TOP TWENTY TUESDAY – NOVEMBER 17TH 2020

It is time once again for our look back at the last week of sales. This weekly chart is generated from the sales figures at Infinite Discs – the purchases made by our customers are the only contributing factor to the statistics. We break the results down by disc model and plastic type so you can see which plastic types are selling the most. Here we go…

Top Twenty Tuesday for November 17th 2020

#1 – ESP BUZZZ
#2 – Signature Cryztal FLX ZONE
#3 – EXO Hard LINK
#4 – Soft Lumen LINK
#5 – Swirly Star THUNDERBIRD
#6 – Z Line AVENGER SS
#7 – Discraft Prototype Putter Blend FIERCE
#8 – Star DESTROYER
#9 – Tour Series Galactic AVIAR
#10 – Star WRAITH
#11 – C-Line FD
#12 – ESP THRASHER
#13 – Opto COMPASS
#14 – Halo Star WRAITH
#15 – Star MAKO3
#16 – Prime JUDGE
#17 – KC Pro AVIAR
#18 – DX AVIAR
#19 – Discraft Special Blend LUNA
#20 – Champion FIREBIRD

Can you tell which popular disc got a restock this week? It was the ESP BUZZZ which quickly jumped to the #1 spot, with the Signature Cryztal ZONE at #2. The LINK by Discmania was also restocked and got some love to take the #3 and #4 spots on this week’s chart. Some other popular models hoovered around the chart, shuffling, but holding steady as long as discs were available to buy.

Here is a look at how many times the different brands appeared on this week’s chart:

–> Each week we’ll invite you to leave a prediction for a certain chart position on next week’s TOP TWENTY TUESDAY report. The person to predict that chart position correctly in the comments will win a $10 gift card for the Infinite Discs website.

WINNER – The #7 spot this week was taken by the FIERCE putter. It looks like Aaron was this week’s winner.

GIFT CARD PREDICTION FOR NEXT WEEK:  Leave your comment below to guess the #8 spot for next chart.  It will go to the FIRST person to get it right. Good luck!

Preparing for Black Friday 2020

‘Tis the season for all of the crazy sales, including Infinite Disc’s big, week-long Black Friday sale! However, as we all know too well, 2020 has been a strange year. While the interest in disc golf has exploded, the supply of discs has become increasingly thin. That shortage in supply will change the way this year’s Black Friday Sale will look, but you better believe we’re still going to have it!

MULTIPLE DAYS FOR MULTIPLE BRANDS?

Yes– as usual, the Infinite Discs Black Friday sales will last for several days, and each day will have a particular brand focus. A couple of days will focus on a handful of brands. With that say, there may be a couple of popular brands that will not have their own “day” during the sale. The reason for that is simple– if we don’t have discs available from that brand, it is kind of pointless to feature them. There are brands that are so behind with their manufacturing efforts or struggling with their supply chain that they don’t have discs. We can’t feature something that we don’t have.

So, if you don’t see a day when we feature your favorite brand, it is most likely because we did not have enough inventory on hand to justify any kind of feature. Or we were not able to get a special featured disc or stamp from the brand.

WILL THERE BE SPECIAL RELEASES?

For the reasons mentioned above, our ability to get special releases for our annual Black Friday event has been a struggle. But most brands have done their best to get together some fun stuff for us. Rather than seeing a lot of special runs in unique plastics, the focus will be primarily on fun stamps. We’ve licensed and commissioned more stamp designs for our 2020 sale than any other sale we’ve had before! A few are designs you may have seen before, but on disc models that haven’t featured those particular designs. But plenty of the designs are new, with a mix of both intense and humorous. We’re having a lot of fun this year with the stamps!

Hopefully, among all of the stamp designs that Infinite Discs will feature that week, you’ll find something that suits your taste perfectly.

And yet, there will be a couple of special runs in plastics that are not the usual stock.

HOW ABOUT BIG DISCOUNTS?

In the past, we’ve always discounted all the discs by the featured brands on each day. However, because inventory is so scarce, we’ll have to be more selective on the discs that are discounted. We won’t be able to do sweeping discounts on any inventory that we know we may not be able to restock. For example, if we can’t keep BUZZZ discs in stock (which has been the issue for a few weeks), then we certainly won’t be able to offer discounts. Chances are, any Buzzz we manage to get could be hard to keep in stock whether it is discounted or not. Plus, it’s always frustrating when a customer wants to get a disc or product that is advertised as “on sale” but there are only a handful available. We’d rather discount something that will benefit MORE of our customers.

In short, there WILL be discounts, but they will be on specific disc models or products that we have an ample enough supply that a lot of people will be able to benefit from the discount.

WILL IT BE WORTH IT?

Yes! We’ve worked hard to make sure that the Infinite Discs Black Friday sale will be an adventure. Every day you’ll see something unique and fun, with a variety of cool stamp designs. You may have fun exploring brands and disc models that you haven’t tried before, and that’s always fun!

THE FULL AD WILL BE COMING A FEW DAYS BEFORE THANKSGIVING!
STAY TUNED!

 

TOP TWENTY TUESDAY – NOVEMBER 10TH 2020

It is time once again for our look back at the last week of sales. This weekly chart is generated from the sales figures at Infinite Discs – the purchases made by our customers are the only contributing factor to the statistics. We break the results down by disc model and plastic type so you can see which plastic types are selling the most. Here we go…

Top Twenty Tuesday for November 10th 2020

#1 – Signature Cryztal FLX ZONE
#2 – Discraft Prototype Putter Blend FIERCE
#3 – Star DESTROYER
#4 – Lucid BOUNTY
#5 – Discraft Special Blend LUNA
#6 – Halo Star WRAITH
#7 – Cosmic Neutron TESLA
#8 – ESP STALKER
#9 – DX AVIAR
#10 – Z Glo BUZZZ
#11 – Cosmic Electron Soft PILOT
#12 – KC Pro AVIAR
#13 – Star WRAITH
#14 – Opto SAPPHIRE
#15 – Cosmic Electron Firm PILOT
#16 – Halo Star DESTROYER
#17 – Star MAKO3
#18 – Z-Line UNDERTAKER
#19 – Cosmic Electron PILOT
#20 – Tour Series Pro Color Glow ROC3

We’ve got a pretty diverse chart this week with the Cryztal FLX ZONE taking the #1 spot and the Paige Pierce FIERCE putter taking the #2 spot with the Star DESTROYER rising back to #3. The new Lucid BOUNTY by Dynamic Discs debuted in the #4 spot with a strong release. Also, the Streamline PILOT came out in Cosmic Electron plastic, hitting the chart with Soft, Medium, and Firm varieties. We continue to expect popular disc models to hit the chart and then drop off quickly as they come in stock, then sell out quickly.

Here is a look at the number of times the different brands hit the chart this week, with Innova taking the most spots:

–> Each week we’ll invite you to leave a prediction for a certain chart position on next week’s TOP TWENTY TUESDAY report. The person to predict that chart position correctly in the comments will win a $10 gift card for the Infinite Discs website.

WINNER – The #6 spot this week went to the Halo Star WRAITH. It looks like Owen won the guessing this week for the gift card. Congratulations!

GIFT CARD PREDICTION FOR NEXT WEEK:  Leave your comment below to guess the #7 spot for next chart.  It will go to the FIRST person to get it right. Good luck!

Disc Brand Sales Comparison During The Summer of Covid-19

We thought it would be interesting to take a look at how the different major disc brands would stack up in terms of sales during the months of April 2020 through October 2020. This year was crazy in terms of the growth of disc golf despite the Covid-19 pandemic and it definitely took a toll on disc supply. Most major brands faced growing pains and struggled to keep up with the demand for discs. Here at Infinite Discs we had to deal with the challenge of keeping popular models in stock, and there were definitely dry spells with brands like Discraft that sold out almost every time we restocked.

NUMBER OF DISCS SOLD

To keep things simple, we tallied the number of discs sold each month from each brand. We combined Dynamic Discs with Latitude 64 and Westside since they are manufactured in the same factory and sold in partnership. We also combined sales of MVP, Axiom, and Streamline since they are technically the same company with three brand names. Keep in mind, this is based entirely on sales through Infinite Discs which only represents a piece of the entire market. Here are those sales charted against one another.

While Innova (blue line) kept a steady increase in number of discs sold through the focus period, you can see that Discraft took some dips as supply ran out, only getting another lift with the new releases in October. This could be an indication that Innova simply had a deeper supply of discs stored in their warehouse to help them meet demand. However, new disc production eventually needs to meet the demand while stored product eventually runs out.

The Trilogy brands (Dynamic, Latitude 64, and Westside) saw a slight decline in sales at Infinite Discs  during the period. A possible reason is that we saw some of the most popular molds, including hot selling putters, run out of stock and vanish from restock order forms. But we fully expect production to catch up and for sales to grow steadily with the surge in disc golf players.

Discmania, Prodigy, and MVP held surprisingly steady through the period, through Discmania has  started to decline more recently with the absence of staples like the P2, PD2, etc. and their move of some signature disc releases away from other retailers to exclusivity on their own website.

Here is a closer look at the five brands that fell beneath the much higher Innova and Discraft numbers:

Note, the line colors changed on this focus chart. Blue is now showing the Trilogy pattern, with the green showing MVP and the orange showing Infinite Discs.  Discmania is he red line and yellow shows Prodigy holding fairly steady.

As the holidays approach it will be interesting to continue watching the battle of supply vs demand. It will also be very interesting heading into the 2021 season to see how manufacturers adapt. Will they get the change to catch up? Or will manufacturing approaches have to change and focus higher quantities on a smaller number of molds in order to at least keep the most popular discs in the hands of players? We will watch and see!

Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below. 

TOP TWENTY TUESDAY – NOVEMBER 3RD 2020

It is time once again for our look back at the last week of sales. This weekly chart is generated from the sales figures at Infinite Discs – the purchases made by our customers are the only contributing factor to the statistics. We break the results down by disc model and plastic type so you can see which plastic types are selling the most. Here we go…

Top Twenty Tuesday for November 3rd 2020

#1 – Signature Cryztal FLX ZONE
#2 – Halo Star WRAITH
#3 – Signature ESP HADES
#4 – Discraft Special Blend LUNA
#5 – Z Glo BUZZZ
#6 – Star WRAITH
#7 – Halo Star DESTROYER
#8 – Star DESTROYER
#9 – Egg Shell TRICERATOPS
#10 – C-Blend MYTH
#11 – Discraft Prototype Putter Blend FIERCE
#12 – Aura ANIMUS
#13 – I-Blend EXODUS
#14 – Opto RIVER
#15 – Z-Line UNDERTAKER
#16 – DX X-Out LEOPARD
#17 – ESP RAPTOR
#18 – Ethereal ANIMUS
#19 – Ethos ANIMUS
#20 – DX AVIAR

We’ve got the usual battle on the chart this week between whatever Discraft we managed to get in stock with whatever Innova we managed to get in stock, along with some other new releases. The Cryztal FLX ZONE had the #1 spot, with the Halo Star WRAITH close behind at #2.  The Egg Shell TRICERATOPS from Dino Discs sold out to take the #9 spot as those disc models for kids all did well during their introductory run. Two releases from Infinite Discs got on the chart with the C-Blend MYTH and the I-Blend EXODUS. Plus a restock of the Opto RIVER helped that disc to jump in at #14.  The new ANIMUS driver by Thought Space Athletics remained on the chart in all 3 plastic types this week.

Here is a look at how many times the different brands entered the chart this week:

–> Each week we’ll invite you to leave a prediction for a certain chart position on next week’s TOP TWENTY TUESDAY report. The person to predict that chart position correctly in the comments will win a $10 gift card for the Infinite Discs website.

WINNER – The #5 spot this week was the Z Glo BUZZZ which features the Halloween stamp. It looks like Scott wins for this week. Great job with the guess!

GIFT CARD PREDICTION FOR NEXT WEEK:  Leave your comment below to guess the #6 spot for next chart.  It will go to the FIRST person to get it right. Good luck!

TOP TWENTY TUESDAY – OCTOBER 27TH 2020

It is time once again for our look back at the last week of sales. This weekly chart is generated from the sales figures at Infinite Discs – the purchases made by our customers are the only contributing factor to the statistics. We break the results down by disc model and plastic type so you can see which plastic types are selling the most. Here we go…

Top Twenty Tuesday for October 27th 2020

#1 – Signature ESP HADES
#2 – Cryztal LUNA
#3 – Discraft Special Blend LUNA
#4 – Cryztal FIERCE
#5 – K1 SVEA
#6 – Signature Cryztal FLX ZONE
#7 – Signature ESP ZEUS
#8 – Z Glo BUZZZ
#9 – Discraft Prototype Putter Blend FIERCE
#10 – Star WRAITH
#11 – Halo Star DESTROYER
#12 – Ethereal ANIMUS
#13 – Ethos ANIMUS
#14 – DX AVIAR
#15 – Ethos PATHFINDER
#16 – Ethereal PATHFINDER
#17 – Supercolor BUZZZ
#18 – Signature Rubber Blend ROACH
#19 – R-Pro PIG
#20 – Aura ANIMUS

The top of this week’s chart is loaded heavily with Discraft special releases including the Cryztal LUNA and Cryztal FIERCE which were released in support of the Pro Tour Championship. The Signature EPS HADES took the #1 spot. The new SVEA by Kastaplast pushed up into the top 5 with a strong debut. The bottom half of the chart was dominated in part by the two new releases by Thought Space Athletics, with the ANIMUS driver taking 3 spots with its 3 plastics, and the PATHFINDER taking 2 spots as well. That’s a strong push in sales for a new brand that’s making a big splash!

Here is a look at how many times the different brands showed up on this week’s chart:

–> Each week we’ll invite you to leave a prediction for a certain chart position on next week’s TOP TWENTY TUESDAY report. The person to predict that chart position correctly in the comments will win a $10 gift card for the Infinite Discs website.

WINNER – The Ethos Pathfinder took the #15 spot this week. Though there were a couple of guesses for the Animus by Thought Space Athletics, nobody picked the Pathfinder. So, there isn’t a winner this week, but give it another try for next week.

GIFT CARD PREDICTION FOR NEXT WEEK:  Leave your comment below to guess the #5 spot for next chart.  It will go to the FIRST person to get it right. Good luck!

TOP TWENTY TUESDAY – OCTOBER 20TH 2020

It is time once again for our look back at the last week of sales. This weekly chart is generated from the sales figures at Infinite Discs – the purchases made by our customers are the only contributing factor to the statistics. We break the results down by disc model and plastic type so you can see which plastic types are selling the most. Here we go…

Top Twenty Tuesday for October 20th 2020

#1 – Signature Cryztal FLX ZONE
#2 – Signature ESP HADES
#3 – Discraft Special Blend LUNA
#4 – Z Glo BUZZZ
#5 – Signature Rubber Blend ROACH
#6 – DX AVIAR
#7 – Discraft Prototype Putter Blend FIERCE
#8 – Star WRAITH
#9 – Halo Star DESTROYER
#10 – Prime JUDGE
#11 – Champion MAKO3
#12 – Concrete TOMB
#13 – Prime WARDEN
#14 – ESP UNDERTAKER
#15 – Star DESTROYER
#16 – Full Foil Super Color BUZZZ
#17 – Signature ESP ZEUS
#18 – KC Pro AVIAR
#19 – Tour Z Swirl LUNA
#20 – S-Line P2

The new shipment of Brodie Smith signature discs and Halloween Buzzzes helped to launch some popular Discraft models to the top of the chart. We see the Zone at the top, followed by the Hades, Luna, Buzzz, and Roach. A couple of popular Dynamic Discs putters also hit the chart with restocks, like the Prime Judge and Prime Warden.  The Concrete TOMB by Infinite Discs entered the chart with a signature edition for Dallin Blanchard.

Here is a look at the number of times the different brands hit the chart this week:

–> Each week we’ll invite you to leave a prediction for a certain chart position on next week’s TOP TWENTY TUESDAY report. The person to predict that chart position correctly in the comments will win a $10 gift card for the Infinite Discs website.

WINNER – The #14 disc this week was the ESP UNDERTAKER which was restocked two weeks ago and keeps selling strong. The winner who guess it right was Brian. Congratulations!

GIFT CARD PREDICTION FOR NEXT WEEK:  Leave your comment below to guess the #15 spot for next chart.  It will go to the FIRST person to get it right. Good luck!

 

TOP TWENTY TUESDAY – OCTOBER 13TH 2020

It is time once again for our look back at the last week of sales. This weekly chart is generated from the sales figures at Infinite Discs – the purchases made by our customers are the only contributing factor to the statistics. We break the results down by disc model and plastic type so you can see which plastic types are selling the most. Here we go…

Top Twenty Tuesday for October 13th 2020

#1 – Discraft Special Blend LUNA
#2 – Star WRAITH
#3 – Tour Z Swirl LUNA
#4 – Halo Star DESTROYER
#5 – Discraft Prototype Putter Blend FIERCE
#6 – ESP ZONE
#7 – Z Line BUZZZ
#8 – Z Line ZONE
#9 – Tour Series Pro Color Glow ROC3
#10 – Champion MAKO3
#11 – I-Blend MAYA
#12 – ESP UNDERTAKER
#13 – ESP STALKER
#14 – DX AVIAR
#15 – Star VALKYRIE
#16 – ESP NUKE SS
#17 – Signature Z-Line FORCE
#18 – S-Line P2
#19 – Big Z BUZZZ
#20 – Full Foil Super Color BUZZZ

This last week saw some Discraft restocks that boosted the brand’s presence on the Top 20 chart. The LUNA took the #1 spot by a landslide with the Tour Z Swirl Signature Edition LUNA taking #3 with the Star WRAITH slipping into the #2 spot.  The Halo Star DESTROYER had a strong week, landing in the #4 spot. The FIERCE restock brought that popular putter back to the #5 spot.

Here is a look at how many times each brand appeared on this week’s chart:

–> Each week we’ll invite you to leave a prediction for a certain chart position on next week’s TOP TWENTY TUESDAY report. The person to predict that chart position correctly in the comments will win a $10 gift card for the Infinite Discs website.

WINNER – The #13 this was the ESP Stalker which was restocked during the week. That was probably a harder guess. Unfortunately, there were no winners this week. Give it another try!

GIFT CARD PREDICTION FOR NEXT WEEK:  Leave your comment below to guess the #14 spot for next chart.  It will go to the FIRST person to get it right. Good luck!

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