Reply to: Guess the plan B

[adubya]

Loads of micros have started up in the last 2 years, a mate of mine started one this summer.

Good luck! Hard work for not much reward IMO.

[d000hg]

No company details.
No address details.
No way to contact the company, apart from a form.

OK then, you can have some samples also. As can all the people who originally agreed to be guinea pigs a while ago. I'll be in touch in Jan to get a delivery address for you all.

#freebeer

Unfortunately the courier service is coming in at £7.37 and I don't think people would be prepared to pay that.

I'll have some freebies if you insist? Did you already say whereabouts you're located?

My wine club charges £7 for a case of 12 bottles which I guess is 15-20kg. What are you trying to ship exactly, for £7.37?

[Troll]

Bollington, Cheshire

Fook - I grew up there

[TheFaQQer]

Unfortunately the courier service is coming in at £7.37 and I don't think people would be prepared to pay that.

A friend of mine uses parcel2go.com and myhermes for their business which sends out a fair few parcels.

Parcel2go seems to have a few options and an Amazon API which you might be able to leverage to calculate shipping costs accurately.

[Notascooby]

Maybe have a word from the guys at nakedwine.com - they're only 3 years young and run an excellent service. Basically delivery is £5 or free if you spend over £100. I'm sure they'd happily help out a new start-up, especially as you're not competing.

You maybe able to shift a few units through them too.

[eek]

OK then, you can have some samples also. As can all the people who originally agreed to be guinea pigs a while ago. I'll be in touch in Jan to get a delivery address for you all.

#freebeer

Unfortunately the courier service is coming in at £7.37 and I don't think people would be prepared to pay that.

Will speak to a mate and see what he uses. Unfortunately postage costs have gone skywards over the past year or so.

[conned tractor]

Safe yourself the hassle and configure shopify

https://www.shopify.com/signup

as for couriers just use UK Courier Delivery Services - European Parcels - PayPerParcel as wine is accepted by them with a couple of restrictions on packaging and that is as much a marketing opportunity as a problem.

Either way tell me when you launch and I'll try some (even though I think I guessed correctly first).

OK then, you can have some samples also. As can all the people who originally agreed to be guinea pigs a while ago. I'll be in touch in Jan to get a delivery address for you all.

#freebeer

Unfortunately the courier service is coming in at £7.37 and I don't think people would be prepared to pay that.

[Sysman]

Perry who?

Perry Mason.

[original PM]

well my local always has 8 real ales on - and they always try to source from small breweries.

I will expose your website to the landlord to see if he is interested!

Good work fella

[Mich the Tester]

Boots used to sell kits quite cheaply, they were very popular with students.

Until said students tasted the produce.

[doodab]

Maybe there's a plan B for setting up microbreweries for others, as a national network of independent breweries all conforming to a central standard of quality.

Any real man would love his own real ale microbrewery, for a reasonable price.

Is there such a franchise already?

Boots used to sell kits quite cheaply, they were very popular with students.

[chef]

What a load of rubbish!

If I had a plan b it would be much better and a lot sexier than that.

And very commercially successful and very very clever too.



And.. and it would be in the Daily Mail.

such a shame that your only plan b idea occurs when you dream....

<dim's dream> cars... houses... rich, I want to be rich .. </dream>

[PAH]

Its something I would not be able to set up myself.

Maybe there's a plan B for setting up microbreweries for others, as a national network of independent breweries all conforming to a central standard of quality.

Any real man would love his own real ale microbrewery, for a reasonable price.

Is there such a franchise already?

[DimPrawn]

What a load of rubbish!

If I had a plan b it would be much better and a lot sexier than that.

And very commercially successful and very very clever too.



And.. and it would be in the Daily Mail.

[Pondlife]

Well done that man!