Brownells Offers Business Advantage

Brownells is launching the first stage of Brownells Business Advantage (BBA), a multifaceted program designed specifically to make gunsmiths and gun shops more successful and profitable. Initial benefits of the program include savings on credit card processing fees, business and product liability insurance, procurement card rates and UPS deliveries.

Members can select any or all of the program’s benefits. First-year membership costs $100; it costs only $50 to renew.

“We are delighted to offer a program that offers a very real advantage to our customers,” said company chairman and CEO Frank Brownell. “No similar programs can save members as much money or provide as many benefits. We’ve used our relationships with First National Bank of Omaha and UPS to provide our customers with a simple way to decrease costs, and that means an increase in their profits.”

One of the largest credit card providers in the United States, First National Bank of Omaha is responsible for the credit card processing portion of the program. Processing rates will be as low as 1.38 percent.

First National also can provide members with business procurement cards. Procurement cards offer shop owners the options of either a low 3.5 percent APR or 1.25 percent cash back on all purchases. Members can keep all of their existing bank accounts; they do not need to transfer to First National Bank of Omaha.

In addition, BBA members receive a discounted rate on shipping through UPS. Members with existing UPS accounts can have their account transferred to the BBA program for free.

Business and product liability insurance is another feature of the BBA. Provided by AIG and underwritten by the Joseph Chiarello Company, the insurance is available for both property and commercial general liability.

“The success of small, independent gunsmiths and gun shops often serves as a barometer for the future of the firearms industry,” said company president Pete Brownell. “The Brownells Business Advantage is designed to help these businesses increase profits and stay in the black.” (800-741-0015; brownellsbusinessadvantage.com)