Project Update: Flight Satchels Available on our Website + Holiday Sale!
- Large Mailbag (vertical style)
- Large Messenger Bag (horizontal style)
- Standard Mailbag (vertical style)
- Standard Messenger Bag (horizontal style)
Holiday Sale
Previously backed this creator's crowdfunding project
This user contributed to this community!
Dear Allegory team, I have posted a question about delivery about a month ago, without reply; I also emailed but haven't heard anything. Is everything going alright there? Can you give any indication when the last satchels will be delivered? Thanks a lot!
Previously backed this creator's crowdfunding project
This user contributed to this community!
Hello, someone reached out to me on email a couple of months ago asking for detail on my artisan order customizations. I recall attempting to reply because something was incorrect, but I cannot find any reference to the email at all, so I think I accidentally deleted it. Could you please reach out again? Sorry for the inconvenience.
Project Update: Final orders shipping soon!
Just a quick update from us this morning. Our team had a much needed pre-holiday rush break over Thanksgiving week last week, and we're all back in the shop today ready for the Christmas rush! We have just a handful of orders still outstanding for this project - folks who just finished up their surveys in the last few days, a few personalized bags, and some artisan customized bags.
For those of you still waiting for your bags, thank you for your patience while we on-boarded our new team member. Training always slows things down a bit for the first couple months. We'll have this project finished up completely this month so stay tuned for your tracking notifications!
For those of you who have your bags already, I hope you're enjoying them!
Thanks all! And Happy Holidays!
Jess (and the Allegory Team)
This user contributed to this community!
Received tracking number on Nov 2nd, but when tracking nothing show still. Is this normal? Thanks
Project Update: Shipping Update
Thank you all for your support as we grow our business!
Jess, Chad, and The (growing) Allegory Team
Previously backed this creator's crowdfunding project
This user contributed to this community!
I ordered two satchels (one for my wife and one for myself) for our 26th wedding anniversary. Today is our anniversary and we have 50mph plus winds in the area and literally every plan we had has been cancelled. However, there was a knock at the door and our satchels arrived, today, on our anniversary, to save the day. They are beautiful and we can’t wait to get out there and use them! Thank you for the superb craftsmanship but also for secretly knowing I needed them today! Bravo!
Previously backed this creator's crowdfunding project
This user contributed to this community!
Received mine today. Distinctive, sturdy and functional. Like everything I've gotten from Allegory. Now I can look forward to The Ancients stuff.
Project Update: Shipping Update
Just a quick production and shipping update from us. We've shipped exactly half the project and have another 30 orders that will be shipping out early next week.
We're also in the process of hiring another team member. Woohoo! That's always a fun milestone for our business. This additional production capacity will help us wrap up all the remaining bags and set us up well to fufill our next project on Kickstarter quickly. If you haven't had a chance to check out out yet it, it only has another week left!
We've appreciated all of your feedback about your Flight Satchels and look forward to getting the remaining batches completed and shipped this fall.
All the best!
Jess (and the Allegory Team)
This user contributed to this community!
Hi, I received my regular messenger bag a couple of weeks ago and I love it! If I could make just one suggestion for future runs, you might want to consider adding carabiner clips to both ends of the shoulder strap instead of just one, to allow users to choose which end of the bag to hang stuff from depending on which side of their body they carry the bag..
This user is a top contributor to this community!
Hi, I received the Flight Satchel just over a week ago and was initially very pleased - great quality leather etc. However, the first time I went to use it I noticed the main zip closure has no "stopper" at the "open" end, so if you open the bag up the zip tends to just fall off. So far every time I've gone to use the bag, I've had to first reattach the zip fastener back onto the teeth (after rummaging around in the bottom of the bag to find it). Does anyone know a way to fix this? I've thought of trying to superglue the end, so the last few teeth are glued together so the zip can't fall off. Any suggestions? Jim
Project Update: Shipping Update and What's Next
I hope your September's are off to a great start. Today is kind of a wet and chilly day for us near Chicago - fall is definitely in the air! I wanted to pop in here today with a quick fulfillment update on your Flight Satchels and an exciting announcement about a new project launching tomorrow.
Flight Satchel Shipping
As of Friday last week, we've completed and shipped rewards for 24% of the surveys we have back. There are still a number of unanswered surveys. Please remember that we can't ship your rewards until we have your survey back! We need your shipping details and the specifications about your bag (leather color, etc.)
We have another 12% of the project shipping this week. Our team is in a great rhythm of making between 30-40 bags a week so keep an eye out for your shipping notification. We're working through orders based on when surveys were completed. Right now we have everyone who completed their survey on August 26 or 27 either shipped our queued up for production over the next couple weeks. Thanks to everyone who has emailed feedback when you've received your bags! It's invaluable!
What's Next
While the Flight Satchel project was live on BackerKit, we prepared our next crowdfunding project that will launch tomorrow on Kickstarter. It's called The Ancients: Writing tools carved in ancient reclaimed wood. The project features one of our most loved styles of click pen in a choice of five new hardware finishes and our three favorite super old, super awesome woods (ancient kauri- over 50,000 years old, bog oak - 5, 000 years old, and Bethlehem olivewood - 2,000 years old). The project also has a few fun leather add-on journals and portfolios with options with custom artwork.
We're excited to experiment with alternating projects on BackerKit and Kickstarter. Our hope is this cadence will allow us to keep our production pipeline at a consistent level and provide an even better experience for our backers while growing our business. Keep your fingers crossed for us. And, if unique pens are your thing, we'd love to see you over on Kickstarter as a backer on the new project! You'll all receive a launch announcement when that project goes live tomorrow.
As always, please reach out to us directly with questions or feedback at [email protected]. Emails, as opposed to comments on the project, lets us track better and respond in a more timely fashion.
All the best!
Jess & The Allegory Team
Project Update: First Rewards Shipping!
Stay tuned for shipping updates from here on out.
Thanks!
Jess
This user is a top contributor to this community!
YAY! The orders are starting to flow! I was wondering about the survey for the engraving for the Personalized bags. Will they be sent soon?
Project Update: Surveys Sent!
We just finished another batch of bags yesterday so stay tuned for shipping updates starting next week.
Thanks!
Jess
