You can now have PUZZLES delivered to your house every month

As Australians struggle to find ways to entertain themselves at home during the coronavirus pandemic, more people are turning to home activities, such as puzzles, to entertain themselves while in quarantine.

And now husband and wife duo Chris and Mel Tantchev have developed Puzzle Post – a personalised puzzle-subscription service that delivers puzzles to Australian homes.

Subscribers of Puzzle Post can choose to have puzzles sent to them each month, every three months, every six months or once a year.

Each puzzle is handpicked and tailored to the recipient’s taste, adding a sense of surprise. 

The idea started over a year ago after Mel noticed a steady increase in puzzle sales around the world and among her friendship group.

‘I’ve always loved doing jigsaw puzzles, but over the last year or so we noticed a lot of our friends were starting to get into them too,’ Mel said in a statement.

‘There were pictures of puzzles popping up in our social feeds and half-finished puzzles on our friends’ tables. We did some research and realised puzzles weren’t just making a comeback in our inner circle – there’s a steady trend of puzzle sales going up around the world’.

Each puzzle is handpicked and tailored to the recipient’s taste, adding a sense of surprise

The idea started over a year ago after Mel noticed a steady increase in puzzle sales around the world and among her friendship group

Subscribers can choose the degree of difficulty preferred, with puzzles starting at a maximum of 100 pieces for beginners and exceeding 2,000 pieces for experts.

There are 26 categories available to choose from including art, cities, dragons, maps, dogs, trains, buildings, fantasy and cars.

For an extra ten dollars customers can also choose the Disney category for Disney related puzzles. 

Subscribers can choose the degree of difficulty preferred, with puzzles starting at a maximum of 100 pieces for beginners and exceeding 2,000 pieces for experts

The creative idea follows on from the couple’s first successful business Bookabuy – Australia’s first book-subscription service.

‘When we launched Bookabuy four years ago we had no idea it would be so successful,’ Chris said, adding: ‘But I think its success is a testament to the fact people still love that real-life, tactile experience that digital just isn’t able to replicate.’

‘Whether it’s a paperback or a jigsaw puzzle, our customers love receiving a parcel at their door each month and the anticipation and excitement of not knowing what’s inside’.

Puzzles vary in price between $35 and $63 per month and ongoing or fixed-term subscriptions are available.