New shop coming soon

[BenLowden]

We're currently working on a new shop platform, which is due to launch at the end of February.

In the meantime, we're on a stripped back version of the old shop so you're currently unable to order stickers until the new site launches.

The new simplified shop will be much easier to navigate, with a smaller range of products. We're excited to get it live and will keep you posted on a launch date!

[BenLowden]

The new shop has been knocked back slightly, and is now due to go live on the 8th March. Check back next week and hopefully we'll be up and running!

[BenLowden]

Sadly due to the snow last week, the development has taken another knock. We're aiming to be live by the middle of next week and I'll update this thread once we're up and running. Apologies for any inconvenience!

[BenLowden]

jkh112 said:

It’s the middle of next week.

Unfortunately we've been knocked back again with a go live date of Monday 26th of March. We're very nearly there now though, just the final few teething issues to sort out!

[BenLowden]

Berkshire bred said:

Is the shop still meant to go live end of March ish?

Also will the shop sell large large PH smilies and if so how much?

One last thing and then I promise I will leave you alone!! will I be able to buy stickers at Silverstone on the 2nd of April? Really want to adourn the new car. Thanks in advance.

Hopefully... It's as frustrating for me as everyone else but fingers crossed for Monday. The biggest smileys we do are 8" and from memory are around £4/5. But yes, we sell them all at our events so you'll be able to stock up on the 2nd

[BenLowden]

Killer2005 said:

Any update at all? I'm in need of a new tshirt or two.

Unfortunately not yet, it's still with the legal teams and our representative is on holiday this week, so it's dragging on for even longer. Will keep you posted as soon as I have anything. Apologies to all for any inconvenience but hopefully it won't be much longer now.

[BenLowden]

Still waiting sadly, but we're very very close now. I want to say within the next week or two but that is a guess and don't hold me to it! I'll update as soon as I know more.

[BenLowden]

The lawyers seem to have finally sorted things out, and we're aiming to finalise our new contract on Friday. Therefore, in theory, the new shop will be live next week. Fingers crossed!

[BenLowden]

Andy_5 said:

I bet you a PH smiley it's not......

You're on!

[BenLowden]

MagicalTrevor said:

Oh, this is embarrassing!

Indeed! Although I believe the contract has finally been signed today, so we *should* be live within the next couple of days now. Thanks to everyone for being so patient.

[BenLowden]

swerni said:

Who said anyone is being patient?

It's all a bit st really

I've chased the lawyers as much as possible on this, I'm probably more frustrated than anyone else!

[BenLowden]

It's official – the new shop is live! https://pistonheads.shop/

In true PH fashion, the links in the main menu aren't working so we're now waiting on those to be fixed, but at least you can get to it for now using this link.

Sorry that it has taken so long, but we welcome any (constructive) feedback and ideas around anything else you'd like to see.

[BenLowden]

Our shop partner is in the process of changing supplier so there's going to be a short period where stickers aren't for sale unfortunately. As soon as they're back up I'll post here but you can otherwise come to our Abarth Sunday Service on the 31st March to get yours

[BenLowden]

I certainly hope not! I blame Brexit. In all seriousness, they're moving manufacturing from Europe back to the UK, which is a good thing in my eyes. I just don't have a date yet on when they'll be ready to order but will report back when I do.

[BenLowden]

Sorry for the delay. I've chased up and will let you know ASAP!

[BenLowden]

dxg said:

Well, I tried to stick the very expensive sticker mentioned about (yup, first time I've washed the car since then...) and half the vinyl lifted due to lack of glue!!

Let's hope the new supplier can do it right. Any news on an ETA? Seems like there's some demand here...

Still no news yet I'm afraid, but if you've had an issue with your sticker you can make a request through the store to have it replaced.

[BenLowden]

krisdelta said:

Ben, any closer to having a date? Thanks!

Still nothing I'm afraid. But we will have stickers at our Aston Martin Sunday Service if you're coming along!

[BenLowden]

Just copying this over from the sticker thread:

The issue (with stickers) is that our partner no longer has a supplier on stickers as they're moving production out of Europe and back into the UK. We're their only customer that has stickers so unfortunately it's a low priority to get sorted as it's such small money.

So to be completely honest, it's looking like we'll be moving stickers away from the shop to another provider but this is going to take some time to get set up. I'll report back ASAP but unfortunately it may be a few more weeks until we have a solution.

[BenLowden]

r5kdt said:

Any more news on these stickers yet Ben?

Apologies should have copied over from the other thread:

We have a solution – but I'm afraid it's not going to be in place until July at the earliest. We have a back log of contracts to migrate over from Haymarket to CarGurus and unfortunately this is low on the list.

We'll have a decent supply at our next Sunday Service on 16th June but otherwise it's a bit more of a wait until we have a new solution in place.

[BenLowden]

Still nothing yet I'm afraid all – our legal team have been busy completing the migration away from Haymarket. Now this is finally done, we can get on with setting up a contract with our new supplier. As you can imagine, stickers is fairly low on the priority list compared to other bigger more important contracts... Hopefully not too much longer to go now!