Shore Catch Update - At Last the Doors are Open!!!
The old saying that it takes 80% of the effort to complete the last 20% of the work certainly holds true. The whole “mission” to set up our business has been a difficult task as we are just one family and there has been so much work to do. Nevertheless, I always knew it would take hard work and investment to make something of value that customers might want to use.
We will open during our normal trading hours from Monday 22 February 2016. All of the current information about Shore Catch is on our website (www.shorecatch.com.au). It’s probably better you look at that, if interested, rather than me writing an “essay” here.
I know why I never pursued a career in IT – I have lost track of the number of hours required to make the site and it is a fairly boring task. A web site is a really important part of a business however and I have had to build a new one from scratch, and try to make it how I would like to view a site. It has just been published but I will continue to work to make it better, add products, keep it up to date and further develop the social media aspect. It’s new, and there will be errors (still in testing but mostly there) so please feel free to message me with anything that has been missed or is wrong.
Our product list will constantly change as items are added or deleted. The second-hand section of our site has no products yet but this will be populated with the equipment we have to date next week. We hope that Members will see this as a valuable service and consign equipment for sale with us.
Customer feedback and suggestions are so important. I have designed a feedback form and have included this in the web site as we really want to hear from you. I expect our product range and introductory price structure will vary based on the feedback we receive. The help provided by FW Members so far has been invaluable, and I have put together the feedback form to hopefully make it easy for you to let us know what you think.
You are more than welcome to visit us in Wangara and say hello.
Mick
Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it - LH.
grantarctic1
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Great work
Great work Mick , all the best for the future mate.
big john
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Excellent
The store and associated website are a credit to the Chessell Team. Well done mate, very proud to be associated with you via my lead head jigs.
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Rob H
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good onya Mick, best of luck with it!
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Stevo81
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Good stuff Mick. Let me know
Good stuff Mick. Don't forget to let me know when you have that full range of knives in...
good luck mate
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Madmerv
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Great to see
I wish you great sucess for the venture mate. You will have my business whenever it's possible.
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z00m
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Well done
Well done to you and your family for getting the business up and running. All the best for the future.
Swompa
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Looks great. Best of luck
Looks great. Best of luck
SpotHound
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Date Joined: 06/02/14
Web site links not the best
When you click on stock shirts it takes you to custom shirts, and if you click provide feedback, nothing happens.
otherwise great !
Mick C
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Date Joined: 26/12/13
Thanks
So many pages and so many links! Thanks for the pick up. I have fixed it now. Cheers. Mick
Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it - LH.
rob90
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Looks the goods mick! Il
Looks the goods mick! Il have to pop by and have a look one arvo. All the best
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uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
Its taken you awhile
Hope it really takes off.will be up shortly
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Sambo84
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Date Joined: 23/08/14
well done
cant wait to pop in and pick up some great products
tainted
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Date Joined: 29/05/12
great shop
Popped in to see Mick this morning and was very impressed. I was lucky enough to get a quick tour and chat about what the future plans were. Then ended up getting some of the pre packed bait (looks very nice), burley and a few onion bags (never seen these elsewhere).
No doubt I'll be back inthe future.
Bodie
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Date Joined: 05/11/07
Well done getting the shop
Well done getting the shop open, here's hoping it turns into a big success. Not planning on opening on Saturdays? Would have thought that may produce a few more customers? something to consider with your burley, is snapper season when it comes about :) im sure plenty fo fish the stones, the sound and 3 mile will be keen for some large stocks of burley!
I've run my own business in IT (More in infrastructure, Networks, hardware solutions etc) One thing i found, is once you build working relationships with other busineses life becomes a lot easier. I Feel your pain on the website side of things. I'm no developer, however I've got a guy i refer all my clients to for website development, does a great job and is very cheap! PM me if at any stage you may need some help on that front.
Good luck with the store
Mick C
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Thanks Bodie
Thanks for the comments mate. We thought long and hard about weekends. In the end we thought it better to open later on Thursday and Friday to allow people the time to get their bait, etc for the weekends. My experience is that I always have that stuff ready beforehand. Also, I really like to fish the monthly competitions and the other ones that come up throughout the year which are always on Saturdays. Then there is the kids sport, etc, etc. I did note we would open on weekends by appointment, you only have to ask and I sure I can arrange to meet you. This also allows the FW Members footy games viewing on occasions, as suggested by some Members, and we may also provide a service to shred frozen frames on Sunday's as well.
Bring on snapper season, not only for the burley. Nothing better than fishing dawn and dusk and landing the big pinkies.
Appreciate the advice about the IT guy. We will see how the current site goes but may have to upgrade in the future (hopefully) because the "build yourself" web editors have certain limitations.
Cheers. Mick
Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it - LH.