Hello Everyone, New to bgdf and wanted to ask this question. Has anyone taken their game and had QVC take a look at it for the purpose of selling it on air? QVC needs about 215 new products each WEEK (yes WEEK).
It might be an avenue to look at.
Thanks for your time and it’s good to be here.
Lexx
Qvc anyone?
Thu, 01/20/2005 - 17:49
Thu, 01/20/2005 - 17:53
#1
Qvc anyone?
I had never thought of that....hrm
Thu, 01/20/2005 - 18:05
#2
Qvc anyone?
I've thought about it before... flipped by it one time and they were selling something really wretched (surprise!) and the little "items sold" counter just kept ticking and ticking. They sell more crap in an hour than I do in a year. I've got a catalog of about 10 different PC games, I could easily fill a half hour for them... call it the Dumb Games Hour (okay, make it an hour!). I imagine getting in there is very difficult (and extremely expensive?). I think I once tried to look up a website to see where to get started and never found anything. Any ideas?
Thu, 01/20/2005 - 18:44
#4
Qvc anyone?
from what I am reading, it sounds like if QVC buys your product it is like a huge distrbution order. they say they like to have items or retail value 15$ or more, and typically the smallest order they make is at 20,000 dollars (wholesale cost, so 40-50 percent of retail value) it looks like they take on the risk of selling the product, if you can show them that your product will sell well, then they will buy it, and send you a big fat check.
Good luck getting on there though
Thu, 01/20/2005 - 18:51
#5
Qvc anyone?
in another quick search, I found no board games of any type in there current products. oh man would that be a sales kick in the pants to get your game bought by them...
woo eee...
I think they would be more interested in getting party and kids games, would sell better I think.
Thu, 01/20/2005 - 19:50
#6
Qvc anyone?
I delved into that site (thanks!), went to the submittal form and discovered: "Should you receive a purchase order, QVC will require proof of product liability insurance ($1,000,000 minimum may be higher, depending on commodity)" ... that sounds like a showstopper! I'll have to look up how that works and what it costs, but it sounds like they're unprepared to deal with 'little guys' (one question on the form: "do you own a factory?"), though their ideology seems to be all about 'entrepeneurs' and such, so maybe they'd be amenable. It almost seems like a plausible thing, if you can dodge past some people in suits, and get very lucky.
Thu, 01/20/2005 - 20:33
#7
Qvc anyone?
that could be a whole new game.... alll about dodging suits and getting lucky. first person to get their product to QVC is the winner. The product liability insurance is probably for morons who give something to a kid, they choke to death, bam you need insurance
Thu, 01/20/2005 - 20:41
#8
Qvc anyone?
I just found something that might prove interesting....
"QVC is growing in other ways, too. I'm pleased to announce that our sister station, QVC Japan, has successfully launched its own Web site. To see what's going on overseas, visit http://qvc.jp, http://www.qvcuk.com, and http://www.qvc.de."
notice the QVC.de there is a German QVC, they wuld probably respond much better to buying board games than the American QVC
Thu, 01/20/2005 - 20:48
#9
Qvc anyone?
I did check out qvc.com and they in fact have a lot of board (and computer) games. All commercial ones, Cranium is prominently displayed.
Thu, 01/20/2005 - 21:07
#10
Qvc anyone?
Hamumu wrote:
"Should you receive a purchase order, QVC will require proof of product liability insurance ($1,000,000 minimum may be higher, depending on commodity)" ... that sounds like a showstopper!
If you are talking about getting an insurance policy, even a million dollar insurance policy, it is not that expensive. I have a million dollar policy that cost around $450/year for my profession (software engineering). If you are getting a $20,000 check for a couple thousand games, you can factor the insurance policy into your cost.
Jonathan
I just did a quick check... and found a link that took me here:
http://www.qvcproductsearch.com/