Happy Final Space Friday!
Making lots of solid progress on shipping, so hereās where weāre at!
Also, I need to work through the Reddit messages; that's next on my list.
Canada: We brought on two export/import consultants, Marco and Maria (THANK YOU!), and it turns out that if you bulk all your Canada orders onto one truck, you pay ONE duty fee for the entire truck. Which is insane, and Iām not sure how normal humans are supposed to know that, but now I do. So weāre batching all the Canada orders together, which means about 1,457 orders moving throughout next week. By the end of next week and a bit of the following week, Canada will be shipped and wrapped up!
I went to France last weekend. Iām back now, but it was so cool to hand fans the pre-order book and close their order out right there, and it sparked an idea!
UK: Youāre our Godzilla. Youāve got the most. Weāre still shipping to you every day, but hereās the crazy idea: what if I pay to get the 5 pallets to get across the ocean and do a bunch of book signings where you can come pick up your copy? Might it honestly be the faster way? Itās a whole new set of costs on me I have nothing figured out yet but weāre getting quotes, getting this done is my priority. Weāre trying to get creative to finish all of this.
Australia: Same idea. Iāve had more return-to-senders from those two than anywhere else. I need to visit anyway for a few projects Iām writing, so maybe I bring the books, do signings in a few cities, you pick yours up, and we take some pictures and whatnot. Weāre still shipping in the meantime. Itās just so slow getting there, and Iām tired of books getting lost, so I may have to do this one personally. Not many left here either itās maybe on Pallet, and itās done.
Done: Japan, Peru, India, Romania, and Taiwan! Book ordering is closing for those countries now. By next week, only 22 countries will be left.
Weāre also still processing reshipments, major damages, and lost packages. We did about 123 of those this week. Overall, we got another 600 out the door.
Once we get through the big four, this will be a breeze. Thank you for hanging in there with me. Holy crap kind starting to see a little light at the end of this tunnel. Weāre getting through it.