Shipping

Perhaps the hardest thing running a board games store is dealing with inventory.

The more we deal with this, the harder this seems to get. A lot of it has to do with how much stock to hold, of what games, in what amounts, during what periods. A lot of inventory management that seems to be run on the gut feel because other than a few popular games that continue to sell forever (Settlers, Ticket to Ride, Monopoly, Axis & Allies), the rest just go on a spurt and then seem to die down very much.

Even more interesting are the fact that some games, that would normally sell well in retail don't do well at all online.

Ah well. That's kind of life.