On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Smart, Billy Y wrote:

> Has anyone ever tried selling honey and/or honey products over the internet?
> How about putting it up for auction at e-bay? Or setting up a web page, I
> have seen a few of these. Is anyone doing this with success? Seems like the
> internet could be a good point of sale. Global audience.

We don't use the net, but do sell some honey at retail and ship by mail.
The cost of shipping, whether by USPO or Fedex/UPS is very high (honey and
glass are so heavy, you know) that even folks who ignore shipping costs
when they order are discouraged when they see the bill and rarely come
back for more.

I think the advice we've heard regarding local sales has great merit.  But
I'd sure like to be proven wrong.

It just occured to me that one use of the net in retail sales by the
producer would be to have a geographically  indexed guide to bee keepers
who do sell retail.