AWESOME MATT!

Children’s Product
Pool Product
Food/Beverage
Toy Companies

Any specific retailers Patrice? Who are the best fits for your ideas in those categories?

Academy, play it again sports, sports authority

Matt

Can you go after more that one major retailer in a specific category or do you try and limit it to one?

Matt

I could list all the major retailers in those categories that I posted but I’m not so sure they are the BEST at working with inventors and have the best deals to offer.

I’ve heard that bigger retailers are “tight” with their royalty percentages so it might be better to go with a mid-level retailer.

I would like it if EN could scout out which retailers have the best packages to offer in each product catagory and then present them in a search.

For instance, for the toy companies, EN would call 5 major retailers and 5 mid-level retailers and see what they would be willing to offer the winners of a product search and then decide.

Tom,
Initially, we are focusing on one in each category.

Patrice,
Don’t worry about that. That’s why we’re here. Shoot for the stars with your ideal retailers.

I believe that PATICE CAPONE is right on point with her suggestions..

Thanks Sheldon.

I will give Matt some names for his team to rearch :)

but I have to think about my wish list!

Matt,
I’d like to see some health & wellness companies. Like Homedics, Contour Living, Core Products International, etc. Perhaps a maternity/pregnancy specialty company. I would be nice to make life ‘better’ for people not simply easier and more fun! That said, the Spencer’s Searches have been a lot of fun!

I often find something I like at Brookstone and I think they like Novelty

I second Chic"s choice. I’m sitting on two sports related inventions.

Petco/PetSmart/Drs.Foster and Smith > Pet Products
Academy > Sports and Outdoor Equip.
Linens&Things, Bed,Body& Bath > Home Products

My sister and I would like to see some curtain places, Kirsch, Hunter Douglas and Springs! Thanks for asking.

Or Smith Noble, Castec and Ado fabrics

Hey Matt here ya go :)
Kimberly Clark
P & G
Rubbermaid
3 M
Johnson & Johnson
Ditto with Suzanne’s companies

Great thread :)

Sorry to post so much, just thought of Antex Designs too. And Romanzia! thank you again.

Matt, I would like to see a laundry product manufacturer like Clorox, Proctor & Gamble, etc.

Kimberly Clark and Proctor and Gamble have their own inventor searches threw their websites.

I’m sitting on two for bed, bath and beyond. Why don’t we just go big… sears, JC Penney, Nordstroms… we can have a vault clearinghouse of every product.

I second sears

In addition to Chic’s suggestions – Academy, play it again sports, sports authority, I would like to see Dicks Sporting Goods.

I am not sure if one or more of them are owned by a parent company. But Sporting goods are an area I am interested in.

Bed,Bath, and Beyond, and similar retailers.

Thanks
Jonathan

HomeDepot and maybe an auto part store

Thanks for the suggestions so far guys. Keep it up! Let us know who else you would like to see. By the way, we’re working on some deals now that will make some of you very happy…

Thats cool, Matt even though i am a kid, i always paid attention to those lending tree commercials where banks fight for your money so, what if it was like that. EN brings the product up and then gets companies interested so that multiple companies are fighting for one product. Or you could just get two rival companies lured into one product.

Maybe an environmentally friendly place like Gaiams…

Great post Matt.

I’d like to see some from Suzanne’s list and a few more.

Pet Products: Petco,Petsmart…Hyper Products http://www.hyper-products.com/index.html

Fun and Games: Whammo or any outdoor fun and water game companies

Fitness and Sports

Kitchenware Products

Grill and BBQ – Weber, and other grill companies.

Food related inventions.

I’m not sure of the companies that deal with all of these specific categories, but would be cool to see some of them make the searches.

Petco/PetSmart/Drs.Foster and Smith > Pet Products
Academy > Sports and Outdoor Equip.
Linens&Things, Bed,Body& Bath > Home Products

I like Jason’s list.

I will try to come up with specific names for those catagories.

I would like to see window treatment manufactures also.

What about an infomercial type product? It would be cool for EE to get a deal with the “As Seen on TV” people for a product that could be sold on an infomercial.

I’d love to see Dan direct one of those cheesy acting infomercials.

toys ‘r us, children’s game companies, kay bee toys, bj’s, costco, sam’s club

great thread, thanks

That’s a great idea Jason! That would be a golden opportunity! QVC maybe? How about Oprah or Regis & Kelly?

For retailers: 3rd for Sears. Macy’s, Wal-Mart, Target. Big chains with large distribution and assorted variety.

Manufacturers: ?

I’m not biting Matt. Anyone up for deciphering Matt’s cryptic statement below? :o)

Matt
Id love to see Coleman ..lol

Just a thought for you inventors with clothing in your invent box. 70% of Harley Davidson sells are from their clothing line. So if EE have a lot of inventors presenting clothes then EE should approach Harley Davison.

Just a though

Dow,Owens-Corning,or run some new products past the guys on “This Old House”.Building material companies. Kimberly Clark. How about 3M? I know some of these companies have their own R&D and submission protocol, but I can’t afford a patent. I think that Edison Nation would be the best agent ever. Matt, you are teasing us about making some of us very happy, aren’t you?

Matt, Thanks for asking. Mine is a dental product that has a GREAT story. I’d love a chance to drum up some excitement on an infomercial. It could also be bundled with other health products.

I see products in this group in Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Brookstone. But I can also see it for sale in Toys-R-Us.

Bottom line? I hope you have a healthcare products Live Search with all the major players. Even companies that passed on a concept previously may revisit it because the market has changed and the decision-makers have changed.

Thank you for your help earlier today with my opting-in computer glitch. You never became impatient or frustrated and I appreciate that consideration.

Matt, What about Home Depot, Lowes,Bmc,Stock materials and tools…75% of my inventions are tools… or tool related. Thanks TRW

Anything that involves baby products….Babies R Us…..etc….Have a grand slam just waiting for a window of opportunity……..

Hey Devin, Thats a great Idea, Let En net work the companies, have them compete for our products. Then post what products have been picked up, or sold for a dollar amounts. It would be interesting, knowing that EN has an acclaimed 2500 companies. I am sure one of us tiny guys would sell.TRW

I think matt already has a company lined up, and we have to guess the company before he releases it. :)

Ami (and all), I love “Ask this old house” and the “what is it?” section. This would be a great place to highlight a new tool.

My favorite is the remote control gutter cleaner…

Matt…take this thought seriously. Edison Nation is making a historical stride. A movement to bring together independent inventors for a surge of new inventions for the benefit of all around here.

You need more NOISE!!!! You need MEDIA….PUBLICITY!

What do you think I’m doing? Mr. Thickhead with MY invention…mine mine mine?

I’m creating leverage. Screw chasing them down and stand there while they try to rape me. I’m waiting for them to come to me; retailers etc. Home Depot headquarters, Amazon and alot more look at my website all the time. Let them keep looking…when they call me, I have the ball!

If anyone knows enough about this, there are all different deals retailers give. Some vendors get red carpets and some get the bottom most dustiest spot.

It is time Edison Nation focuses on FREE PUBLICITY. Let the retailers come to OUR windows and look in.

Orca Communications was bashed here and I am the one that suggesting they come here because they are a tool that inventors MUST have. Even if inventors still come to Edison Nation. They have a following and look even sweeter.

Maybe Edison Nation should hire a publicist and get on the Big Idea, some of these talk shows, Wall Street Journal, Time magazine, claiming a new system to bring U.S. inventors into the limelight.

I know your plans…see…I’m smart. You guys wanna kick aside the scam invention submission companies who are making 500 mil a year. That will give you the spotlight.

I say get a publicist, make some news, get this thing into mainstream, and have ALL the retailers come snooping.

Ron Komorowski
Inventor of Handi-Straps
www.handi-straps.com

Matt, You said it best let them come look into our windows…trw

auto parts dealers, ie. kragen, pepboys,autozone, napa etc….. if your idea is for trucks like mine

Nice Thread Matt, I like the retailer idea, but would it possible to also get some manufacturers to sign on??
My list is mostly major retailers.

Sports Authority
Walmart
Toys R Us
Walgreens
Kohl’S
L.L. Bean
K Mart
Target
Sears
and of course HSN

Devin and Mark,
Ever heard of Homier? They are an up and coming leader in tools and automotive products.

I second (third? fourth?) Home Depot or some major hardware/tool chain.

But isn’t Edison already working with Home Depot? If so stay with them please!

Erik…Coleman has an invention submission page

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/ColemanCom/inventionsub.asp

I’d like to see these retailers conduct live product searches:

Petco
*Babies R Us
*Toys R Us
***Target/Walmart/Sears/Kohl’s

Matt, will these searches by retailers most likely be very broad and open to all kinds of ideas? For example, when I say I want Target to conduct a search – I may be wanting to submit my idea for a kitchen appliance…whereas someone else wants Target to conduct a search to submit their auto accessory. Do you think these retailers will be open to anything and everything…..or do you think these searches will be more narrowly defined? Thanks, as always, for your help! Stephanie

Hi Guys,
Keep them coming…

Stephanie,
Retailers will pick their searches. I anticipate some will be really defined (like the current WestPoint search) and others will be really broad (like that first Spencer’s search).

Jerry,
WestPoint is technically a manufacturer. We’re working on two others right now – just need for the contracts to be signed off by all the lawyers.

Ron,
We have a PR team of 4 already in-house. The Big Idea isn’t real excited about us because they see us as competition since we have a televison show. We have some sort of media coverage somewhere in the US just about every single day. Sometimes it’s for products that we’re working on, other times it’s Edison Nation. No question we need more for Edison Nation. If anybody out there has friends in the media, tell them about us. Give them my contact info and I’d love to tell them our story.

Thanks!