Most of the exotic stuff I want/lust for my AR is not available at the gun shows. I have to surf around the net and read reviews here on ARFCOM to get an idea what something looks like and how it functions.
What really gets annoying is the lack of photographs or specs for all of these accessories. The manufacturers web site may have one fuzzy photo of their flip-up doo dad which is then copied and pasted to a retailers site. It is difficult to get a real sense of what the thing is and how it works or looks on the rifle.
I realize that many of these companies are small operations and I would much prefer that they put their resources toward product quality rather than a slick web page, but some specs and some quality photos of thier products actually mounted on a rifle would be a big bonus.
You do want to sell this stuff, right? And you want to sell more of it rather than less, right? Then make it accessable to the customer with some good descriptions and photos!
My recommendations to manufacturers are: at least two photos of the product at different angles, preferably mounted to the weapon it is designed for. If you have an instruction manual, make it available as a PDF file so we can really get an idea on how the thing works.
Anybody with me on this?