I was going to make this update as part of the survey coming out- but the survey is not out. The few days that had me sick have certainly delayed my progress on defeating pledge manager. I have to descend into the trenches once I'm back from Dublin Comicon this weekend. This entire next week will be dedicated into the surveys, the pre-order store, and sweating.
Once the survey is out, you will get 10 days to fill it out.
The second sock samples are on their way to be produced, along with the new design now too that the manufacturer is back from holiday. They will take about 2 weeks from writing this update.
If you haven't watched my review yet for the previous samples, here it is again: INSTAGRAM | TIKTOK
OKAY NEW ARTWORK!
You guys have voted for the anomalocaris foil print for the postcard! That's great because I highkey wanted to do that one too. So here it is!
All the gold will be foil! This postcard comes as a freebie with every order, but you can get extras during the survey.
PIN ARTWORKS
Here they are~
I definitely did not put the wrong text on the trilobite fossils.
Here's the actual Opabinia sticker for backers who pledged within the first 48 hours:
I might put sparkles on it too (it will be homemade!)
You'll see these graphics during the survey too.
For the rubber charm that's free when you spend over €45...
This charm will probably not be shown for confirmation during the survey- That is because I will count your extra survey add-ons (excluding shipping) as part of the pool. So if you only spend €39 during the main campaign with add-ons, you can add extra things during the survey to make it to the €45 mark. Or add the roach itself for a fee (rubs my little roach arms together menacingly.)
I'll add the roach after the surveys are over to everyone's orders. So don't sweat if you don't immediately see it as part of your pledge.
Shipping Headache
My post office is a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED], and I'm sure I sounded like a deranged conspiracy clown from the Live Chat transcript from early this week. Thanks to my collab partner I think I have found another fullfillment partner that would be a dream to work with for tracked mail provided it's not a scam. I will be testing it out with my Etsy and custom orders for the next while.
It could potentially lower the tracked shipping price if we're lucky. This does give me that headache that I may not be able to charge for shipping until I am 100% sure that the service is legit. However, it if does end up being trustworthy, I'll be able to charge €13 for international tracked orders instead of €17-21. Europe is cheaper too. This is mainly for TRACKED things (so if you have 3+ standard pins.)
I think this may be a necessary thing to do in the end, because I want to strangle some CEO throats right now.
Okay I shall see you all next week to continue the project making good headway!! Have a lovely thrusday and friday and weekend ya'll!