I think the key is a trustworthy website, full payment and realistic lead times. Which brings me on to.....
It turns out that building 30 bikes at a time is a real pain in the arse in this workshop. It's also made me realise that I can't really work out how best to do it until we see how many orders we are taking at any one time. I can see building one size at a time as being helpful, but with the fixtures we have it's not a necessity. Once we have painted this batch we are going to start taking orders again, which should coincide with our swanky new website (thanks Holls) and we can then see how quickly the orders stack up.
I think the key is a trustworthy website, full payment and realistic lead times. Which brings me on to.....
It turns out that building 30 bikes at a time is a real pain in the arse in this workshop. It's also made me realise that I can't really work out how best to do it until we see how many orders we are taking at any one time. I can see building one size at a time as being helpful, but with the fixtures we have it's not a necessity. Once we have painted this batch we are going to start taking orders again, which should coincide with our swanky new website (thanks Holls) and we can then see how quickly the orders stack up.