SURGE OF POWER

[Big_Yoyo]

@LinksLegionaire

A more expensive Classic that will play similarly? PASS.

Amen!

[PlasticWhip (WildCat23)]

@LinksLegionaire

@WildCat23

I don’t know where you get your numbers, but those estimates are way off.

How so? I’m not talking about making prototypes. I’m talking about how much it takes to complete one yoyo in a run. The machining, anodization, and engraving of an aluminum yoyo [typically] costs $30-$40

YoyoJam probably sells them wholesale at about $8.50. YoyoExpert’s markup is guaranteed nowhere near 200%. Probably 115% - 120%. If they want to say so, that’s their business. Most companies settle under the 200% markup line as well, which means it probably costs more than $4 to make one.

[LinksLegionaire (Bandalorian)]

@WildCat23

@LinksLegionaire

@WildCat23

I don’t know where you get your numbers, but those estimates are way off.

How so? I’m not talking about making prototypes. I’m talking about how much it takes to complete one yoyo in a run. The machining, anodization, and engraving of an aluminum yoyo [typically] costs $30-$40

YoyoJam probably sells them wholesale at about $8.50. YoyoExpert’s markup is guaranteed nowhere near 200%. Probably 115% - 120%. If they want to say so, that’s their business. Most companies settle under the 200% markup line as well, which means it probably costs more than $4 to make one.

So YYE is making $1.18 per yoyo? Doesn’t seem like a viable business model to me.

I’ve spoken with a manufacturer. He told me it cost him a little over $30 per yoyo.

[PlasticWhip (WildCat23)]

@LinksLegionaire

@WildCat23

@LinksLegionaire

@WildCat23

I don’t know where you get your numbers, but those estimates are way off.

How so? I’m not talking about making prototypes. I’m talking about how much it takes to complete one yoyo in a run. The machining, anodization, and engraving of an aluminum yoyo [typically] costs $30-$40

YoyoJam probably sells them wholesale at about $8.50. YoyoExpert’s markup is guaranteed nowhere near 200%. Probably 115% - 120%. If they want to say so, that’s their business. Most companies settle under the 200% markup line as well, which means it probably costs more than $4 to make one.

So YYE is making $1.18 per yoyo? Doesn’t seem like a viable business model to me.

I’ve spoken with a manufacturer. He told me it cost him a little over $30 per yoyo.

Stores make percentages of their products, not set dollar amounts.

That $30 is ONE example. Some companies have more expensive machinists, or anodizers. That figure does not surprise me, but small companies markup more. Also, which company was it?