Thursday, 2 February 2017

15mm.co.uk to merge back into Alternative Armies during February 2017

This is a major announcement by Alternative Armies concerning the future of its fellow website 15mm.co.uk.  


About ten years ago Alternative Armies decided to separate off its 15mm ranges and to place them in their own website.  In our strategic review we have decided to bring all the ranges that make up 15mm.co.uk back to Alternative Armies.  They will be placed in their own new sections of the Alternative Armies website and gradually removed from 15mm.co.uk.  The process will continue until all the ranges are taken across and then we will shut down 15mm.co.uk.  Both of these websites are part of the same great company and the fulfilment of orders and contact with customers will continue as normal.  The email address sales@15mm.co.uk will not be deactivated and we will send out messages during the process inviting Tabletop Gamers to join the Alternative Armies community and mail list if they have not already done so.

You will have noticed that the Alternative Armies website has a new look and is now even roomier.  This is purposeful for the planned merger and features a new headline list of pages called '15mm Ranges'.  We ask you to support us over the coming weeks of this merger and we will be happy to answer any questions you have.  Contact us on sales@alternative-armies.com.  We took this decision for many reasons including the maintenance time in multiple large websites, the commonality of customers across them and also our plans for the scales of 15mm and 28mm which we have for this and coming years.  We know this is a surprise but all will be well and we are the same great people you already know and all of the miniatures, game systems and more you are familiar with will continue on.  The team that runs both websites will continue as it is with one much larger website.


You can continue to order from 15mm.co.uk as the ranges migrate across and if a range has migrated it will be on its own new section of Alternative Armies with a link.

We will keep you informed of progress.  We have have some great new products and rule systems coming in 2017.  We began with 5024 Escape from the Dark Czar a new beginners set for Flintloque and we will soon have new 15mm miniatures to show and a rule set too...

Thanks for Reading.

GBS
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  1. Allison M.2 February 2017 at 03:31

    Probably a good move! I know I visit 15mm.co.uk pretty frequently and Alternative Armies... well almost never. It's bound to improve exposure and get your customers looking at new things. And your customer service is so good that I don't think anyone has to worry about anything getting lost in the shuffle :)

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    1. Gavin Syme (GBS)2 February 2017 at 04:02

      Thank you Allison. Most kind. I am sure we will make a few minor errors, we are only human but yes your logic is spot on.

      GBS

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  2. Angusin2 February 2017 at 05:58

    Great Gavin! We think it's a great move to let people see all of your minis in one place.

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    1. Gavin Syme (GBS)2 February 2017 at 07:14

      Thanks and great to hear from you Modelbrush. I hope all is well with you.

      GBS

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  3. Unknown2 February 2017 at 16:37

    Are the Ion Age products moving over too? As an US customer, It would be great to have everything on one shopping system for me to minimize shipping.

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    1. Gavin Syme (GBS)3 February 2017 at 00:43

      They are not. We will have two websites Alternative Armies and The Ion Age. However both sites will have major promotions at the same time such as free shipping and will advertise this at the correct times.

      GBS

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  4. Jan4 February 2017 at 01:08

    Bought miniatures from both 15mm.co.uk and Ion Age, never heard of Alternative Armies - good thing you merge those :).

    One thing though: A link to the Alternative Armies website would be convenient. Maybe I'm blind, but I haven't noticed a link in the newsletter mail, on this blog or the 15mm website...

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    1. Gavin Syme (GBS)4 February 2017 at 02:13

      Thanks for your comments. :-) There are now links in the above posting plus the one on the website leading here.

      GBS

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