design focus around the heat. to fine

We collect a few of those labels too Larry. Bet they are cool in a display.
I still have to get customer feedback about the label. Gotta make them happy.
Spent $350 on a hundred, guessing they will not go to waste.

I like the labels put in plain view