What kind of parts/accessories do you stock?

[Puff]

Yesterday for the second time I missed out on a sale because I did not have any external drive enclosures in stock.

So last night I ordered a couple of different varieties of drive enclosures to keep in my inventory which I've been meaning to do.

My question is this. Other than the usual repair parts (power supplies, hard drives...etc), what do you keep in stock that you find helps boost your sales?

 

[Charlotte PC]

I find that many customers don't have sufficiant RAM, so keeping some available for upgrades helps.

 

[Alan22]

I keep a regular stock of the normal hard drive (sata & pata), ram & psu along with USB cables, network cables, wired/wireless router &/or switch and a wireless adapter or two. I also like to always have a pair of powerline network adapters - I find they come in very handy and I tend to sell a pair or two per month.

Right now I also have some Microsoft wireless mice, nice multimedia keyboards, some 4GB-8GB flash drives and a couple of HP P1006 laserjet printers that I got great deals on. I sell these types of items on a regular basis. I don't push, I just ask "Hey, would you like a new wireless mouse? How about a keyboard? Do you backup your documents....how about a flash drive?" It's an easy sell - people like buying new stuff, especially when what they're using is old and worn and you have it right then.

 

[Thedog]

Ram
Routers and other network material (cables etc)
Wireless network cards

Havent felt any need to "stock" anything else. If we have a client which turns in a computer with for example a faulty powersupply it only takes 1-2 days from order until we have it in stock.

 

[Methical]

I'm thinkin' bout stocking 'Laptop Cooling Trays'. I have many customers that use there laptops on there laps, or on there beds or what have you. I've advised this to them many times about how it is bad for your laptop, and it isn't gettin' the air that it should.

My partners Dell gets rather hot after I upgraded the RAM in it. So I bought her one and she loves it ! She has recommended them to her friends, and have got excellent feedback through them.

It is powered by USB, has 4-ports on it, and 3 fans. Lightweight, portable, and quiet.

I recommend selling these. Very easy to sell.

* EDIT *

Could even tie it up with a package.

Spring-Clean/Tune-Up + RAM upgrade + Cooling Tray = $X

 

[allanc]

I find that many customers don't have sufficiant RAM, so keeping some available for upgrades helps.

Aren't there many skus?
For example, one of my suppliers has about 1,500 Kingston products listed.

 

[bsd13]

I have some old spare parts that I've pulled out of other machines for testing and verification purposes but I don't stock anything. When a customer needs something I order it or go to a local place to pick it up depending on how fast they need it back.

 

[bsd13]

Aren't there many skus?
For example, one of my suppliers has about 1,500 Kingston products listed.

There's a pretty limited number of types of RAM (DDR, DDR2, DDR3, PC133, etc).

 

[allanc]

There's a pretty limited number of types of RAM (DDR, DDR2, DDR3, PC133, etc).

Don't get me wrong ... I would really like to stock some RAM.
I just don't know which specs.
I am logged into one of my supplier's now for example.
There are close to 500 sku's of DDR2.

Would you be willing to share the specs on the RAM that you stock?

 

[red12049]

Don't get me wrong ... I would really like to stock some RAM.
I just don't know which specs.
I am logged into one of my supplier's now for example.
There are close to 500 sku's of DDR2.

Would you be willing to share the specs on the RAM that you stock?

Have you kept track of the ram that you've already sold? What has been popular? Start with that.

Rick

 

[allanc]

Have you kept track of the ram that you've already sold? What has been popular? Start with that.
Rick

Yes, I have 7 years of invoices (both to client and from suppliers).
I think that in my case, the suppliers' invoices would be informative.
Thanks for the suggestion.