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The Return of the #Plushtodon! (at the end of November, anyway...)
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/plushtodon-mini/
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Matthias Büchse@drmabuese@social.tchncs.de
@Mastodon@mastodon.social Imagine how many you would sell if you offered even more colors :)
Sparky@Bright5park@kind.social
@Mastodon@mastodon.social It not being available in the US for the stated reason makes sense, but why does that have to mean that it's Europe-Exclusive?
What about Canada, South-America, Africa and Asia?
Eugen Rochko@Gargron@mastodon.social
@Bright5park@kind.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social Because you need to establish a working relationship with a fulfillment company in the region close to your customers (because almost nobody will pay 30+ EUR for shipping), split your stock between all the regions, register for sales tax in every country you sell to. The overheads would eat any revenue when the total quantity is 1000 units.
Eugen Rochko@Gargron@mastodon.social
@Bright5park@kind.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social Because you need to establish a working relationship with a fulfillment company in the region close to your customers (because almost nobody will pay 30+ EUR for shipping), split your stock between all the regions, register for sales tax in every country you sell to. The overheads would eat any revenue when the total quantity is 1000 units.
Sara Joy :happy_pepper:@sarajw@front-end.social
@Gargron@mastodon.social @Bright5park@kind.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social so very very many times I've been disappointed by things shipping to US only. Vice versa happens too.
It's sort of nice to see an EU-based somethingorother get popular enough stateside that they get sad when they can't get the merch delivered.
Markus Unterwaditzer@untitaker@gts.woodland.cafe
@Gargron@mastodon.social @Bright5park@kind.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social ... but that is not the stated reason in the blog
Eugen Rochko@Gargron@mastodon.social
@untitaker@gts.woodland.cafe @Bright5park@kind.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social The stated reason in the blog refers to our decision not to send new stock to our US fulfillment provider that we'd previously used for the last batch.
Eugen Rochko@Gargron@mastodon.social
@sarajw@front-end.social @Bright5park@kind.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social And besides, the big plushie is still in stock over in the US.