Retro Frog website refresh, reopened sales and new UK reseller

Hola folks!

New year, new Frog!

About 2 years ago I made the decision to move away from direct sales and only sale through Stone Age Gamer. They order X, Y or Z from me, I print and package it and ship to them and then they sale it to you. So far that process has worked quite well. It's allowed me more time to be able to design and print new and existing products. However about a year ago I opened up a Etsy shop called "Retro Frog Direct". This shop allowed me to test the waters with new designs and experimental offerings. Sometimes it's hard to gauge interest in new products without actually offering them for sale first and then see what happens. These direct to consumer sells allow me to gauge interest and then eventual offer them to Stone Age Gamer. However over the last couple months I've become dissatisfied with Etsy as I've seen a number of my own designs being sold there in violation of their license on Printables. Because of this, and Etsy's questionable fees, I've decided to relaunch the Retro Frog website with a fresh new design and direct to consumer sales. 

Nothing will change with Stone Age Gamer and their sales. They will continue to order from me and sale to you all the same great stuff. Over time new designs will make it to their shop. However I will sell new stuff direct to customers from the Retro Frog website and perhaps mix in a handful of popular existing items that make sense to offer at the same time.

New UK Reseller

About 2 years ago I also partnered up with Lee Smith in the UK to offer sales in that territory. He would do the printing and sales and I would collect a license royalty. That worked pretty well, however Lee has since decided to retire from selling 3d prints as he has a new job occupying his time.  I have now partnered up with ZedLabz in the UK and they sale and ship all over the UK, EU and the rest of the world. Much like Stone Age Gamer they are a large company with a huge catalog of video game items for sale. This reach should help move sales in this region of the world. 

While he is still adding Retro Frog products to his website, check in out in the meantime: https://www.zedlabz.com/collections/retro-frog

Todd