Cube Pal - www.cubepal.webs.com (Australian Cube Store)

[Ben]

I have opened a cube store
The website is www.cubepal.webs.com
Although I have nothing in stock yet, I plan to stock items very soon.
CubePal is based in Australia, so if you live here, you will get very fast shipping.
Processing orders should take at the most 2 days and after I ship it, it should arrive at your door within 7 days.
If you don't live in Australia, you can still buy from CubePal but it may be a better idea to buy from a US store

Shipping Details :
WITHIN AUSTRALIA :
It will be $5 for any amount of cubes that are up to 250g.
So, that will give you quite a few items for $5 shipping.
For example : You could fit a 3x3x3, 2x2x2, set of stickers, maru lubrication and all of that probably wouldn't equal up to 250g. So, the total shipping cost for that order would be, $4.55.
If it is in the range of 250g - 500g, it will cost $5.80
If it is somehow HIGHER, I'll have to send you a personal email telling you the exact details.
They would come in ShurTuff satchels.

OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA (Incl. NZ) :
Now, this will cost a significant amount more. (You may be better off buying from a cube store closer to you)
It will cost a flat $10 AUD to anywhere else in the world.

Contents of CubePal's FIRST ORDER :
-Sheng En F2
-Type-A 5
-GhostHand 2
-LanLan 2x2x2
-QJ Pyraminx
-MF8 Megaminx
-QJ Skewb
-Edison / Joy Cubes
-Maru lubricant bottles


So, please post what you think of the site below and, if you have any, suggest ideas! Thanks

 

[pappas]

Any hints about what products you'll be stocking?

 

[Ben]

My first batch of products should be something like :
-Sheng En F2
-Type-A 5
-GhostHand 2
-LanLan 2x2x2
-QJ Pyraminx
-MF8 Megaminx
-QJ Skewb
-Edison / Joy Cubes
Have any more suggestions on what to stock after this? Post below

 

[Stefan]

"The Australian Cube Store"? Is there no other?

 

[Ben]

Hmmm... I'll have to fix that

 

[Inf3rn0]

How much will shipping be to Nz or have you not looked into that yet?

 

[Ben]

-deleted everything here-
Details about shipping are in the first post

 

[darkerarceus]

Will it be $5 fixed shipping? Or will it vary?

 

[Ben]

Hmm.

I haven't 100% thought about that yet.
I'm going to think about it then post back the things

Edit :
Ok I've changed the original post about details on this

 

[Tim Major]

Shipping should be around $5 within AU (incl. NZ)

Internationally, it should be about $8.

Err... how? You'd lose money, unless shipping for example, stickers.
Before I told anyone I was opening a cube store, I everything worked out.
For shipping:
<250g = $4.55 + bag/box.
<500g = $5.80 + bag/box
<500g = $6.00 with thin plastic satchel.
Anywhere in your state is $7.70 (well, Victoria) up to 21kg + bag/box.
Rates vary depending on postcode.
NZ however, is much more expensive.
Also, the majority of cubers in Australia live in Melbourne, for example, we had around 20 people at the meetup today. For all the Melbourne cubers, it will probably be cheaper buying from me, unless you're selling for a very, very small mark up price.
Have you done your research into prices people would pay? How much can you get the cubes for? What if you can't sell many of one brand, can your prices across all other cubes, still break it even? At the moment it seems like you haven't put a lot of thought into this. >Melbourne cube stores don't have a great chance, but good luck I suppose.

 

[oprah62]

lol rivalry

 

[Ben]

Err... how? You'd lose money, unless shipping for example, stickers.
Before I told anyone I was opening a cube store, I everything worked out.
For shipping:
<250g = $4.55 + bag/box.
<500g = $5.80 + bag/box
<500g = $6.00 with thin plastic satchel.
Anywhere in your state is $7.70 (well, Victoria) up to 21kg + bag/box.
Rates vary depending on postcode.
NZ however, is much more expensive.
Also, the majority of cubers in Australia live in Melbourne, for example, we had around 20 people at the meetup today. For all the Melbourne cubers, it will probably be cheaper buying from me, unless you're selling for a very, very small mark up price.
Have you done your research into prices people would pay? How much can you get the cubes for? What if you can't sell many of one brand, can your prices across all other cubes, still break it even? At the moment it seems like you haven't put a lot of thought into this. >Melbourne cube stores don't have a great chance, but good luck I suppose.

Thanks for the 'advice'

 

[Tim Major]

Also, if I was losing money, wouldn't that technically be a good thing for you?

No, if you're losing money, that means you're prices are really low

Edit: I'm also not a ****head who enjoys others losing money.

 

[darkerarceus]

Well i'm still good with that kind of shipping rate.
$5.80 for 500g seems pretty decent!
When do you plan on selling items?
I really hope you get more items though.......

 

[Ben]

Well i'm still good with that kind of shipping rate.
$5.80 for 500g seems pretty decent!
When do you plan on selling items?
I really hope you get more items though.......

Thanks! I really appreciate that

I've edited the first post to show what my first order is going to contain.
If you have any suggestions for a puzzle, tell me and I'll be sure to see if I can supply them!

 

[aronpm]

So how old are you?

 

[darkerarceus]

Thanks! I really appreciate that

I've edited the first post to show what my first order is going to contain.
If you have any suggestions for a puzzle, tell me and I'll be sure to see if I can supply them!

I'd reckon Lubix Cube, so DIY's and Rubik's World, UFO etc. that we can't get in Aus.
Where are you getting your supplies from?

 

[Ben]

I won't tell my exact age as I find that insecure but I am somewhere between 13 ~ 18.
I will also keep my supplier/s private as well

 

[darkerarceus]

Hm... I was thinking lightake lol...
So how about my suggestions for the store?
What will the prices be like? I mean the shipping is good but if the prices are like $15 for an F-II lol...

 

[fkuntag]

Wow rivalry... Well major you shouldn't charge more for assembled cube anyway i just learned how to solve skewb and its not cool knowing that it is not in WCA official list...