Tiki Central / Tiki Carving / A very brief history - Tiki Farm
Post #140591 by MakeDaMug on Thu, Feb 10, 2005 10:59 PM
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I thought it was important to share some history. Although the website has been down for some time, back in 1998, me & my friend Charlie Rubel started eBachelorpad. We went live in Jan 1999 and had a good interactive flash website. Our web traffic became serious - bordering crazy large. What you'll find here is the interactive elements but not the actual ecommerce site (we've still got it saved and may put it up someday again). Here's the link... http://studio531.com/html/flashShowcase.asp Sammy Swank was our spokesman - the quintessential bachelor. That was then... I am now happily married. Anyways, when the internet was the rage, we were in coversations with 2 large companies to possibly sell our biz... and we walked away. Unbelievable - it's mind boggling to think how things worked back then. Our e-commerce was dedicated to the following items... Aloha Shirts: We made our own here in So Cal and the brand was "Swank Island"; 6 designs in total. I rep'd Dynasty, Munktiki, Bosko plus other mfr's of assorted miscellaneous wares. Munktiki had only 1 item (bug - eyed tiki) and I bugged Paul about 10x before they set me up. I bought 2-3 ltd designs from Bosko at bulk discounts and marked those up. Dynasty's mugs sucked and as a rep, could only sell about 1/2 because the rest were defects. I got tired of either high priced mugs or cheap mugs... Shag and I met during eBachelorpad - he liked our stuff and he was just prior to getting famous. My first request to him... "Hey, let's dow a throw pillow"... wtf!!!??? Our first mug (Moai) actually turned into the lamps that we did. I have a fun/sorted history with Tiki and I'm happy that I can work 9-9 about 6.5 days per week and pay the bills and be content. Man, I dig it all. Night & mahalo, |