8/18/15

GeoTrax Packs Store Is Another Place to Buy GeoTrax Trains

GeoTrax Packs Store Now Open for Business


I recently decided I had enough surplus material - GeoTrax sets and pieces - to start offering them for sale on GeoTraxPacks.com. So I did a little research to see if the WordPress plugin called WooCommerce was still the best storefront available. The reviews claimed it still was at the top of the heap, so I installed it and started adding GeoTrax sets to it.

You can now buy a fair number of GeoTrax sets (securely, of course) directly from GeoTrax Packs, if you have (or create) a PayPal account and a shipping address in the United States. Sorry, I'm not prepared to sell outside the US at this time. The shipping costs would be prohibitive.

Why Should I Buy Directly from GeoTrax Packs?


The main reason to buy GeoTrax directly from GeoTraxPacks.com is the cost. Other sites, like eBay and Amazon, charge a fee for every sale. That's how they make their profit, and that's fine. Since I don't charge fees to myself, I can offer sets for less and still make a profit for myself.

I'm starting with complete and nearly complete sets in the store. Eventually I'll add smaller bits and pieces such as those currently found in the spreadsheet at the bottom of the For Sale page.

In the future I'll probably also discount some items. While it's possible to do that on the other sale sites, it feels like it will be easier to do so on my own site.

Should the unthinkable happen and I have my accounts closed at those other sites (as I know has happened without warning to other sellers), I'll still be able to offer these great toys to you on GeoTrax Packs.

I hope you can find what you need and want at the store. As always, let me know if there's something in particular that you're looking for and can't find. I may have one or be able to get one for you.

8/3/15

GeoTrax Layout Galleries Page Created at GeoTrax Packs

Now You Can See Pictures of GeoTrax Layouts

Many of you GeoTrax fans have visited GeoTraxPacks.com looking for track layout ideas. I've always had a page there that discusses track layouts. It pointed you to other sources of layouts, such as Bing, but it never showed you any layouts right on the site itself, unless you include what is visible in most of the pictures of starter sets.

That just changed today. I now have a gallery of layouts that I setup myself right on GeoTrax Packs. There's only one set of pictures posted there so far, but I plan to add more (complex) layouts in the near future.

So check out the GeoTrax Layout Galleries page now and return there in the next few days to see what I've added.

8/1/15

GeoTrax Videos Show How To Use the Trains

GeoTrax Videos Are in the Works


I've started creating the videos that highlight the moving parts of each GeoTrax set that I have access to. As of this writing, I have nine of them done.

I decided to group them into playlists with five videos in each list. The first list contains these sets.

  • Tracktown Railway
  • Mt. Blast Construction Co.
  • Fast Response Rescue Co.
  • Crosstown Express
  • Load 'em Up Gravel Co.

When finished, the second list will include these sets.

  • Whirly Bird Rescue
  • Big Falls Wrecking
  • Mix 'n Go Work Crew
  • Rapid Rescue Fire Squad
  • Cross Valley Junction

There are some sets that sadly don't deserve their own video. A set like Freightway Transport, which is just a truck cab and a trailer, doesn't have any special moving parts. A video of me pushing it around the track would be a waste of time. Sets that consist of only track pieces fall into this category too.

Thusfar, I've been able to finish several videos each day. If I can continue at this pace, I should have them done in a month or two. I have over 100 more videos I can add!