percentages.
I will ignore the profit per head issue of Rental versus Rec-baller,and look at the conversion rate instead.
I have my site operator head on so here are a few figures. Lets say in a good month we had 5-600 rental players through the doors. All these players watch Sunday drivers on the video while they get changed, there are around 30 copies of PGI, Facefull and PBUK for them to read whilst they wait for their
mates to turn up.
So these potential rec ballers are already exposed to other versions of paintball before they even get their hands on a cammo suit. Out of all those players perhaps 10 may ask about paintball outside of the rental market. We run a Walk on once a month which is explained to them, advertised on our web site and posted up on this and the Walk On Zone forum.
The walk on days normally run along side the rental days with no problems at all. Paint is available at £25 a box from us and the green fee is £15 which includes lunch.
So how many rec ballers do we get from outside, plus rental conversions per month? Answer - 20 to 40. Out of that number 5 have gone forward to pursue the tourny scene ( the League ) one player out of the 40 I would consider as good feeder material for the future. (Good luck in Bristol Nicky Boy)
I could not make the days any cheaper and yet still they do not come!
There are also three other sites that offer walk on days within an hours drive
so availability is not an issue.
I have to agree with Duffy on the culture issue, mix that with a sedantry life style of the youth and you end up with what you got at the moment.
Ponder this Pete, When you played 15 years ago how much did you spend a man at a UK Tourny £60? how much does a Rec Baller at Paintball Extreme spend?. £40 - £60 How much does a Rental customer spend? £45. Why bother spending all that extra money on kit when you can use a sites?
So the pricing has little to do with it. Most Rental customers go once or twice a year period. If I was to charge £25 a box to rental customers they would spend the same amount of money per head because if someone is prepared to spend £50 on a day out thats what he/she will spend. The same customer would just end up shooting more paintballs for their money.
From my site operator perspective, all I would achieve is treble the wear and tear on the equipment and the site. Why replace my kit three times faster than before and wreck the woods and Sup air that much quicker too.
Chuck (Wearing the site head)
I will ignore the profit per head issue of Rental versus Rec-baller,and look at the conversion rate instead.
I have my site operator head on so here are a few figures. Lets say in a good month we had 5-600 rental players through the doors. All these players watch Sunday drivers on the video while they get changed, there are around 30 copies of PGI, Facefull and PBUK for them to read whilst they wait for their
mates to turn up.
So these potential rec ballers are already exposed to other versions of paintball before they even get their hands on a cammo suit. Out of all those players perhaps 10 may ask about paintball outside of the rental market. We run a Walk on once a month which is explained to them, advertised on our web site and posted up on this and the Walk On Zone forum.
The walk on days normally run along side the rental days with no problems at all. Paint is available at £25 a box from us and the green fee is £15 which includes lunch.
So how many rec ballers do we get from outside, plus rental conversions per month? Answer - 20 to 40. Out of that number 5 have gone forward to pursue the tourny scene ( the League ) one player out of the 40 I would consider as good feeder material for the future. (Good luck in Bristol Nicky Boy)
I could not make the days any cheaper and yet still they do not come!
There are also three other sites that offer walk on days within an hours drive
so availability is not an issue.
I have to agree with Duffy on the culture issue, mix that with a sedantry life style of the youth and you end up with what you got at the moment.
Ponder this Pete, When you played 15 years ago how much did you spend a man at a UK Tourny £60? how much does a Rec Baller at Paintball Extreme spend?. £40 - £60 How much does a Rental customer spend? £45. Why bother spending all that extra money on kit when you can use a sites?
So the pricing has little to do with it. Most Rental customers go once or twice a year period. If I was to charge £25 a box to rental customers they would spend the same amount of money per head because if someone is prepared to spend £50 on a day out thats what he/she will spend. The same customer would just end up shooting more paintballs for their money.
From my site operator perspective, all I would achieve is treble the wear and tear on the equipment and the site. Why replace my kit three times faster than before and wreck the woods and Sup air that much quicker too.
Chuck (Wearing the site head)
