Shipping to conventions
Meeples Group specializes in providing logistics support for board game publishers and creators, ensuring a seamless and efficient convention experience. From our warehouse in Zeewolde, we manage all aspects of logistics, including import, storage, and transportation to major conventions worldwide. We handle the import of your stock to our secure warehouse and assist with mandatory VAT registration in the EU and UK. We transport your stock to major conventions such as Spiel Essen, Spielwarenmesse, Spellenspektakel Utrecht, Zuiderspel Eindhoven, and UK Games Expo in Birmingham, ensuring timely and safe delivery. Convenient pick-up at the convention and efficient return of unsold stock are part of our service. Already convinced? Get in touch with the button underneath, would you still like to learn more? Then keep on reading!
Our Convention service
At Meeples Group, we offer all-in logistical convention support for board game publishers and creators, ensuring that the convention process is seamless and efficient.
Here’s how we do it:
- Import, Storage & VAT Clearance
We take care of importing your stock from anywhere in the world to our secure warehouse, in The Netherlands. We ensure all your inventory is safely stored. Additionally, we provide support for VAT clearance, helping you navigate the mandatory VAT registration process in the EU and UK. Being VAT registered is required to sell your board games in Europe, and we make this process straightforward for you. Would you like to receive more information about our tax system? Then visit our page: EU Taxes & Legal. - Automated Systems Setup
After the stock is received, we will connect you to our automated software, free of charge that enables you to efficiently manage your inventory and sales, allowing you to focus on your core business activities. - Transportation to Convention
Before the convention we will arrange the transport for your stock from our warehouse to the convention venue, ensuring it arrives on time, without a husle and in perfect condition. - Centralized Pick-Up
At the convention, you can pick up your stock from a centralized location using our equipment, making the process smooth and hassle-free. This way you can also pick-up your inventory, on a moment that suits your agenda! - Post-Convention Storage
After the convention, you can return any unsold stock to a central location at the convention venue, where we will retrieve your stock again and transport it back to our warehouse in The Netherlands. - Return to Warehouse
At last, after we transport the remaining stock back to our warehouse. We will check your inventory, ensuring everything is accounted for, book it back in stock again and enable you to sell the leftover stock again through our automated fulfillment & distribution network. and update your inventory, ensuring everything is accounted for.
By handling all logistics and operational aspects, Meeples Group allows you to focus on what you do best – selling and explaining your board games to the public. Let us handle the heavy lifting, so you can get to the convention with a ease of mind!
Conventions that we offer logistical support for & Pricing
Spiel Essen is one of the largest and most renowned board game conventions in the world, attracting enthusiasts, publishers, and creators from every corner of the globe. At Meeples, we provide transportation services to Spiel Essen for our clients worldwide, ensuring your stock arrives safely and on time. We estimate the cost to be around 95 euros per trip per pallet. Let us handle the logistics so you can focus on showcasing your games at this premier event.
Spielwarenmesse is a premier international trade fair for toys, games, and hobbies, drawing participants and visitors from around the globe. At Meeples, we offer transportation services to Spielwarenmesse for our clients worldwide, ensuring your stock arrives safely and punctually. The estimated cost is approximately 200 euros per trip per pallet. Let us take care of the logistics so you can concentrate on presenting your products at this prestigious event.
Spellenspektakel Utrecht is a major event for board game enthusiasts, publishers, and creators, held in the heart of the Netherlands. At Meeples, we provide transportation services to Spellenspektakel Utrecht for our clients from around the world, ensuring your stock arrives safely and on time. The estimated cost is approximately 50 euros per pallet for the trip to the event, and 150 euros per pallet for the return trip, due to the Sunday surcharge. Let us handle the logistics so you can focus on showcasing your games at this exciting convention.
Zuiderspel Eindhoven is a popular local event for board game enthusiasts, publishers, and creators, primarily attracting attendees from the surrounding region. At Meeples, we provide transportation services to Zuiderspel Eindhoven for our local clients, ensuring your stock arrives safely and on time. The estimated cost is approximately 50 euros per pallet for the trip to the event, and 150 euros per pallet for the return trip, due to the Sunday surcharge. Let us handle the logistics so you can focus on showcasing your games at this vibrant local convention.
UK Games Expo in Birmingham is a premier event for board game enthusiasts, publishers, and creators, drawing participants from across the globe. At Meeples, we offer transportation services to the UK Games Expo for our clients worldwide, ensuring your stock arrives safely and on time. The estimated cost is approximately 200 euros per pallet for the trip to the event, utilizing a trusted local partner.
After the convention, you have the option to either ship your stock back for 200 euros per pallet or use our local partner to sell your games in the UK. Let us manage the logistics so you can focus on presenting your games at this prestigious event.
If your desired convention is not listed, please contact us. At Meeples, we are dedicated to providing comprehensive transportation and logistics support for board game publishers and creators, no matter where the event is held. Reach out to us, and we will work with you to ensure your stock arrives safely and on time, allowing you to focus on showcasing your games. Let us handle the logistics so you can shine at any convention.
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Warehouse Meeples Group
The Meeples warehouse is located in the municipality of Zeewolde, Flevoland. Our warehouse has space for 500+ pallets and we currently have over 2,500 different products in our assortment. From our warehouse, we ship throughout Europe, including the UK. Would you like to see the warehouse? Contact us to schedule an appointment! Curious about the specifications of our warehouse? Check out the bullet points below.
Specifications of Meeples Distribution Warehouse:
- Warehouse in the municipality of Zeewolde, Flevoland.
- Standard shipping throughout Europe, including the UK.
- Over 2,500 different games, each with a unique storage location in our warehouse, ensuring accurate inventory levels.
- More than 500 pallet spaces available for all types of games.
Want to see the warehouse? Schedule an appointment using the appointment planner at the bottom of the page.
Some of the publishers we work with
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