Alright, well, the shipping department sits atop my coffee table, which is actually an old toy chest filled with blankets. And my postal scale is actually my kitchen scale.
Yes, it’s taking me a darned long time to transition from the cookie cutter “merch store” offered by Streamlabs to my very own online store. Right now I’m digging into figuring out shipping.
I’m pretty much approaching this the same way I approached setting up my streaming rig. I figured out how I wanted things to run and I set about figuring out how to get things to actually run that way.
See, I want to be able to charge you guys fair prices for the items that I offer and give you the best, cheapest shipping price up front, and it’s looking like it’s gonna cost me a lot to set things up that way. I’ll have to upgrade my website to the most expensive plan and I’ll have to set up a third party service to populate the site with the latest shipping rates based on a customer’s location.
I’ve been using the Gaylord Loot Pile Giveaway as a stress test for my current shipping setup, and while it’s taking me a long time to ship these things out, I’m learning all the ins and outs of packaging, shipping rates, international shipping rates, customs, and so on.
I really didn’t think it would be this complicated but, in the end, it’ll all be for the good.