The approximate mailing time is between 8 and 12 days; and I've learned the approximate cost for mailing the product both to the United States and overseas. I've had one package go to Scotland and one to Holland; I think I've learned from those that we need a wee bit more padding than the post-package provides. In any case, I have a clear idea of what the postage has to be, so I'm ready to define a price.
$15 for shipping is low-balling the cost considerably; frankly, this means I'll be eating some of the shipping cost, so I'm naming the price for the product itself at $50. As it happens, in the next little while I'll be formally obtaining a business licence that will enable me to bring down the price of shipping for myself, whereupon $15 will about cover it. Basically, I don't want to charge more up front for shipping now, when I know that later on I'll be paying less. In other words, I don't want to punish my early purchases with a high shipping price, so that later on I can offer a lower shipping price to others.
I'm happy with the rate, I'm comfortably sure I can fix it for myself through Canada Post and in general I can feel good about myself as a seller.
I've no interest in selling the product through Patreon. If I do, I'll be charged an American sales tax, which is ridiculous as I'm not American. I believe there's a way of negotiating that with Patreon, but it involves giving them the money first and then canvassing to get it back. Um, no. Soooo ...
HOW TO BUY THE MENU
Please make a donation of $65 to the donate button on the links bar on the right hand side of this blog. Then send your mailing address to alexiss1@telus.net. If you'll use "Address for Menu" as your subject line, this will make it easier for me to identify you. Please use the email to connect your mailing address on my email to your donate to paypal nick or avatar, if these are different.
Mailouts will be Tuesdays and Fridays, or any day I'm going near a mailbox. If you get aboard right now, I should be able to easily get you the product before Christmas. It only took 9 days for me to mail both packages to Europe. By that reasoning, everyone I've mailed a menu to at this point should already have one ... though I've only heard from two Americans so far. That could be the Louis DeJoy effect. I don't know.
Mine arrived today. It's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAlexis, put the menu up on the sidebar of the blog with the rest of your books!
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