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This Tuesday, the ATF, the federal agency responsible for investigating instances where firearms are lost or stolen from federal firearms licensees (FFL), released its Calendar Year (CY) 2016 FFL Thefts/Loss Report. (ATF’s news release and links to the report can be found below). The informational release is only four weeks ahead of the 2017 FICC where...

How do I sell more guns?  That’s what we hear from firearm dealers across the United States. Although year-over-year NICS checks were reasonable, inventories are high and consumer demand has fallen from its peak. Knowing what inventory to buy, in what volumes and determining counter prices requires more than a hunch. Powered by GunBroker.com, FFL...

A Faster Way to Upload Lots of Products & Listings to GunBroker Listing products on GunBroker one by one can be a tedious and time consuming task. We have developed some tools to make this process a little easier for you.  We’ve developed the Bulk Lister and the REST API to upload multiple products and...

As we come to the close of the year, it’s worth looking back on some of the key influences of the year. Overall, the industry was up this year by almost any measure: NICS checks, hunting licenses, and product sales. Demand was driven by all sorts of factors, including election and political impacts, fears spurred...

Ever driven on a road that looks like this? How many billboards are in this picture? Or how about taking some back roads somewhere and finding a small business like this? What do “hanging out your shingle” (photo 2) and “billboard mayhem” (photo 1) have in common? The second photo has only one sign, the...

You’ve probably been in the gun business for a long time. Or at least have been around firearms for a long time. You know about different products, you know the types of customers you sell to, and you know how to run your gun shop store. But you may not be aware of this trick...