Le lundi, 1 mai 2017, 18.28:37 h CEST Daniel Pocock a écrit : > On 01/05/17 18:14, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > > The cost structure for that one-time project made it possible to sell the > > Debian-branded knives for the same non-branded retail price. That's really > > cool, but also meant an inexistant margin. > > > > But add to that the effort it took to collect pre-orders, then orders, and > > then manage the stock and the international shipping for small and > > expensive little gems that were acquired initially in an expensive > > currency (CHF); wedidn't make a penny worth of margin, for _a lot_ of > > administrativia and effort. > > Thanks for the update on that > > Would you consider it worthwhile doing an exercise like that again if > people were ordering them in batch to be delivered at DebConf? The administrativia overload still stands: pre-orders, stock management, money collecting (in various currencies, of course), etc. Such orders come with minimal monetary amounts (to reduce the cost-per-unit of the branding), which then implies carrying around merchandise worth thousands of dollars, in easy to steal (very small) items. It's been fun in 2011, but I would not do it again, no. I have better uses of my Debian time. :) If there's interest, I would _really_ recommend finding a trustable and specialized partner (such as EnVenteLibre) to manage that, even if Debian is to provide the initial funds and/or let a certain percentage go. OdyX
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