About Us

Hello and welcome to our store. Seeing as you clicked on this button, I suppose I'd better tell you something about us. 

Well, firstly - my husband and I are nerds, and proud of it. You wouldn't necessarily guess it by looking at us, but oh yes we are. Surprisingly, though, we are from quite different ends of the nerdy spectrum. Here's our nerdy resumes:

My husband is a weekly player of World of Warcraft and Dungeons and Dragons. In fact, the D&D game that he plays is one that they (him and his two best mates) have been playing for over 15 years now... yes - 15 years. I keep telling him he needs to take those adventures and turn them into an epic fantasy book series but it hasn't happened yet. He's also the Raid Leader in his World of Warcraft guild and bloody good at it. I think at this stage he's created about 15 different characters that are all Level 100. He also loves painting his Warhammer models and just in the last few years has taught me to play Magic the Gathering. Before you ask, yes, I can now slay with my Dragon deck. He's also a fantastic writer. He seems to do every genre so far, although he hasn't yet published anything. 

I'm a different category of nerd. Yes, I absolutely played more than my fair share of the Sims, Zoo Tycoon, Neopets and Age of Empires (amazing) when I was a teen. I LOVE Harry Potter, Star Wars etc etc. But I'm also a massive book nerd. My favourite author is Sarah J Maas. ACOTAR - Hell. Yes. Longest book hangover I've ever had in my life after that series. Basically anything with a solid combo of fantasy, romance and adventure is a winner for me. I still love a game sesh every now and then but the two little ones keep me rather busy... 

We have two kids (one is 3 and the other is 3 months). We've just taught our 3 year old to play Mario Kart on our Nintendo Switch and he's actually really good at it. His other favourite game is Pokémon although he likes to let most of the Pokémon run away for some reason... He's a clever little cookie who knows his alphabet and loves a good book as much of his mummy. Absolute Dinosaur/Spiderman nerd right there. Dinosaurs and Spider Man are a constant theme throughout his bedroom and apparel...

Ok that is a very brief summary of our nerdisms. Now to the rest of it;

We live in Melbourne, Australia although my husband hails from Sydney originally. We decided to start this business together we've always loved cool nick-nacks, wall art, technology stuff and it's really been something we've been talking about for years and just never gotten around to. But here we are! Finally up and running. 

As it stands right now, most of our products are imported and we do ship direct from the manufacturer. That means a longer shipping time than if they were coming from within Australia but hey - it also means we can offer you free shipping on everything, no minimum spend. And I don't know about you, but that's super appealing to me when online shopping. 

We really hope you like the store. And if you are looking for something specific that isn't listed here, reach out to us and make a request! We can source products fairly easily so there's no harm in asking and we'll try and find it for you. Email thenerdcollectiveau@gmail.com and we'll get back to you soon. 

There you have it. A summary of us and how The Nerd Collective was conceived. Hope you like it <3