Northern Silence Productions hat geschrieben:BIG CHANGES ON THE HORIZON!
The biggest change since the founding of Northern Silence in 2003 is taking shape behind the scenes. It is quite noteworthy, especially for myself, so I wanted to elaborate a bit on it beforehand and don't turn it into a surprise.
If all goes as planned, the Northern Silence mailorder will be handled by another company - 8merch from Poland - as of June 1st.
The reasons for it are manifold but let's just say that running Northern Silence as a one-man operation the way it was done since its inception has become absolutely impossible.
I've always been of the opinion that it is best to do something yourself if you want it done properly. However, during the last few months I was given the chance to realize that at a certain point you can't do everything yourself anymore when you're not able to work 24/7, which I'm not. That's also why Northern Silence has never grown beyond medium size, by underground standards.
Apart from the erroneous notion that it's always best to do everything yourself, which of course is total nonsense, I'm far from the best at everything I do. Many people have specialized knowledge as well as the appropriate software and are able to do things better, faster and more efficiently than I ever could.
So the Northern Silence webstore that you're familiar with will close its virtual doors on May 31st, and on June 1st a new webstore will open that is run BY 8merch FOR Northern Silence.
Since it is not possible to transfer the entire stock in such a short time (neither physical nor virtual) the new shop will at first only offer the more significant NSP releases and then step by step we'll add the most noteworthy of the other mailorder items. What happens with the rest will be determined later. Maybe it will be sold in packages for disproportionately low prices.
In terms of content, very little will change for most customers, since Northern Silence releases make up about 70% of the turnover anyway, and once all significant third-party releases have been added we'll be back to around 90% of what most people currently consider order-worthy from the NSP shop, but without all the dead stock congesting the lists.
Shipping rates will be adjusted and may in fact be a bit lower than they're now (except for German customers - that can't be helped). Shipping may happen faster too, since 8merch usually ship orders the same day or the next.
Other than that, the entire shopping experience will be brought from the stone age into the 21st century, where shipping costs are calculated automatically and you pay right away, without having to wait for an email with shipping costs and payment details.
So all things considered, everything should become easier and much more enjoyable for all concerned, certainly for me because I'll have a private life again
Last but not least, I'll be able to have a reasonable number of new releases out each year without fearing that if they become too successful I won't be able to handle the workload anymore. Sounds crazy but that's how it is if you run a label with a do-it-yourself mentality. Let's just say I would not have been able to handle the initial workload for a new Caladan Brood album on my own, but now the situation changes so who knows what the future will bring.
In conclusion I would like to encourage you to order from the old NSP shop throughout May if you're in love with any of the more obscure titles in the lists because these will certainly not find their way into the new store. Besides Northern Silence titles the primary focus will be on the releases of the main partners - Nordvis, Avantgarde, Osmose, Wolfspell, Sepulchral, Northern Heritage and maybe a handful others.
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