Who thinks LTT should create a UK office?

[LogicalDrm]

So other than merch store, there no good reason you can give? Like if you want British YT channel that does GamersNexus level stuff, you already have TTL/OC3D who has been online maybe longer than Linus. There are probably more too.

 

What would they gain from expanding to another region? For online media company that just doesn't make any sense. They can do traveling if its needed, and frankly UK isn't even hub of tech things in Europe. Your "Gadget Show" is country fair compared to likes of Gamescon and Dreamhack. Shouldn't they open office in Germany instead? Home of be Quiet! and others?

[Uttamattamakin]

I could see them with an office In Asia perhaps in Taiwan, Japan or South Korea.  In the past Hong Kong would've been more logical  mainland PRC would be a risk for obvious well known reasons. 

[JammyCreedog]

Singapore would be pretty centrally located in SE Asia.  Japan would up the enthusiasm!

Who remembers Linus buying some really weird knockoff electronics over there?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

5 minutes ago, JammyCreedog said:

Singapore would be pretty centrally located in SE Asia.  Japan would up the enthusiasm!

Who remembers Linus buying some really weird knockoff electronics over there?

I have a feeling that was Shenzhen China or in the many electronic markets littered around China. He doesn't go to Japan that much. Think the only time was visiting the Omron factory. 

[Arika]

there has still been no reasoning from anyone as to why they need another office internationally.

 

other than what i assume the underlying reason of: "if they had office in <country>, then I could work for them"

[Bombastinator]

21 minutes ago, JammyCreedog said:

Singapore would be pretty centrally located in SE Asia.  Japan would up the enthusiasm!

Who remembers Linus buying some really weird knockoff electronics over there?

The issue with Japan is they don’t really DO gaming PCs there at all.  It’s all consoles and phones.  It’s centrally located but nearly nothing would be happening inside the country itself.  Everything would still be international.  Shorter plane trips, but that’s it.   South Korea, Taiwan, and Mainland China are basically the only options, and they all have various issues. Japan is arguably worse than Canada.

[straightchase]

I would love a UK office but the reality is, it would not be worthwhile for all the hassle and extra costs incurred. 

[Morrie Sells Wigs]

On 10/8/2020 at 8:00 PM, LogicalDrm said:

So other than merch store, there no good reason you can give? Like if you want British YT channel that does GamersNexus level stuff, you already have TTL/OC3D who has been online maybe longer than Linus. There are probably more too.

 

What would they gain from expanding to another region? For online media company that just doesn't make any sense. They can do traveling if its needed, and frankly UK isn't even hub of tech things in Europe. Your "Gadget Show" is country fair compared to likes of Gamescon and Dreamhack. Shouldn't they open office in Germany instead? Home of be Quiet! and others?

Having an office in Britain makes no sense at all.

 

Now, if it were building race cars at the bleeding edge of design and technology it's arguably the best place on earth and certainly a key, global hub.

 

Somewhere like Canada, by contrast, is a complete irrelevance in that respect - so Linus would likely have relocated if that were his field of expertise. 

 

But it's not.

 

There are simply better places for a You Tuber to build a second computer software/hardware focused company office than Britain...at least for now.

[JammyCreedog]

New Zealand is a nice place to vacation in winter.

[Joseph K]

On 10/7/2020 at 6:53 PM, JammyCreedog said:

Maybe start as a brand new channel like short circuit or carpool critics did.  It'd have it's own staff and writers everything. Didn't Top Gear UK do the same thing with new actors?

 

It also might clear up some red tape serving as a base for shipping merch....... lttstore.com

 

Anybody have any thoughts about this?

They distribute their content online. There is no reason somebody from Europe can't watch LTT. For this reason it makes no sense to expand to open an international office.

[Spotty]

Thread cleaned. Removed the off-topic arguments over Brexit. Stick to the topic.

[Orange1]

On 10/7/2020 at 7:53 PM, JammyCreedog said:

Maybe start as a brand new channel like short circuit or carpool critics did.  It'd have it's own staff and writers everything. Didn't Top Gear UK do the same thing with new actors?

 

It also might clear up some red tape serving as a base for shipping merch....... lttstore.com

 

Anybody have any thoughts about this?

Top Gear America was horrible.

The new Top Gear from BBC became horrible once the original crew left and all they do is copy what the original cats did and the new guys fail big time. Matt LeBlanc has no energy imo.

 

To start up a LTT in the UK is a worthless effort, no need to do that. The main audience is USA with 350M people.

[jollander]

On 10/8/2020 at 4:39 AM, Abyssal Radon said:

Why the hell would LMG do that? Doesn’t make any sense, like at all.

This! Makes no sense at all to open up a remote office in a specific location "just because".

I think the only reason for this thread is that OP might be from the UK. 

[Orange1]

Please tell us what yt'er of popularity on tech is based out the UK to begin with?

[HerrKaLeu]

Maybe one day someone invents an INTERnational NET so that people in countries without a physical office can access LTT... 

[Bombastinator]

So the original question seems to be “ who thinks LTT should create a UK office?”

 

the results seem to have come in as “practically no one including even people who live in the UK”

[rcorkum]

in a business methodology it would be better to have a 3rd party reshipper or person (more likely 3rd party that would contract out to multiple companies) so bulk shipments would go to them from LTT, then they would distribute ship to EU/ASIA for cost saving but if LTT already got there shipping cost down internationally this would not make economic sense.

 

in a global world. remote offices or satellite offices or say NA< EU/ asia divisions don't make a lot of sense, where your engineering team can be your engineering team. your QA team can be your QA team. your HR can be your HR, only data may require localization and I bet my pennies that there are 3rd parties working on this that. being a localization proxy for major corps. why do you think the state of Nevada and Ireland have so many one person corporate head quarters. which is just a person paid to set at a desk. because when you can save millions paying 40 or 50k a year. is a small pittance and the cost of doing business.

[LogicalDrm]

23 hours ago, Orange1 said:

Please tell us what yt'er of popularity on tech is based out the UK to begin with?

https://www.youtube.com/user/TimeToLiveCustoms

 

For example. Comparable to GamersNexus with in-depth content. He's also been as a guest on WAN Show. I don't know more, been following him as long as LTT. Or longer.

[Orange1]

On 10/22/2020 at 4:30 AM, rcorkum said:

n a business methodology it would be better to have a 3rd party reshipper

Isn't that what they are doing already or does Linus actually stock all his T-shirts and coffee mugs in his own warehouse whether that be main location and HQ or offsite warehouse undisclosed in Surrey BC.

 

Realize that he can get full or partial containers to the port of Vancouver pretty easily. Its a huge cost to keep an inventory on site.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

7 minutes ago, Orange1 said:

Isn't that what they are doing already or does Linus actually stock all his T-shirts and coffee mugs in his own warehouse whether that be main location and HQ or offsite warehouse undisclosed in Surrey BC.

He has a distributor working for him on that front. In fact, he revealed it was actually an old coworker from his NCIX days who approached him and they've been working together to handle LTT merch ever since.