Thursday, May 1, 2008

It has been a while, and an exciting and busy time at that.

First, we presented at the New Jersey Home Hardware show and got great responses, and nice sales. We learned that many people needed the double bay and wide switches StaticOff zapper stoppers. While we knew that, our research showed those were in far lower demand than the base single bay units we have on the market. So we decided to up the schedule, and we are in the middle of getting the design, approvals, costing, etc. of three more product lines.

We hope to have those new units on the market for next winter.

A trade show is an exciting and exhausting time for the presenter. We needed to talk with more clients. So we opened a kiosk in the Maine Mall for two weeks, and got more feedback. It was very positive, with the exception of the need to the additional products above, and we got an improvement suggestion that I will detail in a later blog. Unfortunately I do not know how to make one, but I will be happy to hear if anybody does.

While we expected the main season to die down in April, we found we overlooked the mid south of the US. So sales in Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and inland California are still going strong.

In short, it looks like StaticOff is on its way to becoming a national success.
Next week, May 6-8 I will be in Las Vegas on the National Hardware show, and I am excited – it is a great chance to present to the biggest retailers in the industry. Besides, it will be ,y first time in Las Vegas, and I get to meet a school buddy that I did not see since high school – a few days after the dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth…

And perhaps most importantly: We keep getting great feedbacks, and NOT A SINGLE RETURN TO DATE! We had one case that we thought would present a problem, but it turned out to be an installation problem. Instead of an unhappy client, we eneded up getting praised for our service - always a good feeling. Presenting a brand new product TYPE and getting almost no problems, supersedes even my expectations. Great.

Shalom