Hey Everyone,
Thanks for participating in the compass blow out sale that went on late last night at Backpacking Light. It was a marginal success. As promised I will be blowing out some more gear. The next group will be some first aid kits. Please use the same rules as last time. If you want to buy the item post the name of the item and SOLD.
Please NO Backpacking Light Personal Messages telling me you want to buy the item, I want to keep everything transparent and everyone in the loop. I have limited quanities so the first to post SOLD on the forum gets the item. That person has 24 hours from the time of the post to arrange payment which can be thru paypal or credit card. Just send an email to Lawson@mountainfitter.com with your address and how you want to pay. If the winner doesn’t pay for the item within 24 hours then the next person to post the item and say SOLD gets it.
I will lower the items pricing everyday until all the items are sold. Once all the items are sold a new group of products will be blown out.
Estimated Date: Sunday Night @ 9pm EST.
Items:
AMK Weekender
AMK Adventurer
AMK Trail
AMK Ultralight .7
AMK Ultralight .5
AMK Ultralight .3
Quantity: To Be Determined.
Price: Super Cheap with Free Shipping.
Visit Backpackinglight.com for the sale!
We are having our second annual march into spring sale which kicked off March 1st and will last until April 15th. The sale is great for thru hikers that are getting ready for the trail. We are still working on adding a few thousand more products and should have them all added to our inventory before the sale ends. Please be sure to check out weekly gear deals for super deep discounts. http://www.mountainfitter.com
Past, Present and Future….
I started Mountainfitter.com over a year ago because I felt there was a need for an online outdoor gear store that sold more gear and less clothes. I have been working hard to build a business and a brand customers can trust. So far so good but I also figured it would give me an opportunity to spend more days outside testing gear. Boy was I wrong.
Before starting Mountainfitter.com I owned LKC for 5 years which was a General Construction firm that specialized in shell construction. (concrete flatwork, masonary work and rough carpentry) so I thought everything was going to be a breeze. I guess that had to do with all the books I read on “how to start an online business making a million dollars a year while working from your chalet in the Alps” hahah : )
Within a few weeks I found out these kind of online businesses don’t exist. It took an entire month before the first sale, which was a Coghlan’s Soap Holder for $2.99 and $5.00 for shipping. By week six I was starting to get worried so I offered Free Shipping on all orders. The next sale was a few days later and it was a Nalgene Everyday OTG Water Bottle for a grand total of $8.99 (including shipping)…
With my if I built it they would come attitude failure was certain. I wasn’t use to advertising since my previous business was all word of mouth and repeat customers. By week seven I told myself that if nothing sold by the end of week eight I would cut my losses and call it a learning experience. Week eight came and went without a sale but I wasn’t ready to quit. I love challenges so instead of giving up I doubled down and worked twice as hard. By the third month Mountainfitter was receiving two orders a week. Mountainfitter’s sales have increased every month since and Jan 1st marked our one year anniversary.
I am working hard (80+ hours a week) to build the best gear only, online shop. In order to do that I am working on adding a few thousand more products and trying to get the Mountainfitter name out there. Please take a few minutes to browse the Mountainfitter.com web store and if you if you find a product your looking for please give me the opportunity to sell it to you. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.
Cheers,
Lawson
Hello Everyone,
This is Mountainfitter.com first blog post. My name is Lawson Kline and I am the owner of Mountainfitter which is an outdoor adventure gear store. In the future I plan to blog about everything to do with the outdoors. Some of the future topics will include where to go, trip reports, gear maintence, make your own gear, gear reviews, and anything else I can think of. If you have an outdoor related blog or post that you would like to see on our website please let me know. Contact me at Lawson@mountainfitter.com In the mean time happy trails : )
Cheers,
Lawson
