Im excited for DeStore and proud of your success Josiah !!

Hi Josiah,

This is a really good idea 👍🏽 heard you speak on Kusamarian today!

I'd like to point that I know about 2 teams who are also building a merch store on dotsama so expect some competition however there is something in your proposal which is a point of strength and havent seen anyone do it.

Please note in no way I'm saying you should change your proposal, because on Dotsama I feel the culture here promotes having multiple teams offering same solutions but I want to urge you if you can expound your warehousing/shipping management and try to connect with the other teams building a merchandise store to handle or have an advisory role on the Order fulfillment process a crucial part of the supply chain in which most crypto projects struggle with.

I understand some rely on the supplier to just directly ship to someone (which is also not a good thing) while other merch stores who have the items have a difficult time sorting the packaging to different owners, finding a reliable and cost effective service provider.

For example I have merch ordered from Australia and was sent through local post which apparently hasn't arrived 3 months now, parcel tracking doesn't even seem to work.
Selection of third party carriers or shipping service is an important or else both the shipper and customer end up dealing with poor communication, bad customer service and could even result in loss.

Seen you mentioned the complexity of different rules which is true like different customs tariffs where if I buy an item like everyone else when it gets here I then have to pay more than half the buying price turning out to be quite expensive.

People like to withhold their personal details in crypto or stay anonymous so the fact that you are using kilt as a solution for this is also interesting.

Goodluck and I also hope you'll be able to reach out to the various teams and perhaps collaborate on some of these issues.