UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

SkwigglesWorth said:
Early bird prices on previous recent releases are gonna be reduced on I think it was a couple of days the 12/ go live on (but no idea which of the 2-12 days they will be), or that what I got from there live stream.

And yeah BOGOF and discounts code not mixing is kinda annoying (but nothing new to us) espcially with the £50 (well more like £55/60 for BOGOF's) free postage threshold. The only thing that has helpped is the price ranges in the BOGOF is only the 2 this year of £9.99 & £19.99 (oh wait there is a 3rd for 4k stuff at £29.99)
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With the paid postage being £50 all offers should be from day 1 and flash sales are just annoying. Some stuff you might want would sell out by the time you can order stuff added later on.
 
I suspect the implementation of a minimum spend for free shipping was not only done in part to cover the cost of increasing shipping costs, but also to increase sales.

More people will be trying to fill up their basket to meet the £50 threshold, whereas before you could get away with just ordering a single B1G1F deal for £19.99 or a single £9.99 Blu-ray with free shipping.

Now, psychologically the customer is thinking I need to spend £30 more to get free shipping... I might as well add another B1G1F set and a few little things to get it over £50. This will no doubt increase the average value of their customer's baskets. It's a subtle form of upselling.

This will also help them logistically as they're not having to prepare and ship as many smaller orders that are valued at £10-£40. Of course, there are negatives to this as you may turn away customers that only want to buy a few things. However, as someone else mentioned, I don't think it's a coincidence they have implemented this shortly before the start of the Xmas sale, where customers are more likely to indulge and place larger orders anyway.

With regards to the flash sales, we may just have to bite the bullet. If the prices are as good as last year, they'll still be the cheapest price available, even with the addition of £3.50 postage if under £50.
 
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BrokenPhoenix said:
I suspect the implementation of a minimum spend for free shipping was not only done in part to cover the cost of increasing shipping costs, but also to increase sales.

More people will be trying to fill up their basket to meet the £50 threshold, whereas before you could get away with just ordering a single B1G1F deal for £19.99 or a single £9.99 Blu-ray with free shipping.

Now, psychologically the customer is thinking I need to spend £30 more to get free shipping... I might as well add another B1G1F set and a few little things to get it over £50. This will no doubt increase the average value of their customer's baskets. It's a subtle form of upselling.

This will also help them logistically as they're not having to prepare and ship numerous small orders that are valued at £10-£40. Of course, there are negatives to this as you may turn away customers that only want to buy a few things, but as someone else mentioned, I don't think it's a coincidence they have implemented this shortly before the start of the Xmas sale where customers are more likely to indulge and place larger orders anyway.

With regards to the flash sales, we may just have to bite the bullet. If the prices are as good as last year, they'll still be the cheapest price available even with the addition of £3.50 postage if under £50.
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Funny part is it orders over £50 will usually be shipped with UPS thus costing more to AL.
 
ussjtrunks said:
Funny part is it orders over £50 will usually be shipped with UPS thus costing more to AL.
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That cost may be offset by the increase in sales overall, I'm guessing that's what they're hoping for anyway. I'm making an educated guess that AL sell more in the UK than they do in Ireland, just going by population numbers.
 
BrokenPhoenix said:
That cost may be offset by the increase in sales overall, I'm guessing that's what they're hoping for anyway. I'm make an educated guess that AL sell more in the UK than they do in Ireland, just going by population numbers.
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Definitely as I mentioned in another thread Barbie was the highest selling home video release in Ireland last year selling just over 4,700 copies. Most anime will be lucky to break triple digits.
 
sniper_samurai said:
Definitely as I mentioned in another thread Barbie was the highest selling home video release in Ireland last year selling just over 4,700 copies. Most anime will be lucky to break triple digits.
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Is that just local Ireland sales though most people would use Amazon etc for blurays which would be counted as U.K. sales?
 
mikezilla2 said:
What's sold out?
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Sold out as of 23:37 01/12/2024:

Mystery Boxes
  • Anime Limited Christmas Sale 2024 Blu-ray clearance bundle
B1G1F
  • Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail Blu-ray
  • Cardcaptor Sakura Part 1 - Blu-ray
  • Cardcaptor Sakura Part 2 - Blu-ray
  • KonoSuba: Season 1 - Blu-ray
  • KonoSuba: Season 2 - Blu-ray
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Part 2 of 2 - Blu-ray
  • Persona 3: Movie #4 - Blu-ray
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 - Blu-ray
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower - Blu-ray
  • The Future Diary (Mirai Nikki) Blu-ray
  • Patlabor the Movie - Blu-ray
Collector's Edition
  • The Future Diary (Mirai Nikki) Blu-ray Collector's Edition was OOS, but has seemingly come back in stock with 100 units available (may be worth keeping an eye on some of the current OOS items as they may return).

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  • (may be worth keeping an eye on some of the current OOS items as they may return).
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And as I say this, a few of the OOS B1G1F items have come back in stock as of writing:

  • Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail Blu-ray
  • Cardcaptor Sakura Part 1 - Blu-ray
  • Cardcaptor Sakura Part 2 - Blu-ray
 
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Disgruntled Importer said:
Is there a list of what the sale will be each day?
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Nope, they didn’t say which days will have which deals unfortunately. Have to wait to 5pm GMT each day to find out.

BrokenPhoenix said:
Sold out as of 23:37 01/12/2024:

Mystery Boxes
  • Anime Limited Christmas Sale 2024 Blu-ray clearance bundle
B1G1F
  • Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail Blu-ray
  • Cardcaptor Sakura Part 1 - Blu-ray
  • Cardcaptor Sakura Part 2 - Blu-ray
  • KonoSuba: Season 1 - Blu-ray
  • KonoSuba: Season 2 - Blu-ray
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Part 2 of 2 - Blu-ray
  • Persona 3: Movie #4 - Blu-ray
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 - Blu-ray
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower - Blu-ray
  • The Future Diary (Mirai Nikki) Blu-ray
  • Patlabor the Movie - Blu-ray
Collector's Edition
  • The Future Diary (Mirai Nikki) Blu-ray Collector's Edition was OOS, but has seemingly come back in stock with 100 units available (may be worth keeping an eye on some of the current OOS items as they may return).

Edit:



And as I say this, a few of the OOS B1G1F items have come back in stock as of writing:

  • Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail Blu-ray
  • Cardcaptor Sakura Part 1 - Blu-ray
  • Cardcaptor Sakura Part 2 - Blu-ray
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The Testament of Sister New Devil CE is currently OOS as well.

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Question unrelated to the sale; did Anime Limited ever give any indication as to whether they had plans to release season 2 of Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045? I'm hoping they wouldn't release just the first half, but I'm not sure that can be taken as a given.

I know a lot of people aren't fond of it, but I liked season 1, and shows being left unfinished isn't good in general.
 
RonJB said:
That's a bit embarrassing! Nothing I really want this year. Hopefully the MVM boxes will have something different.
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I am in the same boat 😬 I saved up a pretty sizable stack of cash for the winter sales this year and as of right now there is not really anything I want or need, maybe as they add more things. On the plus side not spending as much as I thought meant I could splash out on a complete set of Azumanga Daioh DVDs that became available so it's not all bad 😅
 
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