Mike: Hey everyone, how are you doing? You have Mike and Sierra here and today we're going to
share with you another way you can make money in the aquarium hobby. Sierra: So we're going to
talk about ADA. So for those of you that aren't familiar with ADA it was a
company that was started by Mr. Takashi Amano quite a few years ago,
he was an absolutely master aquascaper and he designed absolutely gorgeous tanks using
nature as his inspiration. Mike: Mr. Amano has had many accomplishments over his
lifetime and I would like to take a moment here now just to go through and
show you some of those.
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Sierra: All right so now that we know a little bit more about ADA let's talk about
some of the products that they actually carry. So they have pretty much
everything you need for nature aquariums including the tank, the setup, the
equipment and they're really well known for things like their tools to help
maintain the aquariums. They make really high-end, great quality
scissors and so forth... and their substrate. So their substrates are used
in all kinds of different setups so they're definitely a good quality
that many have come to rely on. Mike: So by now you're probably curious what we actually
need to really get started in this venture. Sierra: Yeah so first you're going to
need a Canadian business number. Second, you're going to need a designated area
to house your ADA showroom We'll show you some examples of the beautiful
showrooms that we see here from Japan which are absolutely amazing, but it's
all about elegance and class. Mike: Yeah, you have a place where you can set up a
beautiful environment where you can take clients in and show them a nature
aquarium and you know that gives them kind of inspiration of how they can set
up their own nature aquarium. Sierra: Yeah, so it's definitely important to have at
least one ADA style tank in your showroom to get started. so
it's not that you need a whole bunch of space but as long as you
have the one beautiful nature aquarium, that's all you really need . Mike: Yes and we're
going to show you some demonstrations here throughout the video so you
actually will see some beautiful nature aquariums so you have a better
understanding of what we're fully talking, about how we're trying to
explain a nature aquarium .Sierra: Yeah and if you haven't checked out our last video
on our ADA workshop that we attended I definitely recommend checking that out.
It has all kinds of great information more so on ADA and some of the
different styles of nature aquariums out there. Now, the last thing that you
need is basically you're going to have to be able to pass an exam, a practical
hands-on exam, at the end of it but you will get the proper training and guidance so
that shouldn't really be an issue. Mike: Yeah if you guys are wondering who you're
going to get this training by this is, going to be by our good friend Joseph.
Joseph trained with Mr. Amano back in the day and he's learned a lot from him.
He wants to share that, his passion of nature aquariums, with Canada so he's
going to train and help and go through the whole process of everything that you
need to do just so we can share this and get this more widespread across Canada. I
think that's a great idea Sierra: Yeah, he's not asking for any fees or anything like
that so there is no charge to get this information so that you are able to
learn and set up your own nature aquarium. So like I was saying you are
able to do maintenance services where you're able to help others set up their
aquariums and nature aquariums Mike: Yeah and if you're an ADA retailer you can
actually sell them everything that they need in order to do that. So that's kind
of one way that you can make money is by being an a service technician.
Sierra: We're basically looking for people to sell within their local area
so that way they're we're limiting shipping cost by making this product
available in different areas across Canada. This will help everybody be able
to have easier access to it. Some things like substrate and so on can really get
costly when when you factor in shipping. Mike: Oh yes, for sure. Another thing too is
we're not going to be staffing multiple retailers within the same
city/ we don't want it to get a little bit too crowded for
business, we want to do all of the resellers to be happy with each other.
Sierra: Yeah and working together rather than against each other. Mike: Yeah
Sierra: In this situation here we want everyone working together as a team to
really grow the hobby and nature aquariums, all together and there's all kinds of
guidance and support along the way. Mike: Yes there will be all kinds of support like
we said .Joseph is very happy to share this with everybody here in Canada.
Like I said we really want to get this more popular, so this is something that
we do want to see. Sierra: Yeah it's something we really believe in and we feel that it
could be a great way to make some extra income at the same time. So for a
relatively small investment you're getting quite a bit back and you'll have
the option to get the ADA products at wholesale pricing. Mike:Yes and like
Sierra was saying we're trying to do this locally, but let's say you have ian
online website or something like that where you
do sell product across Canada. This can definitely work for you as
well. There is a great need for some of these
products, a lot of people do use them and it's a very respected company.
You will see in almost every aquascape you will see aqua soil being
used. It's just great products so people want them. Sierra: Yeah so something that's only
growing in popularity and it's just getting bigger day by day so it's
definitely a good time and a good opportunity to get on board especially
while they're still offering this to people as small as hobbyists. Let's say who
wanted to set something up, maybe even in their basement . Mike: Yeah and we will show
you a retail location here. This is a friend of ours locally who just opened up
a shop and this is how he set up his store and as you can tell in the
picture it has a beautiful nature aquarium to showcase the whole piece. So
when clients come in and want to look at a fish, they go wow that is absolutely
amazing, I want one for myself. Well this is the opportunity for him to come in
and go well we can do that for you right now.
Let's go over some plan and get this for you. Sierra: Yeah so with this you
really don't need to stock a whole ton of products. All of this may be
available to order, so just having a small supply on hand, it should be good
enough to at least keep your hobbyists happy and get started . Mike: yeah and
to give you an example the usual order for average order is usually about
$1,000 to start .So $1,000 to start a turn key business is pretty decent in any
case. Sierra: Yeah, considering it's not all that difficult to really sign up like we said.
It is fairly straightforward where you just need a business number, an area to
set up your showpiece aquarium and then of course the aquarium to go in it and
just having the ability to pass a hands-on exam. So that being said with
all the right training and guidance that should be something that's definitely
attainable. Mike: Yeah it shouldn't be that hard at all with all
the information that we're going to be giving you.
All right so if you're interested in this, what you have to do is you have to
get in contact with us. Let us know where your location is, if you already have a
store, if you have a business number already ,that's like I said a
really important one and we will give you all the information that you need. So
we are going to put an email in the description of this video where you can
actually contact us and we'll kind of give you a little pre-screening and
after that we will send you off to our distributor. Sierra: Yeah, so it should be
fairly straightforward. Just get in touch with us with your store, your location, the
store of course is you have one, but your location and why you're interested and
how you want to share nature aquariums. Mike: Yes that's pretty much about it it's
very simple so we do want to thank you guys very much for watching
and have yourselves a great day.