Right gents your views on this issue are required. Have been checking the other forums and basically the only other site that has its own online shop is WSF.
As a small and upcoming site that is looking to attract new members and increase our pressence in the north east amongst the fishing community would it not be beneficial to have our own online members shop offering a small discount off gear to all members.
If you have a good think about it, we all buy terminal tackle,line and accessories from elsewhere and pay full retail prices for them.So would it not be better if we kept the sales/buying of gear 'IN HOUSE', We get a little saving on our tackle and Sam makes a little bit in the process.
IMO i think it would be a good idea,not only for the possibilty of making a saving on tackle but it may bring in New Members to the site and when ATNE is searched for it states in the listing that we have our own members discounted tackle shop.