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gospeldesk / the-gospels

An edition of the Gospels designed for reading, together

https://www.gospeldesk.org/the-gospels/

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Set up self-distribution #10

Open chadwhitacre opened 4 years ago

chadwhitacre commented 4 years ago

Running the numbers on DIY FBA is pretty bleak. I basically make no money, especially since Sheridan can't ship direct to Amazon, have to ship to me first just so I can slap an FBA label on and reship. 🙄

Alternative is to do like I did with the first print run, and go direct-to-consumer.

chadwhitacre commented 4 years ago

Current thinking on pricing to start:

$17.99
~50¢ in padded mailer and sharpies
USPS for shipping
- free in the USA (media mail is $2.80, goes to HI/AK but slow)
- $25 flat-rate to ROW
  - rates by zone - https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm#_c346
  - country to zone - https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm#_c419

chadwhitacre commented 4 years ago

Maybe simple Stripe integration?

chadwhitacre commented 4 years ago

Sustainable mailers:

https://groundedpackaging.co/products/bubble-mailer https://www.ecoenclose.com/shop/mailers/padded-mailers/ https://www.noissue.co/eco-friendly-mailers.html etc: https://www.google.com/search?q=sustainable+padded+mailer