Interesting. Packaging and shopping seems to be your biggest pain point and cost. Reduce these and you have an easier business to manage and can focus on getting more customers.
Good luck. I imagine there are other goodies from Japan you can offer.
No robots, but rather outsourcing.
Edit: just read your recent post on face book adverts. Really clever. Would you share more details on conversion numbers.
Long story short, I am not planning to expand my FB advertising efforts at this point. In my best ever campaign I managed to get 6 conversions after spending $280 which is getting close to breaking even, but not quite there yet. Just to reach this almost-breaking-even point I've spent probably close to $2000 on various ad networks.
Another one that came close to working was bidding on SMBC comics ads through Project Wonderful.
Good luck. I imagine there are other goodies from Japan you can offer.
No robots, but rather outsourcing.
Edit: just read your recent post on face book adverts. Really clever. Would you share more details on conversion numbers.