In the HTTP log we noticed a number of „404 not found“ errors and fixed them.
Technical background
Turns out that if you visit a link (you don’t have a session yet) to an english category and the shop automatically switches you to German (because your web browser says that you prefer German to English), it will look for the English category name on the German server.
We added a number of redirects to fix this for all cases we could find. there can still be some left over and we will keep our eyes open.
The shop software is really complex. We don’t write it outself. It does contain some bugs and that will always be the case to some extend.
The issue
Given that products with their many properties to support filtering, searching, categories, multiple languages, … are complex, we often copy an existing product to create a new one. Many years ago we noticed an issue with URL redirects of copied products conflicting with the product that was originally copied. Even as both are supposed to have different URLs.
The cause
That visible issue exists for many people and can have dozens of possible reasons. So finally, after all these years, we stumbled across the reason it existed for us. Every product has a url_key. That is unique and gets changed automatically by appending „-1“ when copying a product. It turns out, that a second, invisible property „url_path“ existed. It was not shown or mentioned anywhere at all. For a limited time in the past, there was a bug. When copying a product, this invisible property was not changed. The resulting duplicates created the error messages. So finally we knew what to look for and could find all affected products with a complex database query. To not risk breaking anything, we fixed every broken product manually in the database instead of deleting the entire table and have it be reindexed automatically.
(Yes, postings in the category „Disturbing Dildo Deliveries“ are basically copy&pasted. There is just nothing original to write about such a thing but many people are waiting for toys of a specific manufacturer to come in, so it’s important we post these.)
We have completely replaced the aging species selection in English and German. The new layout works better on mobile devices (e.g. smaller images just for mobile) and has a lot more categories. So you can find exactly what you are looking for fast.
We also noticed a number of toys that where in the wrong category and assigned them correctly.
The delivery by Bad Wolf (English / German) has arrived. 2 of 45 toys/lubes are still out of stock and we are placing a new order right away.
(Yes, postings in the category „Disturbing Dildo Deliveries“ are basically copy&pasted. There is just nothing original to write about such a thing but many people are waiting for toys of a specific manufacturer to come in, so it’s important we post these.)
Hello everyone, we have returned from the holidays. All waiting orders have been shipped. Including what people ordered during New Year.
Bad Wolf
A fresh delivery from Bad Wolf was already waiting for us. Especially Wolf Cum Lube is back in stock
Horny Ram
With the new year, Horny Ram has updated it’s prices and we had to changed ours accordingly. Some toys did get cheaper but most had their prices raised slightly.
DHL prices lowered
DHL lowered a number of country-specific surcharged and the November+December „peak surcharge“ ends. The energy-surcharge stays stable at 1.25% but with the raised, national price for CO2 emissions we expect the CO2+Maut surcharges to rise at some point this quarter..
Just as every year, we will be on vacation and there will be no shipping from 2023-12-17 until New-Year. Orders played during the holidays will be shipped after New Year.
Last orders
The last shipping will happen on 2023-12-16 for orders played and fully payed on 2023-12-15 20:00. If you select DHL Packstation, please make sure to include your DHL Postnummer in the address. if you select Hermes Shop2Shop, please tell us about what Hermes shop to select via email. (Hermes wants a delivery address AND the shop.)
Last custom orders
FurryStyle will no longer accept custom orders to be finished this year effective today.
Deliveries before the holidays
We are awaiting one last delivery by Sidewinder Creations and by Bad Wolf before the holidays.
DHL situation during Christmas
At the moment every DHL post office is crowded. If you can, please select a DHL Packstation instead of having anything delivered to a selected post office. Because if you do, expect very long waiting queues.
Amazon.de
We will shut down our presence on Amazon on the 14th of December. This step is needed because orders made there would have to be shipped in less then 7 days and that is not possible while we are enjoying the holidays like everyone else. Amazon will be reactivated before or very shortly after we return.
A new delivery by Horny Ram just arrived. Everything is back in stock. Note that Horny Ram raised the prices of two of the toys, so we had to do so too. We could however lower the prices for all other restocked toys due to a better exchange rate of the USD.
(Yes, postings in the category „Disturbing Dildo Deliveries“ are basically copy&pasted. There is just nothing original to write about such a thing but many people are waiting for toys of a specific manufacturer to come in, so it’s important we post these.)
We uploaded the new DHL prices with the DHL energy-surcharge of 1.25%, DHL peak-surcharge (every year for November+December) and the changed DHL Maut+CO2 surcharge for taking effect tomorrow morning.
For the Duke II and Duke II ejaculating we found a mistake in the inventory counting that would subtract a regular toy every time a custom toy was ordered.