ScketreWhisp® wrote:OkMy 2¢ ...I am still debating about "Con Exclusives" in the sense of, only available for Con attendees...Yes I would hope that some items would entice more attendees to arrive at the Con knowing it's the only place to get something... but, I also know, it's not feasible for everyone to make it, AND I can sell more and thus make more money to run the Con by making them available to everyone, even those that can not attend.So...That's why I am trying to make the "Con versions" just a but different... ie: maybe the Con logo, or "1st print" or something that shows it was actually purchased at the Con, but yet an identical version without the logo/1st printing can be obtained afterward for possibly a larger group.I would also love to say that we would never produce more than 100 or X of a specific item at any given Con to help keep the items "exclusive", but again, that can defeat the purpose since once the Con has a regular attendance of 300+ people, not even the attendees all have a chance to get something...As the Con grows, different items will be produced in quantities closer to the Con attendance. And there will always be a "percentage" of additional items "overprinted" or produced after the Con so that some can purchase those as well. It will never be some huge number that I have to sit on for years to sell. There will always be a few people that will miss out on something because we run out, and that's actually a good thing, just as long as it's not lots and lots that miss out.That being said, there are some things that are just the way they are. The digest modules made from Special Guest modules written to run at the Con are limited in print number by the Special Guest. They "set" those limits, though as the Con grows, I am sure they will be willing to increase the limits as well.In the case of the Mini for this year's Con, since the sculpting was donated, the mold and casting was donated, and the $$$ spent to produce the Minis was donated... I can't choose to have more of those done... it's all donated, we are very appreciative for this and will accept the 100 we get to sell to help out the Con. If these actually sell well, then we may get involved in future years with the creation of such Mini's and thus make more available in those years... we will see... I don't know the Mini market nor the collectible mini market at all ...Starting, running, and maintaining an annual Con is all new to me, and having only attending "business cons" in the past, I don't know what all works best for a gaming Con, so I/we are learning (don't want to leave Mike out)... We obviously want to have a great Con where people can come game with the "big names" they know, play games they like and while there, have the opportunity to get a few things they wouldn't have gotten if they had stayed home... but I also want those that really can't attend for whatever reason, but want to see the Con survive and grow, (either just because they support the idea, or possibly because they hope to attend one day) be able to "help out" in ways other than just "donating" or buying raffle tickets. Ok, that was support to be 2¢, not $200.00 worth... sorry about that.
Blackmoor wrote:1) If you print up a tournament module to play and sell at the con and then turn around and print as many as you can sell to anybody you don't have a tournament module at all!! What you have is one of your regular releases that was played at a con.
Blackmoor wrote:Just a few points to make about this subject:1) If you print up a tournament module to play and sell at the con and then turn around and print as many as you can sell to anybody you don't have a tournament module at all!! What you have is one of your regular releases that was played at a con.2) If you offer "con exclusives" to everybody not attending guess what! That is right...they are no longer con exclusives, they are regular prints. Guaranteed these common items will not sell anywhere as good as the exclusives would. These exclusive items help promote the companies and the con.Doug, Bill do not be swayed by the people not supporting the show. Stay the course. What you are doing is working. NTRPG con is a great concept. Keep up the exclusives and the special guests and it will work!!No hype, lower sales, less attendance will be the result.
JasonZavoda wrote:I'm stil not seeing how con exclusives benefit a company.
ScketreWhisp® wrote:JasonI think the point of the "con exclusive" as far as stuff we (the Con) print or produce, is like you say, good for the Con... try and get people to come to get something they might not be able to get anywhere else... it's not like we are a publisher making a living printing modules....I think the point of a "con exclusive" for a publisher, is actually to help promote the Con.I don't think the publisher ie: Pacesetter, Black Blade etc should make a specific module ONLY available at the Con... but there is no reason Bill couldn't print 150 copies of a module like he would normally, but print 50 of them with one cover (or the Con logo or whatever it is Bill wants to do to "promote the Con") and then note that they are only available at the Con ... once those 50 are gone, they are gone... there will still be 150 copies total like always... just some will be different.Again, I am not a publisher, but I can see that serving 2 purposes... might even help me sell more modules since some people might want 2, one of the 1st 50 printed for the Con and then one of the "regular" copies... so maybe I need to print 200 instead of 150 ?
bbarsh wrote:Convention goers can buy multiple copies of the module (but supply will not exactly be huge). I will limit initial purchases to two copies per customer until Sunday, when no limits will apply. However, there may be no copies left on Sunday. I just have no idea how many of these will actually sell. Regardless of how they sell, any left over copies will only be available for sale at an actual convention such as Gen Con, Gary Con, Michicon, Wintercon or future NTX cons.
Gnat the Beggar wrote:The Lady at the hotel just told me that there was only ONE ROOM left at the special Convention rates. Now (according to her) there are NONE left, WHEW! Got in at the wire! I suspect there are other regular rate rooms left for that weekend though.
