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Re: $

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:08 pm
by idahoantgirl
ooper01 wrote:
Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:31 am
AntsNewZealand wrote:
Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:38 pm
I think that they are going to do the idea about joining the nests, if you watch AC views Mikey say's 'theses smaller peg holes above the heating cables are there for some planned features which we will induction sometime in the future'.
The video 'MY FIRE ANTS' NEW ANT FARM!' at 5:40-5:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1wzWGmZXhE&t=349s

What do you guys and girls think?? is this what it's for?
The little rectangular hole near the heat cable tunnel will not be used for anything. We needed that only as part of the manufacturing process. I forgot to explain it completely to Mikey before he made the videos.
Aw :(

Re: $

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 2:01 pm
by AntsNewZealand
:( :( OH well :)

Re: $

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 9:42 pm
by AntHUB
The reason that Ants Austrailia's Ytong nests are cheaper is because they are made of Ytong not plastic. but they retain water because they use wood and waterproof paints to retain moisture in the nest.

Re: $

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 7:05 pm
by JXTXJAnts
AntLove5Ever wrote:
Sun Aug 13, 2017 12:41 am
I think that AC is doing a great job and make extremely high quality products, and Mikey Bustos makes great videos, but I have to say AC's weakest point is their price. I understand that each nest has work to be done by hand, but I think that your products are high quality enough that instead of working on making new products, AC should alter their manufacturing process so that they can drop the price point for their existing products. I think I speak for most people with a small budget, I personally have 9 colonies, and It is simply impractical to purchase AC products for any or all of them, given that there is competitors like AntKit, AntsAustralia, ETC that make things that I can afford. I and many others simply do not have 190 dollars to drop on an all you need, or 150 for an Omni version. I think this would ultimately drive AC sales WAY higher than just making new products, especially because Price is one of the ONLY complaints I hear about your products.


Note I do not mean to discredit anything you are doing, or to say that it is in any way bad or wrong, but price is the only reason I do not tend to shop AntsCanada. I am not in the business world, so IDK how hard it is to drop manufacturing costs, nor do I know any efforts you may be taking, but I am a consumer, and this is my opinion.
Yeah I just got my first set of stuff from AntsCanada and what really got me was shipping. I could understand some of the prices on some of the product but I actually had to take some stuff off my cart because shipping was so high. I was expecting at least around $20 or a bit more on my order but $40+ for just 3 items and 1 of them was a shirt sounded a bit extreme. If the price of shipping went down i could tolerate the products at their price

Re: $

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 8:46 pm
by ooper01
JXTXJAnts wrote:
Sun Sep 02, 2018 7:05 pm
AntLove5Ever wrote:
Sun Aug 13, 2017 12:41 am
I think that AC is doing a great job and make extremely high quality products, and Mikey Bustos makes great videos, but I have to say AC's weakest point is their price. I understand that each nest has work to be done by hand, but I think that your products are high quality enough that instead of working on making new products, AC should alter their manufacturing process so that they can drop the price point for their existing products. I think I speak for most people with a small budget, I personally have 9 colonies, and It is simply impractical to purchase AC products for any or all of them, given that there is competitors like AntKit, AntsAustralia, ETC that make things that I can afford. I and many others simply do not have 190 dollars to drop on an all you need, or 150 for an Omni version. I think this would ultimately drive AC sales WAY higher than just making new products, especially because Price is one of the ONLY complaints I hear about your products.


Note I do not mean to discredit anything you are doing, or to say that it is in any way bad or wrong, but price is the only reason I do not tend to shop AntsCanada. I am not in the business world, so IDK how hard it is to drop manufacturing costs, nor do I know any efforts you may be taking, but I am a consumer, and this is my opinion.
Yeah I just got my first set of stuff from AntsCanada and what really got me was shipping. I could understand some of the prices on some of the product but I actually had to take some stuff off my cart because shipping was so high. I was expecting at least around $20 or a bit more on my order but $40+ for just 3 items and 1 of them was a shirt sounded a bit extreme. If the price of shipping went down i could tolerate the products at their price
The shipping charges are a direct "pass-thru" to the customer. This is what we are charged by the United State Postal Service (USPS). Our shopping cart on the AntsCanada web site is integrated with USPS via web services. Our site tells USPS the weight and box size, and USPS tells us how much it will cost to ship it. We don't charge and pocket any secret shipping fees. We actually used to have a $7.00 "handling fee" on each order, be we stopped doing that a couple of years ago.

The only way we are aware of to lower the shipping costs would be to have multiple shipping locations, so that if you lived on the US east coast, your order would ship from somewhere on the east coast. As it is now, we have one shipping facility in the midwest (Salt Lake City, Utah), so all shipping charges are based off this shipping location.

About 4 years ago, all products (primarily just Omni Nest products) were shipped from China and were a minimum of $50 USD for shipping. I remember that well. The shipping cost was one of the main things that motivated me to contact Mikey and setup a US-based shipping facility. So... while we have made improvements and reduced shipping costs to 70% of our customers (US & Canada), there is still room for improvement. We just don't have the resources right now to open additional shipping facilities in other parts of the US and/or internationally.

Re: $

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 10:29 pm
by AntnoobSG
Is AntsCanada going to make smaller nest? I would be interested

Re: $

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 7:26 am
by ooper01
AntnoobSG wrote:
Sun Sep 02, 2018 10:29 pm
Is AntsCanada going to make smaller nest? I would be interested
Yes, we have a smaller nest coming out in a month or two, and also a smaller nest coming out next year some time.They will be priced less than the current Hybrid Nests.

Re: $

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:20 am
by AntnoobSG
Yay :D

Re: $

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:38 am
by AntnoobSG
Wait would it be acrylic, ytong or,3D printed?

Re: $

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 1:29 pm
by ooper01
AntnoobSG wrote:
Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:38 am
Wait would it be acrylic, ytong or,3D printed?
Plastic (injection-molded).