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We are sending this update to not just our Nessie followers but ALL of our followers including our Dream Keep Supporters!
First a small update about us and let everyone know what is going on a bit behind the scenes:
We have shared this before, but in case you haven’t seen prior explanations or updates: Due all the debt we accrued from our first campaign due to tariffs and other things we could not have planned, or predicted, we have to create new campaigns with cheaper creations, and use any profits to go back into completing and finishing up our original productions and operating costs.
We are still trying to raise enough to pay off the rest for our rep in europe so that we are considered compliant and allowed to sell there. (We are very close but this cost us a lot) That along with rising shipping rates, filing a patent, and needing to trademark our creations in multiple countries to stop larger companies with more funds from copying us its been a lot of expense. So, we did Pintopia which got us closer to completing the original companions but we still have other expenses and also want to keep bringing plush to those that want to collect our creations! So we are doing a “Part 2” of our lock stress monsters from winter!
With each creation and campaign we have gotten closer to the end of the tunnel, plus the opportunity to create new things and keep our customers engaged. We have gotten 5 stars across the board and are still working to get everything out to everyone as soon as possible!
We have learned so much with our very first campaign and with each we improve and get quicker and more streamlined for fulfillment. It is still just me and my husband running everything but we hope to grow our team in the near future as funds allow!
Our Lock Stress Monsters series 2 is launching in less than a week!!! Make sure to follow our prelaunch here before june 1st so you get our freebies!
CLICK on the link below or any of the images to go to our Prelaunch Party and join the community!
JOIN us for series 2! Our first goal is for Large Silly Ness and colorful ness stressball plush! Click the images or our links to follow the prelaunch now!
They are still working on the forhead and eyes of Dreamy Ness we are planning to have blue minky around the eyes and down the nose.
We will also soon be prototyping “Dark Ness” as a larger weighted nessie too!
New Character Stretch Goals:
Now on to SERIES 1 UPDATES:
LOCK STRESS Series 1 Production Update:
All but the mini chocness pin are complete and have just arrived to us today! (The mini chocness pin had some misunderstandings so we will be getting that in a couple weeks.
We are told the Stress-ball plush are near complete! So they should begin shipping to us by mid june.
Which means we may not have them before Anthrocon as we had hoped :( but we will be shipping them as soon as we can once they are in hand!
Lock Stress series 1 Shipping Updates:
We will begin locking orders very soon and charging for shipping as soon as the products are in transit, so please make sure all your payments, and cards are up to date!
Also make sure that you track your packages, and stay on top of any import fees, vat tax etc. We are NOT responsible for this, nor are we responsible for returned packages.
If they get returned to us for customer negligence YOU will have to pay to have it shipped again once we are through all the other orders.
Make sure your payments are all good, and if you’ve had a declined card you fix it ASAP!
Since we have another campaign coming soon we will be locking up and finishing this campaign quicker that prior ones. Once we have everything in hand and CAN we will begin charging for shipping, so we can get things out as fast as possible. If you have not yet paid for your initial items or filled out your surveys (Not including people doing pay over time and still making payments) we will start cancelling the orders that haven’t gone through. If you don’t pay your shipping, or don’t check your emails we will consider it a donation if its not rectified by the time we near the end of our shipments. We are not waiting around this time, so if you want one of these and your payments have been declined make sure you fix it ASAP! Series 1 is EXTREMELY limited and we will have very few if any for any future shows and they most likely will not go online at ALL!
Anyways, Thank you all for your continued support, patience and belief in this passion project of me and my husband as we seek to create a safe haven and escape from the scary things happening in the world. We hope to make the world a more comforting place and can only do that with your help! So again, thank you so much!
