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Welcome to the
NFA Firearms Dealer Program

Let’s be real honest for a second… Selling NFA Firearms is a red-tape nightmare. The ATF makes everything as difficult as they possibly can, which means you have a lot of hand-holding to do with your customers. To make matters worse, you have to deal with the Gun Trust dilemma. You know that purchasing NFA Firearms through a Gun Trust is the best option for your customers, but you also know that means you’ll have to spend even more time on each sale. Not only do you have to spend a bunch of time explaining the ATF Forms, but now you have to answer a ton of questions about Gun Trusts.

In addition to answering questions about Gun Trusts, you may be presented with other Gun Trust issues as well. There are so many online Gun Trust companies, that simply don’t have a clue. Here is a common scenario: A customer comes in to buy a Silencer using the Gun Trust they just created using Quicken Willmaker. You want to make the sale, but you know there is a good chance that the ATF will deny or delay the Form 4 Application because the Gun Trust is so deficient. What do you do? make the sale and deal with an unhappy customer when they have problems? Or, tell them they need to get a new Gun Trust and risk losing the sale?

And, as you are certainly aware, Class 3 Dealers experience other issues related to selling Title II Firearms:

Customer “walk-out” is much more common with Title II Firearm sales, as each transaction takes so much time. This is mostly due to the fact that your NFA Firearms customers are more impatient than normal, as they feel overwhelmed by the ATF Application process.

Then, there is the issue of reduced profit margin because of the massive online Silencer retailers. You have to be able to make a profit to stay in business, but it is almost impossible to sell Title II Firearms competitively when the big boys sell them so cheap. That means you have to be able to offer unique services and search for creative ways to make a profit.

And last, but not least, the competition is offering a One Stop Shop Customer Experience. Because the NFA Firearm process is so confusing, customers are always looking for the easiest and most inclusive way to purchase Title II Firearms. That means you have to constantly look for a way to make your business more competitive

It’s because of these issues that we created the Texas Gun Trust NFA Firearms Dealer Program. So, what can the Texas Gun Trust NFA Firearms Dealer Program can do for you?

Explaining Gun Trusts

Let Texas Gun Trust do the explaining for you. Our website offers a wealth of NFA Firearm information. Articles like What is a Gun Trust? educate your customers, allowing you to concentrate on other sales. And, instead of dealing with all of those annoying questions like:

What is a Successor Trustee?
Do I need to open a bank account?
Do I need an EIN (Tax Payer ID)?
Can I use my Gun Trust on multiple NFA Firearms?
Can I put my personal (Title I) firearms into my Gun Trust?
Do I need to record my Gun Trust with the State?

you can direct your Customers to our FAQ’s page. We have tons of useful information on our FAQ’s Page that answers the most common Gun Trust questions. From now on, when you get one of those customers that has to know everything about everything, just send them to us and spend your time on another customer.

Then, when it comes time to fill out the Gun Trust Information Form, we take over. The Gun Trust Information Form provides detailed and easy to understand explanations that completely eliminate the confusion of the Gun Trust process. Never again will you spend 20 minutes explaining what a Successor Trustee does, What a Beneficiary is, How to add & Remove Co-Trustees. We do it for you!

Deficient Gun Trusts

We get contacted all the time, by customers and dealers alike, with questions about Gun Trusts that don’t seem legitimate. Whether it’s a fly-by-night company or a do-it-yourself program, the Gun Trusts your customers are purchasing are incomplete and insufficient. Even though the issues are not your responsibility, when your customer’s Form 4 Application gets denied or delayed by the ATF, ultimately it’s going to affect your reputation, as well as your sales.

The Texas Gun Trust NFA Firearms Dealer Program gives you access to the best Gun Trust on the market. Unlike the other Gun Trust companies, we offer an actual Revocable Living NFA Firearms Trust. We provide easy to understand directions and explanations, and we review every Gun Trust Information Form to make sure there aren’t any obvious errors before it gets delivered.

Eliminating the issues cause by deficient Gun Trusts saves you both time and money. And, you get happy customers, that will spread the word about how easy and efficient their Title II Firearm purchase was.

Explaining ATF Forms

When you use Texas Gun Trust you will see a dramatic reduction in the amount of time you spend explaining & filling out Form 4’s. Instead of spending hours with each customer (explaining every single Box on the ATF Forms) you can put them in front of the computer, log in to the Texas Gun Trust, and let us do the explaining for you.

Our ATF Automated Form System walks your customers through the ATF Applications by eliminating the confusing ATF Forms altogether. Our Forms System usees practical examples & explanations, and we ask the questions in a way that your customers can understand. Then, we take your Customers information and convert it into a completed ATF Application that already has all of your FFL and SOT information filled in. All you do is print it out and sign.

To make it even easier on you, each ATF Form comes with several pages of instructions that will answer all of your Customers follow-up questions about what to do next. We even include mailing labels for their CLEO and the ATF. If you want to check out how the Texas Gun Trust Automated Form Generators work, try our Sample Form 4 Generator right now.

Customer Walk-Outs

According to our Customer Questionnaires, the number one reason customers purchase Silencers online (instead of at the local store) is because they got tired of waiting for help at the store. That means your NFA Firearm sale turned into a transfer at best, but more likely it walked out the door.

When you sign up for the Texas Gun Trust NFA Firearms Dealer Program, you have automatic access to the resources your customers need. That means you spend less time on each Title II Firearm transaction, making you available to help waiting customers more quickly. Reducing Customer wait time by even a few minutes, will keep them from walking out the door. But it’s more likely (based on conversations with out current Class 3 Dealers), that you will save between 30 and 45 minutes per NFA Firearm transaction.

Cover Your Costs

You have two choices about setting Gun Trust prices for your Customers:

1. Pass the Discount
Selling Gun Trusts at a reduced price can be a powerful marketing tool that drives your NFA Firearm Sales. Your Customers get a reduced price or free Gun Trust when they buy NFA Firearms from you, which is just one more way to boost your sales. You can read more about Discounts below in the section titled The Discount Option

2. Set your own Price
Gun Trusts are a major benefit for your customers, but they are just one more thing you need to deal with when getting your customer’s paperwork together. And, to be competitive in the NFA Firearms market you need to do everything you can to cover your costs. Because Texas Gun Trust offers the best Gun Trusts on the market, they can easily be resold at an increased Price Point. That means you set the price for a Texas Gun Trust at a level that works best for your business.

One-Stop-Shop

The idea behind the One-Stop-Shop is that the customer is more likely to purchase a product if they can get everything they need at one time. If purchasing something requires multiple trips to multiple locations, customers are much more likely to change their mind or find an alternative seller. But, when it comes to NFA Firearms Dealers, the problems caused by these obstacles are dramatically increased. That’s because your customers believe the process of getting a silencer is incredibly difficult and arduous.

We understand the importance of one-stop-shopping.

In late 2016, we surveyed our visitors to get a better understanding about their level of knowledge concerning all things NFA. We discovered that almost 50% of our visitors had no idea what they needed to do in order to get a silencer. Then early 2017, we implemented the one-stop-shop philosophy for Gun Trusts. We started by explaining the NFA Firearms purchase process, the benefits of creating a Gun Trust, the ATF Application process, how to fill out a Form 4’s, what needs to be sent to the ATF & the CLEO, and we created our Automated Forms System to remove the confusion created by the ATF Applications. Within three months our daily sales had tripled and follow-up surveys indicated our one-stop-shop customer experience was responsible for more than 50% of all sales.

How does this affect NFA Firearms Dealers?

Texas Gun Trust covers every part of the NFA Firearms purchase process except the sale of the NFA Firearms themselves, fingerprints and mugshots. That means all you need to do to become a one-stop-shop for NFA Firearms is:

1. Incorporate Texas Gun Trust into your sales process,
2. Buy a camera, and
3. Implement a fingerprinting process such as a digital scanner, or get a bunch of FD-258 Fingerprint Cards from the ATF and make a map to the CLEO

Take it from us, turning your business into a One Stop Shop, will bring more customers in the door and increase your profit margin.

The Discount Option

Believe it or not, offering free (or reduced price) Gun Trusts to your customers can actually increase your overall profit margin. The are several reasons for this phenomenon, including the following marketing statistics:

1. The probability of selling to a new customer is 5-20 %.
2. The probability of selling a product to a new customer is increased to 35-50% when the customer receives a freebie or discounted price on a product
3. After the initial sale, the probability of selling to a customer jumps to 60-70 %
4. 80% of your future profits will come from just 20 percent of your existing customers.

What does all of this mean to you?

If you offer free or reduced price Gun Trusts to your customers, they will feel obligated to give something back to you. You’ll immediately have an increase in new customer sales, you’ll see an increase in repeat customers, your repeat customers will spend more per visit, you will experience an immediate increase in your profit margin, and a dramatic increase in future profits.

According to the article 6 Psychological Triggers that Win Sales and Influence Customers: The principle of reciprocity in sales psychology means that when someone gives us something, we feel compelled to give something back in return. Have you ever gone to the grocery store and ended up with an unplanned purchase because you felt an obligation to buy something after you tried a free sample? That is the principle of reciprocity in action.

Resources:
Psychological Triggers That Win Sales and Influence Customers
Customer Retention Statistics
Repeat Customer Statistics

Increase Productivity

Regardless of which package you choose or why you choose it, you are going to save time and money by using Texas Gun Trust for all of your NFA Gun Trust needs. You save time because Texas Gun Trusts are incredibly easy to fill out, delivered within hours, and always approved by the ATF. You save money because Texas Gun Trust is the least expensive trust on the market and because you will drastically reduce Customer Walk-Out.

In addition to increasing your productivity Texas Gun Trust helps you increase your sales. When you offer high quality and affordable Gun Trusts to your NFA Firearms Customers, you will see an Increase in Traffic, Optimized Customer Retention, and Significantly Boosted Class 3 Sales.

Join the Texas Gun Trust NFA Firearms Dealer Program Today so you can give you Customers the Best Gun Trust on the market!

Click on the button below if our Program sounds like a good fit for your NFA Firearms Business.

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