@Gargron "May even be worse" It's definitely worse in the sense of affecting the ration of item price to shipping price. That was already prohibitive here in Aotearoa. It's why I opted for a low-tier Patreon instead, because around 75% of what I would have paid would not got to Mastodon at all. Authorised reseller(s) based in distribution centres might make merch more feasible for those of us under financial constraints