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Kitlinx Newsletter - October 16, 2018 Hobby News! THE NUMBERS: SKUs in stock/ready-to-ship at Kitlinx.com: 15,985 (21.6%) Available for purchase from Kitlinx Suppliers: 73,896 This is a mid-week Newsletter to make the IMPORTANT announcement that we added over 200 lines to our website! This is over 8,000 available items, in Europe, and the wait is often less than ordering from suppliers on the East Coast!! Look below at this GIGANTIC LIST, and mostly illustrated with pictures! What did we do this week so far?
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Kitlinx Newsletter - October 12, 2018 Hobby News! THE NUMBERS: SKUs in stock at Kitlinx.com: 15,901 (23.1%) Available from US & European Suppliers: 68,895 What did we do this week?
Customer Requests solved:
BE PATIENT, WE ARE ORGANIZING OUR WAREHOUSE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT
LET'S TALK BUSINESS: There are about 29,000 additional products NOT IN OUR DATABASE YET that these suppliers have in stock and that we can bring in FAST. If you have specific inquiries about a line of products, shoot me an email! loic@kitlinx.com. I've listed AT THE END of this Newsletter, all the lines we are thinking to connecting with... because Kitlinx.com is just that! We welcome your suggestions!
Aircraft Skies HK Models 1/32 B-17G Late Production has actually landed in the US. Our supplier is two-days away and we should have it by Wednesday
Sci-Fi
Armor Mud The Amusing Hobby 1/35 12.8cm Flak 40 with the Radar arrived. We did not order enough, more are coming by mid-week
Ship Models
Book Worm I got excited by a couple book coming next week from Barbarossa Publishing
WHEELS & CARS
Hot Pre-Orders Alert! These are the hottest Pre-Orders coming in a few weeks! Did you see on Kitlinx Facebook page the announcements? AFV Club 1/48 U-2 Spy Plane, Gecko Models 1/35 British Cruiser A9 Mk.I and Amusing Hobby 1/35 Ferdinand with the 16-ton Strabokran crane! Panda Hobby 1/35 M8 Armored Gun System coming in October
This kit from AMK: 1/48 F-14D Super Tomcat does not have a date of arrival yet. The manufacturer is still working the details
OCTOBER: HK Models 1/32 Lancaster supplier is now secured. This kit now announced for mid-November, 2019. This kit is subject to MAP by manufacturer (Minimum Advertised Pricing). Kitlinx supports MAP as it protects your local hobby stores.
Line which will be listed per your request (a lot of them will be listed NEXT WEEK)
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Newsletter Oct.4 | Loic Anthian on 10/4/2018 @ 8:50pm |
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Kitlinx Newsletter - October 4, 2018 Hobby News! THE NUMBERS: SKUs in stock at Kitlinx.com: 15,890 (23.2%) Available from US & European Suppliers: 68,581 What did we do this week?
BE PATIENT, WE ARE ORGANIZING OUR WAREHOUSE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT Picture update of our warehouse - that's 40-linear-feet of book shelves. Not all books are up yet!
LET'S TALK BUSINESS: BREAKING NEWS: We received our first European order today. It left the UK on Monday... 4 days!!! that's faster than shipping from the East Coast by UPS or FedEx ground! We want to "test" this relationship as there are about 29,000 additional products NOT IN OUR DATABASE YET that these suppliers have in stock and that we can bring in FAST. If you have specific inquiries about a line of products, shoot me an email! loic@kitlinx.com
Kitlinx has started the upgrade of its software. Our NEW system will allow "real-time" order status. Emails about the status of an order is the most common inquiry. Please READ THE STATUS of the product you ordered. If it says: "Status: Special Order in Europe, Ships in about 2-3 weeks" that means that the product is NOT in stock, and we source it. Roll Models gave their customers a 2-3 weeks expectation to fill orders. If you want IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION, just order the almost 16,000 SKUs we have IN STOCK! We ship within 24 hours when all is in stock! (except when we travel to a show or acquire a company that more than double our inventory - and organize this inventory on our shelves!) Training our New Customers There are FOUR ways to search in Kitlinx
Kitlinx Best-Kept Secrets:
We welcome your suggestions! Happy Searchin'
Aircraft Skies IN STOCK!
Since the above ICM kit is out of stock in the US, we had to source it in Europe! More to come... Notice below that we intend to keep the HK Models kits IN STOCK, and look at those prices!!!
Sci-Fi
Armor Mud Below is the limited edition 1/35 Ammo-Mig Production King Tiger. It has the FG 1250 night vision!
Same as HK Models, AFV Club is also building a full stock, at amazing prices!
Book Worm Welcome to JJ Fedorowicz IN STOCK at Kitlinx.com. Over 400 titles IN STOCK!
WHEELS & CARS
Hot Pre-Orders Alert! These are the hottest Pre-Orders coming in a few weeks! Did you see on Kitlinx Facebook page the announcements? AFV Club 1/48 U-2 Spy Plane, Gecko Models 1/35 British Cruiser A9 Mk.I and Amusing Hobby 1/35 Ferdinand with the 16-ton Strabokran crane! Panda Hobby 1/35 M8 Armored Gun System coming in October
This kit from AMK: 1/48 F-14D Super Tomcat does not have a date of arrival yet. The manufacturer is still working the details
OCTOBER: HK Models 1/32 Lancaster supplier is now secured. This kit is coming October 20th, 2019. This kit is subject to MAP by manufacturer (Minimum Advertised Pricing). Kitlinx supports MAP as it protects your local hobby stores.
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Newsletter September 27 | Loic Anthian on 9/27/2018 @ 12:23pm |
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Kitlinx Newsletter - September 27, 2018 Hobby News! THE NUMBERS: SKUs in stock at Kitlinx.com: 4,816 (9.7%) became 15,523 (22.7%) - about 500 Schiffer titles still not entered Available from US & European Suppliers: 49,692 (not including pre-orders), jumped to 68,326 Yes, you have heard right, Kitlinx is proud to announce its acquisition of Roll Models from John and Mary. Their inventory has moved from Minnesota to Utah. We received it last MONDAY SEPTEMBER 24th! (this freight company is awesome!) It was a BUSY week! It means that 10,700 SKUs are added to the Kitlinx IN STOCK, SHIPPING- IMMEDIATELY inventory. It also means that 19,000 SKUs are NOW added to our database - including 242 NEW Manufacturers! Most of these products are called "Special Orders" because they are sourced in Europe from several channels. Kitlinx.com will now have 70,000 products available to the modeler!! Our current rate of "availability accuracy" is about 99%. Roll Models did a good job in sourcing some difficult-to-find lines in Europe, and with the speed of EMS, these orders just take about ONE week to cross the Atlantic! But since some suppliers sometimes "sit on the order" for a few days, we are stating that "Special Orders" take 2-3 weeks. That means, please be PATIENT if you decide to purchase ONE of these items along with other available or in-stock products A local Schiffer book distributor heard of the Roll Models transaction and offered us to acquire its inventory. We are bringing home 537 titles of Schiffer books in the same trailer containing the Roll Models inventory! It is harder to import books in a database because their SKU is correlated to the ISBN, unlike models which have a THREE digit Manufacturer code and a numerical identifier. We cannot promise that ALL these books will be in the system by next week. BE PATIENT, WE ARE ORGANIZING OUR WAREHOUSE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT Here's some pictures to give you an idea...
LET'S TALK BUSINESS: 1. SHIPPING: The second most sensitive issue with a mail order business. UPS and FedEx have increased their prices TREMENDOUSLY since my old days at GreatModels.com. We are talking insane 30-40% increased prices, and 'dimensional weight' is also more stringent (dimension weight is when a package is so large that it follows the rules of L x H x W / 139, which makes a 10 lbs package rated at 25 lbs if it is large) There is NOTHING Kitlinx can do about shipping rates, except lose some profit margin in a tight business environment. The automated system during check out takes the weight of each item, and calculates the shipping rate. Kitlinx will optimize this rate if the package can ship via USPS Priority Mail, which is only 2-day-shipping to the East Coast! Kitlinx currently use a "Freight Allowance" which gives the customer a 2% kickback above $300 orders Automated shipping calculator is NOT ALWAYS accurate, so if you have some incomprehensible rates, just contact us loic@kitlinx.com 2. MEMBERSHIP: You might have noticed that Kitlinx REMOVED the Membership requirement. If you did shop at Kitlinx already, then you most likely benefited from MORE THAN $0.99 membership cost! If you paid for the Membership and never shopped, please contact us and we will refund you the $0.99 or put a credit on your account This membership created some issues, so Kitlinx decided to extend the extra 5% discount when the product is NOT in stock 3. ACCOUNT CREATION: Many customers complained that the login and account creation did not work well. We've asked our programmers to change this process and make it smoother. Just remember: lower case characters ONLY for USERNAME. Passwords are case sensitive 4. LETTERS, PHONE, PRINTED CATALOGS: Kitlinx does accept orders via mail, and takes checks. Just be patient for the mail to arrive and the check to clear the bank. We currently do not have a phone/fax line with a DEDICATED customer support. However, we are looking to implement these services SOON. Printed catalog is a service that John/Mary were offering to its customers. Kitlinx has its entire inventory listed online, but some of you want to TOUCH the extensive catalog... John's catalog is 188 pages... and Kitlinx will also implement a similar catalog after we figure out how to 'semi-automate' this process 5. PRODUCT LINES TO CARRY: Kitlinx received a LOT of inquiries about whether the awesome lines that Roll Models carried will be available at Kitlinx? OF COURSE! We are carrying all these lines, except that you will see through the months/years to come that we tend to increase our stock levels of the BEST SELLERS 6. THE NEXT STEP? Kitlinx is currently designing a custom program. It will ultimately include REAL-TIME ORDER STATUS, and REAL-TIME CONNECTION to its US and European suppliers. We are working tirelessly to have these critical features available before the Christmas rush
More numbers: 19,000 SKUs added to the Kitlinx database, mostly Special Orders from European suppliers (5,400 SKUs are in stock) 10,500 pictures of the above items added to our system - about 3,000 pics did not work properly, and we are working in fixing these pics 934 pictures that Roll Models had, which were not showing on our website, are now showing
Training our New Customers There are FOUR ways to search in Kitlinx
We welcome your suggestions! Happy Searchin'
Aircraft Skies IN STOCK!
Sci-Fi
Armor Mud
Book Worm Welcome to JJ Fedorowicz IN STOCK at Kitlinx.com
WHEELS & CARS
Hot Pre-Orders Alert! These are the hottest Pre-Orders coming in a few weeks! Panda Hobby 1/35 M8 Armored Gun System coming in October
This kit from AMK: 1/48 F-14D Super Tomcat does not have a date of arrival yet. The manufacturer is still working the details
OCTOBER: HK Models 1/32 Lancaster supplier is now secured. This kit is coming October 20th, 2019. This kit is subject to MAP by manufacturer (Minimum Advertised Pricing). Kitlinx supports MAP as it protects your local hobby stores.
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Newsletter September 7 | Loic Anthian on 9/7/2018 @ 2:44pm |
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Kitlinx Newsletter - September 7, 2018 Hobby News! THE NUMBERS: SKUs in stock at Kitlinx.com: 4,816 Available at 5 US Suppliers: 49,522 The most important news of this week was the availability of some manufacturers at MUCH LOWER pricing than advertised by many US Distributors. Please look at Kitlinx pricing on AFV Club, HK Models and Dora Wings! The other "advantage" is that the main supplier is on the US WEST COAST, just 2-days shipping from Kitllinx! LOW PRICE, FAST DELIVERY! We have added a "Featured Manufacturers" logos on the homepage. These lines are carried FULLY in stock at Kitlinx!
EVENT OF THE WEEK: One of our supplier's shipping department switched one of our packages with a Hobbytown USA in Texas! Yes, welcome to the "real life" of an Internet business... Sorry for the delays in a few orders, it has been re-routed!
Aircraft Skies
Busy week on the "Aircraft Skies"! Kitlinx is proud to carry the Large Scale Conversion 1/32 He.111Z which requires TWO Revell of Germany He.111 kits! That bird is BIG!
The Dora Wings below are expected any day IN STOCK... enjoy the low prices!
And don't forget ModelCollect 1/72 USAF B-52G Stratofortress which has shipped yesterday, expected early next week
Sci-Fi
Bandai - BAN230355 - 1/144 - HG Universal Century Series: GM Guard Custom Gundam MSV-R The Origin Armor Mud
Book Worm Welcome to JJ Fedorowicz IN STOCK at Kitlinx.com
WHEELS & CARS
Hot Pre-Orders Alert! These are the hottest Pre-Orders coming in a few weeks! Panda Hobby 1/35 M8 Armored Gun System coming in October
This kit from AMK: 1/48 F-14D Super Tomcat does not have a date of arrival yet. The manufacturer is still working the details
OCTOBER: HK Models 1/32 Lancaster supplier is now secured. This kit is coming October 20th, 2019. This kit is subject to MAP by manufacturer (Minimum Advertised Pricing). Kitlinx supports MAP as it protects your local hobby stores.
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JJ Fedorowicz in stock | Loic Anthian on 9/4/2018 @ 3:19pm |
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Newsletter August 31 | Loic Anthian on 8/31/2018 @ 2:56pm |
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Kitlinx Newsletter - August 31, 2018 Hobby News! THE NUMBERS: SKUs in stock at Kitlinx.com: 4,718 Available at 5 US Suppliers: 49,359
Aircraft Skies
Now the line of Buff Master is almost fully stocked! Looking forward to the Model Collect kit to cover this amazing aircraft! Look at the new reviews by Cybermodeler Sci-Fi
Armor Mud
Book Worm
WHEELS & CARS
Hot Pre-Orders Alert! These are the hottest Pre-Orders coming in a few weeks! NOW? ModelCollect 1/72 USAF B-52G Stratofortress has landed in US, ready to ship this week?
Panda Hobby 1/35 M8 Armored Gun System coming in October
This kit from AMK: 1/48 F-14D Super Tomcat does not have a date of arrival yet. The manufacturer is still working the details
OCTOBER: HK Models 1/32 Lancaster supplier is now secured. This kit is coming October 20th, 2019. This kit is subject to MAP by manufacturer (Minimum Advertised Pricing). Kitlinx supports MAP as it protects your local hobby stores.
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CMK in stock | Loic Anthian on 8/27/2018 @ 12:33pm |
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Newsletter August 25 | Loic Anthian on 8/25/2018 @ 12:39pm |
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Kitlinx Newsletter - August 25, 2018 Hobby News! THE NUMBERS: SKUs in stock at Kitlinx.com: 4,708 Available at 5 US Suppliers: 49,470 Next week, new releases from Dora Wings and restock of JJ Fedorowicz and Trojca books Aircraft Skies
Sci-Fi 
Armor Mud
We started to stock the entire Thunder Model line Book Worm
All the above books are in stock by mid-week. Kitlinx is proud to carry the entire JJ Fedorowicz and Trojca lines IN STOCK WHEELS & CARS
Hot Pre-Orders Alert! These are the hottest Pre-Orders coming in a few weeks! ModelCollect 1/72 USAF B-52G Stratofortress has landed in US, ready to ship this week?
You might have noticed that Kitlinx re-connected with Buff Master Design and their extensive line of 1/72 B-52 conversions. Since the ModelCollect kit is based on the Monogram kit, these conversions should work! Some of their work were featured on CyberModeler This kit from AMK: 1/48 F-14D Super Tomcat does not have a date of arrival yet. The manufacturer is still working the details
HK Models 1/32 Lancaster supplier is now secured. This kit is coming October 20th, 2019. This kit is subject to MAP by manufacturer (Minimum Advertised Pricing). Kitlinx supports MAP as it protects your local hobby stores.
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