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Thread: Tailor Business Partnerships: What's your approach?
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Falech
Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:00 pm
#1
Hi eveyone,
I'm quite new to posting on the board but I've been following the Tailor board here for quite some time now.
Being a 3-month veteran of SWG, I've also advanced my only character up to Novice Tailor (level 0-0-0-1 and grinding...), a profession I thoroughly enjoy every time I play (except when grinding 
).
).Today Iran into this very niceNovice Entertainer/Tailor-wannabeat theStarport. When we talked about tailoring, this ambitious creature hinted at the possibility of teaming up,which peekedmy interest. When I took her over to impress her with myhouse, we talked about joining forces for several hours. This long conversation was just great all by itself, considering I've barely seen or spoken another soul for some time, grinding and running missions to keep the cash for the credit-hungry harvesters pouring in...
We've been going over a lot of the specifics of teaming upalready, and despite the hassle that it will probably be (at first), and the fact that we are still low-level Tailors, we are both without a doubtthat we want to, and will,make this work.
Now, I've read some posts here already of Tailors wanting to team up to keep up with demand, and I've also dug through the entirety of swgtailor.com, where I found Eicia Obai of Kettemoor's article on how she teamed up with several others to form Beyond Image.
What I'm interested in, for the purpose of both entertainment and education,are the experiences of other Tailorswho haveteamed up withwith eachother(or with another profession for that matter).
How didyour partnershipcome about? Whatwere the reasons for doing so?And how have you arranged the practical affairs ofyour partnership? Think:clothing production, vendor stocking, resource gathering, sales administration, bank account management (who holds the dough and who is asking for handouts 
)etcetera etcetera...
)etcetera etcetera...Please enlighten us! Not only will it make for some nice stories, I'm hoping to be inspired for ideas about my own soon-to-be-officially-established partnership 
I'm alsohopingthis thread may come to serve as a useful resource for issues such as this.
g0nzo
Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:46 am
#2
I have only teamed up once, and I was already master tailor. I took in an 'apprentice' to make all the shoes, gloves, headwear, and whatever else he wanted to make. He had his own vendor that he dropped in my shop. After he got master, he moved to his guild city and needed the vendor, so he took it down.
I have been asked to join several malls, some as a partner. In those cases I would have been limited to making a certain type of clothing (wookiee clothing and men's clothing). As you are both low level, I would suggest you each start working up a different line, and do those clothes only, OR pick men/women/wookiee/ithorian/etc and stick to those clothes. You should agree on prices (to some extent) and each have your own vendors. The majority of the clothes are non-gender restricted, but very few male combat guys feel comfortable in a pair of light pink and purple camos.
good luck tho.
HippieKender
Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:50 am
#3
I am currently in a partnership with another Tailor. The way we did this was, she plopped down the house (and decorated), we each have our own vendors, all the clothing is wedding appropriate, I do men's tuxes/suites, and she does women's dresses and accessories. I matched my prices to hers - I didn't want to undercut her, or overcharge the guys, and I thought it would be fair since she provided the house and decorations.
Sorry, but I don't have any humerous stories to share ... everything is running smoothly. I wish you the best of luck!
Prasmi Ir'to
Intrepid
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Falech
Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:12 am
#4
Thank you, thetwo you, for your contributions and advice so far.
I'm sure we'll make this work. I just hope others will respond to this thread as well, as I was really looking forward to some good success and horror stories alike, hehe
Funny thing is, my"associate" and I,together we just hooked up with some other people and we somehow decided to start a city together Beinga bunch of Novices in everything, starting a city should prove interesting...
Beinga bunch of Novices in everything, starting a city should prove interesting...More work coming our way I guess and we haven't even substantiated anything on our tailoring cooperation... Oh well, loving every minute of it already.
NalfeinQ
Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:27 am
#5
Falech wrote:
Thank you, thetwo you, for your contributions and advice so far.
I'm sure we'll make this work. I just hope others will respond to this thread as well, as I was really looking forward to some good success and horror stories alike, hehe
Funny thing is, my"associate" and I,together we just hooked up with some other people and we somehow decided to start a city together
More work coming our way I guess and we haven't even substantiated anything on our tailoring cooperation... Oh well, loving every minute of it already.
/chuckle
Well I wish you good luck with the city... it could actually be a very good way to attract customer if used correctly. As was said before, the best thing to do is for each of you to focus on seperate aspects, ie one does men's clothing, another women's, one does wookie, one ithorian, what have you. That way you dont have to worry about your prices conflicting too much, and you can each get your sales without worrying about killing the other's.
SheIsYa
Thu Dec 02, 2004 7:09 am
#6
Hey there Falech,
Welcome to the world of tailoring
As for partnerships. I did the same thing as found on the Tailor website. My partners were my sister (master merchant) someone I thought was a friend (master tailor, master ID) and myself (master dancer, master tailor).
My tailor partner and I would make clothes and keep the vendors stocked my sister would put the clothes on the vendor. My partner bailed on me before I could give her her first cut of the profits for one week was over 400k each. To this day, I've still got no reason why she left or why she didn't want to do business with me anymore.
I'd even created a boutique on the upper level of the house for her to do ID stuff in. Hair dryers, styling chairs and even a Body Paint and tattoo room for more privacy.
But C'est La Vie. Such as life. I'm over it now and I wish her the best of luck in all that she does.
My solo business (kinda still my sister runs my vendors) is booming and I've got another tailor friend that throws me her overload. And I'm still pulling in roughly 400-1 mill a week in sells
That's my horror story. Just be sure you can trust her. Or just set up your own vendors and set the same prices so not to undercut each other.
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