Just over a year ago we had to raise prices due to inflation. Unfortunately, things have not improved and everything has only gotten more expensive. We’ve all watched the news and seen how grain and fuel prices have gone up worldwide. These increases in food and shipping costs have impacted the price of almost everything. For example, our card stock manufacturer (plus shipping) has increased the cost of raw materials by over 30% this year. And we’ve seen other similar changes in chipboard that we use for making boards and boxes.
If our costs have gone up, we know that our employees’ costs have gone up as well. We’ve got a great team that works hard to make your games a reality and it’s important we take care of them. This price increase also allows us to provide better healthcare for our staff. This will help them stay healthy and reduce financial burden.
So with that, you probably want to know 2 things: when and how much?
Cards and rigid boxes will be going up around 30-35%. Paper boxes will be going up 35-40%. We got a 1-time deal on thick chipboard for folding boards and those will only be going up 5%, but will likely rise in the future. Plastic products like acrylic and 3d printed material will also be going up by about 5%.
These pricing changes will be going into effect on November 21.
Nobody likes to see price increases. We don’t want to do this. But for the health of our business and our employees we must raise prices. If you’re running a kickstarter that launched before these price increases, we’ll work with you to do our best to hold to our old prices. The easiest way to do that is for you to place your order before the place changes go into effect. Likewise, if you want a better price on your crowd sale, make sure it starts before the price increases go into effect and we’ll honor the old pricing.
Thank you for your understanding. If there’s anything we can do to help, please reach out to us at info@thegamecrafter.com
