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Yeah it does suck. We're going to look exactly at how much it'll cost to ship / warehouse them vs destroy. My gut instinct is shipping + storing 5000 for the duration until they sellout would be comparable to just printing a second edition in China if demand picks up again.

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Have you heard of meh.com? I'm not sure how they pick their products, but they seem like a good place to dump a pallet of unwanted goods in order to break even.

Can't you give them away? Would be some extra marketing.

Even giving them away cost's ~$6 per unit to ship them somewhere. We're looking into donating a bunch to schools / libraries / other non-profits.

Offer current buyers the option of giving a second copy to charity for an extra $5?

Charity up-sell is an interesting idea. Sort of like the popular buy-one give-one business model, but optional.

Idea: Give them away or destroy them in a spectacularly interesting way that millions of people will want to watch:

https://holidayhole.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcMDMoNu66_1Hwi5-MeiQgw/fea...

https://www.youtube.com/user/Blendtec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXtSlEW1XmE

Hmm. I wonder if people would tune into a GIANT POLITICAL BONFIRE.

well, i just bought a couple, so knock that problem down a couple more units...

What about selling them very very cheaply as an Amazon Add-on item?

Amazon has worse margins than our online store already. The way I see it. We can drop the price, but we still have to market it. It'd be just as much work to market a $5 as it would a $30 game.

Amazon sets "Add-on" status not the seller.

what if you sell them at a very low price point? Or does that damage the brand value?

It's reach, really. Even if we drop the price, the only people who'd will know about that are the people on our mailing list.

Getting picked up on HN really came out of the blue. It's the most people who we've been in front of since the Kickstarter campaign. You can't bank on that.

Could you do a special offer to previous buyers, offering them a second, cheaper deal which they can then gift to someone else?

Comes across as a reward for them, justifies the lower price (discount for them only), but hopefully solves your inventory/storage issue somewhat.

Funny you mention that! We have a hidden stocking stuffer deal $40 all in for 3 games. If you mined the comments then you get it too: http://thecontender.us/products/contender-holiday-secret-sur...

I have a lot of experience with FBA, feel free to email me, might be able to help.

Address is in my profile here.

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