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Sorry for not responding to you in my last post.
Our new stream schedule places streams every other month.  The intervening months are going to be spent on the webshop. (adding inventory, increasing functionality, etc)  It's like we've become old pros at packing and shipping due to the streams, so we're not worried about that.
I know balancing time and completing everything quickly is a legitimate and timely concern, so I'll go into more detail.  (pun fully intended)  Here is our existing schedule with the shopping service as well.
 
Month One:
    week 1: catalog and research OUR new inventory, sort shopping service orders and pack them up, send out shipping quotes and mail out packages as quotes are paid, plan next FromJapan crate and start taking orders.
    week 2: creating music playlist for stream, checking software, handpicking stuff for giveaways
    STREAM WEEKEND, send out invoice, fall into a light coma
    week 3: work on misc stuff, manage payments/reminders for invoices, doing inventory prep for packing supplies
    STREAM WEEKEND, pack up everything (20+ orders), get shipping quotes, send out invoices+quotes, fall into a mild coma
    week 4: send out packages as we receive payment, finalize and ensure everything we bought is at FromJapan, send the next big crate on it's way to us.  (then immediately cry as someone has a giant sale right after)
 
Month Two:
    week 1: catalog and research OUR new inventory, sort shopping service orders and pack them up, send out shipping quotes and mail out packages as quotes are paid, plan next FromJapan crate and start taking orders.
    weeks 2-3: work on webshop functionality, add more products to webshop
    week 4: finalize and ensure everything we bought is at FromJapan, send the next big crate on it's way to us.  (then cry as ANOTHER big sale starts)

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Members are:
Vocal: 智/Tomo
birthday: 01.13

Guitar: 海/Umi
birthday: 07.20
 
Guitar: Yuh
birthday: 07.28
 
Bass: 瑠伊/Rui
birthday: 12.15
 
Drums: Tohya
birthday: 01.03

Their Releases:
Singles:

[sara] (1st single)
2008.09.03


lipper edition
 
vister



[alo[n]e] (2nd single)
2008.10.08
lipper edition
 

vister edition
 


[drop note.] (3rd single)
2008.11.05
lipper edition


vister edition



[-OZONE-] (4th single)
2009.08.05
lipper edition


vister edition



[sTRAWBERRY BUTTERFLY] (5th single)
2010.05.12
lipper edition

vister edition



[Hameln] (6th single)
2010.07.07
lipper edition


vister edition



[sINDRA] (7th single)
2011.06.01
lipper edition


vister edition


regular edition



(1st live limited single)
2011.07.07



[Recipe] (8th single)
2012.04.11
lipper edition


vister edition


regular edition



(9th single)
2012.07.04
lipper edition


vister edition


regular edition



[深海魚の夢は所詮、／アーティスト] (10th single)
2012.10.31
lipper edition


vister edition


regular edition


anime edition



[CHIMERA] (11th single)
2013.04.03
lipper edition


vister edition


regular edition



[Merry Bell] (2nd live limited single)
2013.12.25



[Period] (12th single)
2014.04.09
lipper edition


vister edition


limited edition



[Jack] (13th single)
2014.08.20
lipper edition


vister edition


limited edition


anime+game edition



[夜] (14th single)
2014.12.24



[OVERTURE] (15th single)
2015.08.05
lipper edition


vister edition


limited edition



[COLD CASE] (16th single)
2015.11.11
lipper edition


vister edition


limited edition



[CONTRAST] (17th single)
2016.02.17
lipper edition


vister edition


limited edition




Albums:

[Revolver] (1st mini album)
2008.04.23
lipper edition


vister edition



[PATRIOT] (2nd mini album)
2009.04.03
lipper edition


vister edition



[THEATER] (1st full album)
2009.12.09
lipper edition


vister edition



[ORDER MADE] (2nd full album)
2011.12.14
lipper edition


vister edition


regular edition



[GLOSTER] (3rd mini-album)
2013.01.01
lipper edition


vister edition


limited edition



[CHRONUS] (3rd full album)
2013.07.17
lipper edition


vister edition


limited edition



[sINGLE COLLECTION]
2013.12.04
lipper edition


vister edition


limited edition


deluxe edition



[LAYOUT] (4th full album)
2015.03.18
lipper edition


vister edition


limited edition



[sENSE] (4th mini-album)
2016.03.30
lippier edition


vister edition


limited edition


DVDs:

[bUG] (1st DVD)
2009.12.23


[GATHER to the THEATER] (2nd DVD)
2010.06.23


[revelation space] (3rd DVD)
2011.10.19


[THE END.] (4th DVD)
2012.11.28


[夜] (live limited DVD)
2013.02.01


[FBA] (5th DVD)
2013.05.29
limited edition


regular edition


[GOOD vibes CIRCUITⅡ] (6th DVD)
2014.12.24
regular edition


X'mas BOX edition


This thread is for vistlip fans to talk about their expectations, experience and share their love for the band.
I didn't post videos here, because most of them are block in my country and this is the largest topic ever made xD
I also want to thank @hiroki to help me with the live limited cds

YAY A VISTLIP PAGE FINALLY thanks @yakihiko for taking the time to do this thread!
 
I'm really interested to know what everyone's favorite vistlip songs are XD more generally, which 'era' of vistlip do you like most?
also any favorite members or looks? anything you'd like to see the band do in future?
or just any stories/experience/thoughts about the band at all
 
i think there are a number of vistlip fans here, so hopefully we can keep this thread semi-active at least

Just to address this quickly, but the shipping that we almost always use for our international customers IS the cheapest available... it's just standard US post. As of maybe 3-4 years ago, tracking became free and included on all packages sent via USPS. Unfortunately it really is just that expensive to ship from the US
 
   
We've been working on things in the background, so there's a lot that's not apparent at the moment. Panda has been working to completely redo the RarezHut webshop as we are both not very happy with how it currently is... this is why there hasn't been any store updates in a while. Until the new store is up, we've been focusing mostly on the streams since it seemed like the best way to sell our new inventory in the meantime. Once the new site is up, the inventory will be split between what goes on the stream and what goes directly on the site. We're also looking into other ways that we can improve our streams(they're still a work in progress, after all) and any suggestions there are very appreciated

hypothetical situation:
 
We announce that we have an open FromJapan order that will ship out Feb 20th, and people have until Feb 13th to get their orders in to guarantee they go out in this shipment.
We charge 13% (if over 1000 yen, otherwise 15%) on top of FromJapan's per-item fees (200 yen/item, internal shipping), you end up saving though because you are not paying EMS shipping or the percentage of the shipping fees that they charge you.
 
   
If you ever feel like checking out the RarezHut store or streams, we can always combine anything you special order with your store/stream order.  The prices on the store and stream are quite cheaper than you'll most likely find in Japan too.  So it evens out some

Ok guys, here's my grand plan.  I welcome any questions and feedback as I'm probably explaining this terribly.  The purpose of this thread it to start discussion and get feedback.
 
Introducing a new type of shopping service!  One without prohibitive shipping charges!  This is primarily geared toward people in the USA, but there is a way to make it work for those outside the US.
 
 
It operates in the same way as a regular shopping service in that you email us your desired item, we'll send you back a price quote, you'll send us the money over PayPal, and we'll buy the item.  (We plan on making a webpage with a fee calculator to minimize back-and-forth messaging.)
 
At the cost of slightly-higher per-item fees, customers in the US will pay shipping from New Mexico rather than Japan.  We only charge an extra 15% for items under 1000 yen, and 12% for items over 1000 yen.  (on top of what FromJapan charges)  The customer ends up saving a lot of money because the additional per-item fees pale in comparison to international shipping costs.
 
Q: How are you able to do this?  How do you make money from this?  This seems too good to be true.
A:  The short answer is, we don't expect to make money from this.  We have been brainstorming ways to make owning VK easier for the average fan for over two years now.  While RarezHut's webshop and streams do help this, it doesn't help the fan who wants newer releases.  Leveraging our existing relationship with FromJapan, we are able to charge the smallest-possible per-item price increase over multiple orders in order to pay for international shipping.
Is this a lot of work for what MAY be a few cents profit?  Yes, but we believe it will benefit the health of the community.  Could this spectacularly backfire and end up COSTING you money?  If we only get one of two orders then yes it very well will, but I believe it is still worth pursuing.  Great reward (a service to MH and the fandom as a whole in thise case) has never come without that initial leap into the unknown.
 
Q: How much longer would this whole process take compared to if I were to just order things by myself?
A: One of the ways we get a lower per-item shipping cost is that we end up shipping giant crates with hundreds of items.  Our giant crate shipments are typically once/month, so we will announce a date when our next shipment will go out, and people have up until a week before that date to place their order.  We use FedEx priority to get the package stateside, which only takes about 3 days.
 
 
LET'S NOT FORGET OUR NON-US CUSTOMERS
Paying a higher-per item fee PLUS shipping from the US doesn't make sense.  What some of RarezHut's EU costumers have chosen to do is have us order their items like normal, then include them in the shipment that they buy off our streaming auctions or our store.
The offer to combine shopping service orders with stream and store orders extends to our US costomers as well of course.

Could you guys take this survey I wrote?  It's only four question, and it would help a lot.  (even if you answer No to the first question, go ahead and finish it)
 
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QTVMWYY

Me awkwardly scratching my head while taking a picture

^ Remove le spoiler boi and grace us with your presence completely u-u <3
 

 

 
Thought it's been a while. Been a while touching makeup too.

Last week I went to beach with my family and there literally no other people than me and my family... :")))))

Decided to shave my head for whatever reason.

メリーバッドエンド's amazing single 天地乖離す開闢の音 <3

^Done.

Lycaon disbanding pretty much broke me...and im still not over it

MH's Disappointments: Worst of 2015

Welcome to the ORZ spitroast where the only flavor is salty:
far east dizain lycaon disbanding and nearly breaking the forum DIM 2.0 didn't happen Femme Fatale's name was too accurate Yohio/Disreign did Gazette better than Gazette R.I.P. art kei (Moran, yazzmad, etc. disbanding)  mejibray's entire 2015 career Just Eiki... er.. Paradigm Paradox DECAYS' "secret mode" probably should have stayed a secret D's one-man venues keep getting smaller and smaller. By March, they'll be curb-side next to Maria Cross kisaki breaks another body part. fans ask for hospital records Another year, another one of Tenten's bands goes on hiatus... That one time Matenrou Opera tried and failed to rock body paint like Rihanna the best song released this year by nocturnal bloodlust was a cover of a taylor swift song Deathgaze breaking up and Tanuki's reaction was essentially "Just listen to Static-x" toe only being really good Haisuinonasa-induced blue balls ling tosite sigure's EP chouchou merged syrups. somehow being mind-numbingly marginal nestle x gackt collab announced next year DOAK happened How hard DuelJewel tried this year Kamelot released an album, which means a new Matenrou Opera album will soon follow DEVIL KITTY's mini-album calmando qual retired for duty Shiina Ringo thought using autotune was a good idea YUKI's PV for 'Sukitte Nandarou' looking like a trippy interpretation of BEYONCE's 'single ladies' and sounding even worse A.L.B.U.M.S -With Titles Like This- AKB48's "Halloween Night" was truly nightmare inducing the core of Jupiter broke apart this year. hizaki and teru promise to keep the music just as boring as before What were your disappointing moments of the year?

for info only, 克哉(katsuya)(ex-CodeRebirth) has participated in mix mastering of their new mini album "鵺-chimera-"

Concerning single musicians in the scene, I think Mana had a very deep fall in popularity. Once being the member of one of the most popular and influential 90s Visual kei groups, Malice Mizer, to a solo artist now band leader of a rather fringe popular band, Moi dix Mois. Even these guys used to be much more popular at the beginning of their career (though I think MdM biggest fanbase was not japanese, but mostly French, German and Austrian foreigners). Gackt on the other hand managed to become really popular and famous, but had to leave VK for that (no idea if at the moment anyone still cares for him. He's old hat too)

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@paradoxal
Thank you so much! I was busy thinking of what to type for the introductory post. ><
I've edited!

Btw, the first link to your Tumlbr is broken, so you probably better fix that!