Who spends the money? Just the money math facts.

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BarTableMan

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I'm curious...just as purely dollars spent...which group of people spend the most "pool related dollars" (memberships, weekly fees, entry fees, cues, shirts, food, drinks, travel, etc.)?
Pro players. Nope. Just not enough of them.
Pro player viewers. Nope. Just not enough of them.
APA League players. Close. They are the biggest by volume.
All pool league players. YES. By far the largest spend in the world.

So... if I'm trying to sell a cue, shirt, accessories, DVDs, books, anything else or hold a tournament...who should be targeted?

League pool entertains millions of people, not Pro 10-ball.

Bar box 8-ball keeps the pool world spinning.

(I love watching pro matches. To learn. To use their strategy and stroke skill for league night where I spend my money.)

Thoughts...
 
BarTableMan said:
I'm curious...just as purely dollars spent...which group of people spend the most "pool related dollars" (memberships, weekly fees, entry fees, cues, shirts, food, drinks, travel, etc.)?
Pro players. Nope. Just not enough of them.
Pro player viewers. Nope. Just not enough of them.
APA League players. Close. They are the biggest by volume.
All pool league players. YES. By far the largest spend in the world.

So... if I'm trying to sell a cue, shirt, accessories, DVDs, books, anything else or hold a tournament...who should be targeted?

League pool entertains millions of people, not Pro 10-ball.

Bar box 8-ball keeps the pool world spinning.

(I love watching pro matches. To learn. To use their strategy and stroke skill for league night where I spend my money.)

Thoughts...
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Not where i play. The league players are mostly ultra-tight water drinkers. The servers hate waiting on them 'cause they run tiny tabs. some do eat/drink but mostly they come in, play, and bail. Nationwide i'm sure they spend a lot, i'm just going by what i see on a regular basis.
 
BarTableMan said:
I'm curious...just as purely dollars spent...which group of people spend the most "pool related dollars" (memberships, weekly fees, entry fees, cues, shirts, food, drinks, travel, etc.)?
Pro players. Nope. Just not enough of them.
Pro player viewers. Nope. Just not enough of them.
APA League players. Close. They are the biggest by volume.
All pool league players. YES. By far the largest spend in the world.

So... if I'm trying to sell a cue, shirt, accessories, DVDs, books, anything else or hold a tournament...who should be targeted?

League pool entertains millions of people, not Pro 10-ball.

Bar box 8-ball keeps the pool world spinning.

(I love watching pro matches. To learn. To use their strategy and stroke skill for league night where I spend my money.)

Thoughts...
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I guarantee almost every pro player in the top 50 has spent way more on travel alone than a regular league player.
 
The idea pool players are cheap is false.

There are people like me that don't drink alcohol. I can drink so many Diet Cokes versus the guy that drinks 10 beers. I'm not an alcoholic.

They should focus on getting more alcoholic pool players.

I equate to pool as going to the gym. I do both. When I'm at the gym I am there to workout and leave. Same with pool. I am there to train, play for money, tournaments and go home.

Serious question....how much do you guys expect me to spend? There isn't much to spend at a pool hall.

Should I be buying everyone drinks?
 
I think for most pool halls, the fun players who are unlikely to run a rack spend the most money. I think they far outnumber the league players. On the other hand, they are far less likely to spend any money other than for table time, drinks and food.
 
Bob Jewett said:
I think for most pool halls, the fun players who are unlikely to run a rack spend the most money. I think they far outnumber the league players. On the other hand, they are far less likely to spend any money other than for table time, drinks and food.
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That's what i see. The bangers by FAR spend the most money. They run the biggest combined pool/food/drink tabs compared to 'poolplayers' and league'rs.
 
Leagues don't cost that much, I've spent more money on table time in a day then i would spend all week in a league.
 
smiling_Hans said:
I mean if a pool room had a pro shop like they did in the past and actually someone there then I will more incline to spend money on tips and wraps every month.
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The pool halls i worked at years ago. We had cheap cues and cases, plus we would change tips. When people are spending more then $200 on a cue they have specifics in mind and it's too hard to carry them all.
 
league players spend the most total in strictly pool costs on average per player.

but as bob says the fun players spend the most in the pool room.

so if you are selling equipment then league players are your best customers

for the pool room owners the fun players make your day.
 
maha said:
league players spend the most total in strictly pool costs on average per player.

but as bob says the fun players spend the most in the pool room.

so if you are selling equipment then league players are your best customers

for the pool room owners the fun players make your day.
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If you could figure out how to sell to the fun players, that would be a huge market.
 
The problems with Selling gear is that it sits for months especially higher priced stuff. If you have some trendy gear I can see it going faster, But you have some custom cue with a ton of weird fancy inlaws It's going to sit for a few months.
 
garczar said:
Not where i play. The league players are mostly ultra-tight water drinkers. The servers hate waiting on them 'cause they run tiny tabs. some do eat/drink but mostly they come in, play, and bail. Nationwide i'm sure they spend a lot, i'm just going by what i see on a regular basis.
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In our room on league night, the room does really well on food and drink. There are certainly a fair number of people who play and bail, but the bar is always busy, and so is the kitchen. And they have some bar regulars that aren't even there for pool. The average night is 6-8 matches, with 6-8 players per team, so there are usually 70 to 100 people in there on most league nights. If they didn't have league, they'd never be able to survive on table time and what those people eat and drink.
 
garczar said:
Not where i play. The league players are mostly ultra-tight water drinkers. The servers hate waiting on them 'cause they run tiny tabs. some do eat/drink but mostly they come in, play, and bail. Nationwide i'm sure they spend a lot, i'm just going by what i see on a regular basis.
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There are no pool amateurs in Oklahoma. Only pros.

:)

If you were to stop a random car in Tulsa with 4 dudes in it. Three would have Fargos over 700.
 
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