A trick little Garden Pot for your Range

A tricky little Garden Pot for your Range

Here it is - something new and different to set your store apart from all the big boxes that seem to be appearing next door to every retailer.

These pots are small about 5 inches tall.

You can fit a 4 inch plastic pot very neatly inside.

It is self watering garden pot.

They are cooked in a gas kiln so the color is great and the finish is superb. 

Just perfect for a table top or bench in your kitchen.

We designed this pot so get in now before it's copied and be the first to sell them!

For any more info on our garden pots you know where to find us www.mlennon.com.

Looking for Garden Pots that are Big, Bold, Unique?

Look no further M.Lennon has it!

We call this range Cupola - perfect for out in the garden as either an ornament or a big pot for a fig tree.

The finish is rough and textured, worlds away from the bright shiny glazes you see in all garden centers and nurseries these days.

Once again, you can only by these garden pots from M.Lennon as we are the ones who designed the finish.

So if you are looking for rustic garden pots that are totally different - Give Cupola a go!

To see the full range click Cupola from our products page.

A Garden Pot with a Difference

Looking for something new to set you apart from the opposition?

Have a look at this wine barrel planter. It is clay and painted in our special bon fire finish.

Bonfire is our own creation and we are confident, for the time being, that we are the only ones doing it.

The come in 3 sizes the largest being 85 wide x 57 tall, medium 70 cm x 48, small 51 x 37.

So if you sell garden pots and are looking for something a bit quirky and different, why not some Wine Barrel Planters!

For more information on bonfired garden pots click here.

Special Garden Pot Deals

I hear a great deal these days about special deals in garden pots. We offer them sometimes. Even the major retailers do.

But we must be careful when buying special pot deals.

When a grocer chain offers 50% off your favourite breakfast cereal you pounce right? Weather you need it or not you know you are going to eat it sometime, probably right after you finish the current box.

This same principle doesn’t work for pots. If a customer doesn’t like a pot and they wouldn’t pay the full price, in many cases the 50% off won’t be enough. They have to look at them every time they walk on the patio, or into the garden, or their friends see them every time they come to the house. Pots are forever, if they are good quality.

We all seem to be looking for the next biggest finish in pots. Something that will be the next craze or fad that will bring the customers to the tills. So at all times the manufacturers are trying new things. Many don’t work ie. Don’t sell. This is often when the special deals surface.

If a Garden Pot Wholesaler, me included, offers you a deal “Half Price” on some pots consider this? If you are buying the pots at half price it is probably because they don’t sell at full price so you need to cut your price in half, or you’ll have them forever.  So you haven’t increased your margin.

This is the average scenario. A customer wants to buy 2 pots. They come to your shop looking for just that – 2 pots.  The customer buys 2 of the “Special Deals” when they otherwise may have bought 2 of your normal pots quite happily - you have just taken less profit dollars for the sale.

So in short, be wary of Special Garden Pot Deals. Whatever you do don’t fill your shop up with them. Not only do they move very slow, your profit dollars (if not margin as well) will drop.

Taking on the Big Boxes.

Anyone who goes into retail these days not informed of what the competition is doing, in particular the big boxes, does so at their own risk.

These big boxes have a system that is proven. Hence they will start new shops anywhere on the globe including across the road from you.

Garden Centres and Nurseries are not immune to this, even if you can't get the service, even if you may be 10 cents cheaper than them. The facts are they are in business, they are making money and they compete with you.

A smart operator will attempt to find niches where the big boxes would not or cannot compete. Nowadays a lot of garden centres go into big massive pots that look stunning. They are too heavy for the big boxes to bother with. They do provide a good boost for the tills when they sell, but that is the catch - when they do sell. The facts are you can't stick a plant in them, often they are vase shaped. If your customer doesn't have an easy $1,000 in their account they can't afford it and the finish doesn't suit everyone. They just don't fit the average customers needs, really he just wants a pot to put a plant in.

There is a saying going around. "You can live with the masses and sell to the rich or live with the rich and sell to the masses". I'm not saying I'd want to live with the rich, or that you'd want to - but look at the billionaires these days they sell the stuff everyone can afford, news papers, groceries, fuel, software for your computer.

Enter Terrazzo pots - You can order them in all sizes, of course you can plant it them. The shapes are in vogue right now. You can buy a trough 1.1m long, you cannot buy one in clay or glazed pots. You can have a tall straight square 1m tall, you can't buy one of these in clay or glazed. Terrazzo has the straight lines decorators and commercial offices love, they often sell in bulk as they are used for big jobs. Terrazzo has been done for a long time but not properly, we have set up our own place in Vietnam and we now have no more problems. This means for you, little competition as good terrazzo is hard to find. The big boxes don't want to touch it, it is slightly fragile and on the heavy side. 

All this considered, do you sell plants? Why make your customers go to the Big Boxes for a pot because they are cheaper or because your focus is on big pots. 

Carry Terrazzo pots and heaps, you'll be surprised at the sales you'll bring in.

For any more info about our terrazzo pots or any others click right here.

Banners for your Shop

Got some fence that no passers by can see through?

Why not use it for advertising?

These banners look fantastic!

We can print whatever you like.

They are 5 x 1m.

They cost roughly $45 US!

If you'd like some of these great looking banners in your next clay garden pots order just let us know.

Pot feet for Garden Pots

Pot feet for Garden Pots

"Would you like Fries with that?"

Have you ever answered yes to this question? I have, and we aren't the only ones apparently this is the most successful sales question ever. 

Simple question, great result.

Why can't this work for you?

Would you like Pot Feet with your Garden pots?

Most customers will say, "What are they?". Here is your chance to shine and educate them at the same time. It's what separates you from the big boxes or hardware stores.

"Well Sir/Madam, these pot feet will keep your saucer/pot off the ground allowing you to blower Vac or hose underneath so you don't have a dirty ring on your veranda or patio. You can get rid of ants bugs that may try to make their homes underneath. Let air to circulate and keep the pot cooler, and hey - Don't they look great?  Let me show you."

It's a little bit of trouble but you will be paid when they buy and the next time they want pots, or refer someone you'll be at the top of the list.

To check out more tips have a look at our video section right here.

Or for more info on clay pots click the Products tab.