Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:50 am
Mon Jan 04, 2021 4:42 pm
A: Logistics are not as simple as it seems.themrmcc wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:50 amPersonally, I don't see the reason why we cannot just buy directly from Mega, or they could even have a partnership with Amazon to distribute their products. Would completely eliminate the locational scarcity that is created by having to shop at understocked Walmarts / Targets / Dollar Generals for Halo sets. Is there any reason for this?
Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:16 pm
Yan_MCX wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:14 pmOn the topic of direct to consumers (DTC), I know this is something many people have suggested as a possible solution, and we are always investigating how we can make that work for us, but it's so much more complicated than it seems. Building a website that people can buy from is not the hard part. It's the logistics around it - managing inventory, shipping domestically and internationally, etc. Our infrastructure is not set up for that right now. We'd have to open another warehouse to handle that, or deal with a third-party fulfilment company. There are costs associated with all those things, which means you need a certain volume in order to make it profitable.
Currently, we're focusing on regaining lost shelf space in brick-and-mortar stores globally, and relying on online partners (like Amazon, Walmart, etc.) to handle online sales. Does this mean we'll never do a DTC online store? No. But it's not our #1 priority right now.