Dice by NASM is the Hobby business started in January 2008 by the then 11 year old Nicholas (NASM) selling dice on EBay. He started with 100 dice and has now expanded his business to well over 30,000 dice on hand and new products including Chess Sets and Incense.
He attends Gaming Conventions and School Fetes while still selling on the Internet and EBay.
This year 2009 Nicholas started High School, in Central Victoria. His stated aim is to study IT and use the income from his business to attend next years Scouting Jamboree AJ2010 and buy a car when he is old enough to drive. Along with achieving his goals the business experience is helping develop his communication skills whilst gaining a solid grounding in what it takes to run a small business. His newly acquired skills include product sourcing, importing goods, shipping and foreign currency conversion. The balancing act is the pricing of his retail product so as not to price himself out of the market and still provide his customers with the best competitive price possible.
Nicholas is fully supported and supervised by his parents in his pursuit and every customer can feel safe in the knowledge that in over 12 months of operation he has never had a complaint about his professionalism and has a 100% positive feedback rating on EBay. So far Nicholas has used all profits to increase his Range of Dice and Products, however in March 2009 he donated most of his savings to the Bush Fire Victims notably to fellow Scouts.