There was a live letter from the Tokyo Game Show which said they're scheduled to start in early October now.

Officially the optional services page (http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...ption_service/) says this is a paid service though so it'll likely have a low cost attached to it (like FFXI did).

The optional services page hasn't yet been updated to reflect October though so obviously until the process is available anything could change.