NOW ONLINE: Our Huge WYSIWYG Coral Shop!
 

The Coral Shop


We're getting ready to launch our new, huge, online WYSIWYG coral shop. We will have literally HUNDREDS of WYSIWYG items...colonies and frags of SPS, LPS, softies, anemones, clams, gorgonians and more!

We're aiming for a launch before January 18th. Each day until launch we'll post a series of teaser pics. Enjoy.

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Wicked! Can't wait.

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Will you/do you ship?

Yes!

We will be offering $50 flat-rate shipping across Canada via Fedex Overnight.

For clients in Vancouver we will also offer $25 flat-rate shipping via Harbour Air.

Alberta should get cheap rates for shipping too. We are neighbors :P

Well I'm excited!!

You and me both dude!:lol:

MOAR SPS!!!!! AAAASRRRRGGHHHH!!!

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Hahaha you can run but you can't hide!

Lots on the way!!

Today's pics!

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is it still $50 to ship up island? parksville area

It is. Although we could do $25 to Nanaimo by Harbour Air. Do you think that will work for you?

We will be implementing a very simple group order system to reduce shipping costs.

ya that could work, any kinda pricing on these peices?

It's looking like we will have this running within the next couple days, so we will have pricing very soon! :)

We have been working hard getting everything organized for our online WYSIWYG coral store.

Before we launch, we want to hear your feedback about group orders. What do you find annoying, good, bad etc. We know that organizing group orders can be frustrating, sometimes it may feel like online vendors make you do all the work.

Our idea is to have a minimum group order of five people, and for each person it will be a standard 10 dollar shipping rate. All we need from your group is a single delivery point and time. The benefit of having a standard rate, is that you wouldn't need to put in as much time organizing everyone. Each person goes online, and purchases what they want as if they were single buyer. When checking out, mention you are a part of a group order (example: Calgary Jan 18) and click our handy dandy group order shipping rate. People could drop out at the last moment, and it wont effect the group order at all(as long as at least five people commit). Also, as everything is WYSIWYG and the website is updated in real time, you don't need to worry about orders getting mixed up.

Thoughts?


Ohh and some corals ;)

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Just my 0.02:

Online vendors should have such a price that it would be worthwhile to:
1. Pay the shipping
2. Wait

I have seen online vendors who charges more than that in LFS. That kinda sucks :P

Just my 2 cents :) That's a very fair shipping price Spenser.You have no idea what high shipping is..i have payed up to 120 for overnite shipping for a handful of sps frags.And when you have NO LFS you just suck up and pay the price for everything.A good deal for me is I.O salt 160 gallon pail for 50 +taxes an hour away.

IS it running yet????? how about now????? now????? I WANT TO SHOP AT NIGHT!!!!!!

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NOW?:biggrin:

Vancouver group buy yes?
Then again harbour air is cheap...

Good point, we didn't think about setting up a group buy option when using harbour air. Let's scratch our heads a bit and we will come up with something.

when you say a group order shipping rate of $10 per person I am concerned. I organize for a group of approx 70 people and we regularly do orders for about 10 to 15 people. If I order 20 frags myself I get a flat rate of $50, but if 10 people(2 frags each) go the group order way they get charged $100??

And most vendors I have dealt with have free shipping after a certain amount is spent (usually $300-400), will you be having something similar?

Yeah, I agree a group order with 70 people with the way we have it, or group orders with small amounts of frags each our set up would be less than ideal.

What do you think of having the person who gets the shipment is charged the 50 dollars shipping, and everyone else gets "free shipping". Presumably so that the group order can figure how to share the shipping amongst the group.

We want what's best and we are certainly open to suggestions.

The key idea is that each person involved in the group order should place individual orders on their own. With our already high stock turnover rate, that's the only way group orders will work.

We're open to suggestions beyond that.

I like that even though your store is only 2 minutes away I will be able to shop in my PJ's.
Maybe I can cut down on the impulse buying.... Hmmm...
or will it get worse? lol

I think your shipping charges are more than fair.... But I would also like to see group orders (with a set min amount) get free shipping. It is the main reason to do a group order imo

WYSISWG.... What you see is what you get?

yep. :)

Whoa, taking pictures of corals is a lot of work! Are you guys getting excited? I know I am.

Here is today's teaser :biggrin:

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If only 1 person is charged the shipping, it should be the person receiving the coral so they can expect payment from the others before handing the frags over to people. I think that might work better then $10 per person and what if more then 5 order, etc etc.... Then it can be devided up between the people fairer.. if I order 1 frag i shouldn't have to pay as much of the shipping portion as somebody that orders 20... IMO.

I agree everyone should have to place their own order. And be able to select option "Group Buy Calgary Jan 20" or whatever.

A free shipping if order is over ______ would be nice too. PERSONALLY I am more likely to spend more money on frags to help reach that goal if I know I wont have to pay for shipping (given that its not something like 500$... 300-400 seems to be the standard for all those i've purchased frags from)

Nice looking stuff

Managed to get a peek at the site today when I stopped in at the store... It's gonna be FANTASTIC!!!! SO EXCITING!!:biggrin:

I am totally stoked!!! If the prices are half as nice as the frags we will be doing alot of business!!!

We spent a lot of time considering 'free shipping over $x'. If we were just doing frags, we wouldn't hesitate as those are high margin items with very low shipping weight/volume. However, since we will be selling colonies, we figured out that it wouldn't be viable....unless we raised prices on our corals, and we don't want to do that.

I WANT THIS PIECE!!! When can I buy it and have it shipped out!!!