[Josh646]

Is anybody aware of a welding subscription box?
If you aren’t familiar with what a subscription box is, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subscription_box
I wonder if there is any business out there offering this kind of product. I like to get mail and as a hobbyist I don’t have the opportunity to weld very many different metals. It would be great to receive a monthly package of a few coupons and a few stick electrodes/filler rods of an alloy I haven’t had experience with. It wouldn’t have to be a rare exotic metal but maybe a different combination of material and filler.

Does it exist?

[tweake]

i havn't heard of anything like that in welding.
plenty of crowds that offer coupons or welding kit projects.

the issue i would be concerned about is running out of new items to send or sending items they can't use.
run the risk of it becoming boring, same old stuff and they cancel the subscription.

[Spartan]

Interesting idea, but the welding market may be tough for a service like that. Unlike pet owners, people that vape, etc, the number of welders is relatively small. Adding to this, I would imagine that most seasoned welders wouldn't have much interest in something like this, so now a subscription service would really only be able to target the "new welders" which would just be a small fraction of the already limited customer pool.

Also, unlike most subscription service products I know of, welding metals and consumables are quite expensive, and although this may make a subscription service sound appealing, it would also make it quite expensive on a monthly basis. And as others have mentioned, there really just isn't a whole lot of variety in what could be sent out to welders (unlike pet products, etc.). I agree that it may become boring after just a handful of months. Only so many types of metals and consumables to send.

BUT don't let this discourage you or anyone else from starting one up. Could be a gold mine if you do it just right.

[Oscar]

Yea only the weekend garage warriors would be the ones remotely interested in something like this. So while they work, if they can't get to the steel suppliers during the week, they can have some smaller parts come in via USPS priority mail or something like that on a Thursday or Friday for the weekend projects. I'm lucky to have two steel suppliers open on Saturdays until noon.

[Poland308]

Best bet is to make friends with your local weld shop. They will always have random drops that there just going to recycle. Plus if they find out your just learning for a hobby and have no intention of cutting in on there business they may even give you some advice.