{"id":18802,"date":"2018-04-17T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=18802"},"modified":"2019-09-18T09:11:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T13:11:45","slug":"closing-sale-planetjune-crochet-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/closing-sale-planetjune-crochet-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing Sale: PlanetJune Crochet Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is your <strong>last chance<\/strong> to shop from the <a href=\"\/tools\">PlanetJune Crochet Tools shop<\/a> before it closes forever&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/tools\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/planetjune_tools.jpg\" alt=\"PlanetJune Crochet Tools: Detail Stuffing Tool and Stitch Markers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m selling off my remaining stock of Detail Stuffing Tools and Stitch Markers for Crochet with <strong>deep discounts<\/strong> if you buy multiples of the same item &#8211; I recommend you get some spares, as they are so easy to misplace, and the discount will help offset your shipping costs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>10% off<\/strong> when you buy 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>20% off<\/strong> when you buy 2 <\/li>\n<li><strong>30% off<\/strong> when you buy 3<\/li>\n<li><strong>40% off<\/strong> when you buy 4<\/li>\n<li><strong>50% off<\/strong> when you buy 5 or more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The discounts are automatically applied &#8211; just select the quantity you&#8217;d like and add the item to your cart, and you&#8217;ll see the lower prices there. <\/p>\n<p>This is also your last chance to grab a <strong>free signed bookmark<\/strong>! Tell me who to sign it to and add it to your tools order at no additional cost.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be closing the Crochet Tools shop at the end of April, or sooner if everything sells out before then, so <strong>please don&#8217;t wait<\/strong> if you want to place one last order of Stuffing Tools and Stitch Markers before they&#8217;re gone forever. I only have a hundred or so of each item left, and, once I send out my next newsletter, this message will reach many thousands of people, so they may sell out quickly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Click through to the <a href=\"\/tools\">Crochet Tools shop<\/a> to place your order now. \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>As I like to run PlanetJune transparently, I&#8217;ll also share the reasons why I made the decision to close my Crochet Tools shop. Keep reading if you want the behind-the-scenes view!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In January, Canada Post eliminated their Light Packet option for international shipping, meaning that the lowest price to ship a small packet out of Canada is now about $6 (USD) to the US, and about $8.50 internationally (and those prices are much higher if you want tracking and insurance).<\/p>\n<p>I investigated alternatives to make that cost more reasonable for my customers, and found that I could cross the border to mail my packages from the US at far lower rates, or pay a reshipping service to do that for me. <\/p>\n<p>If selling my tools was the focus of my business and I had hundreds of orders per week, something along those lines could be a good solution. But the crochet tools are just a tiny sideline for me &#8211; the money I make from them only represents a fraction of one percent of my income. I&#8217;d lose money if I tried to reship in small quantities, or I&#8217;d have to raise my prices to compensate. <\/p>\n<p>So, the only remaining option is to pass the new high Canada Post shipping costs onto my customers. They&#8217;re far too high for most of my customers to be happy to pay, so I made some estimates of how many sales I&#8217;d lose as a result of the increased shipping cost. Based on these, my best guess is that I&#8217;d make only approx 1-2 orders per week in future. The cost of time and fuel to make the trip to the post office every week, just to ship a single low-value order, would leave me making a loss on every order unless I raised my prices significantly, and, again, I don&#8217;t want to do that.<\/p>\n<p>The upshot is that there&#8217;s no way for me to run my Crochet Tools shop any more without losing money, and so the only sensible business decision is to close it down. But I didn&#8217;t want to leave anyone in the lurch, hence the closing-down sale as a last chance for anyone who hasn&#8217;t got around to buying their tools from me yet!<\/p>\n<p>I love my crochet tools line. They&#8217;re cute and colourful, and so useful. I&#8217;m keeping a dozen spare stuffing tools for myself, because I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;d do without one &#8211; I&#8217;ve tested all kinds of alternatives and I&#8217;ve found nothing that even comes close for stuffing small amigurumi pieces.<\/p>\n<p>But nothing lasts forever, and my crochet tool shop has had a good run. This decision will be a good thing for PlanetJune in the long term &#8211; further simplifying and streamlining the business will leave me with more time to concentrate on innovating with new designs, and creating new tutorials to help you perfect your crochet technique. <\/p>\n<p>So, please click through to my <a href=\"\/tools\">Crochet Tools shop<\/a> now and grab any tools you need before it&#8217;s too late! 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