Great news!! The smoke tests were sent out over the weekend, and everything is looking great with no errors reported! š„°šš¼ Since I haven't seen any issues pop up, I'm officially releasing all surveys tonight! š
š® Keep an eye on your email!! Your BackerKit survey should be arriving there shortly! š ā”ļø If you can't find your survey, you can recover it here~ https://gaming-ita-bag.backerkit.com/
Please fill it out as soon as you can so I can finalize quantities and keep production moving forward on schedule ^_^ If you notice any issues filling out your survey, please leave a comment on this update and I'll get it fixed as soon as possible! š
Thank you all again for your patience and support. I can't wait to get these bags into your hands very soon! š»šāØ
First I just want to send a huge *THANK YOU* to each and every one of you for making this ita bag campaign such an amazing success during Bag Bazaar! ššš I know this update is a little bit overdue, but I want to be transparent and let everyone know what's been happening behind the scenes š¤ Nothing bad, I've just been incredibly busy on the road~
š²The Journey to the middle of nowhere lol āŗļøšµš²
Here's a visual of how frustrating it was trying to work on surveys in the middle of nowhere lol:
Any time I did manage to connect my computer to my mobile hotspot, I'd run into these weird error pages that I couldn't fix/lookup how to fix because of the internet connection that was worse than 90's dial-up internet lol ššš
Getting so fed up by life and technology at this point lol
Now that I'm finally back home (and not living in a tent lol), I've gone into overdrive getting the surveys finished! ā The BackerKit team has been working with me since I got back to make sure there's no errors in the surveys, so I'm hoping to get the final survey approval by tomorrow and release the Smoke Tests!! (I'll send a new update when that happens~)
š Production timeline on schedule!! šŖš¼
The great news is that while I was traveling between shows, I was still able to contact my ita bag manufacturer on my phone to start the production process! That means that everything is on track with the original timeline which I'm super happy about! š„°šš¼ I'm hoping to have the ita bags in hand around the middle/end of September~
ā¼ļø To keep production on track, Surveys will be open for 2 weeks until the end of July!ā¼ļø This is so I can update the final quantity if anyone wants to add an extra bag or anything else from the Survey Add-on shop ^_^
šø More updates coming soon!
If you've backed any of my previous campaigns, I'll be posting photos + updates on those platforms soon that I missed posting because of the whole no service fiasco. Here's a sneak peak of the finished insect pins and some of the other pins in productionšŖ²š¤
In progress
In progress
In progress
š£ I'm excited to announce a new addition to these Aztec skeleton pins: they will also be glow in the dark!! š¤š
Glow in the dark mockup!
Thank you again everyone for your amazing support, patience, and encouraging words throughout this entire campaign!! š„°šš¼š I'll share a new update ASAP when the surveys are finally approved and sent out!!
All day yesterday, we were sitting about 1-2 bag pledges away from unlocking the Pink color variant. So I decided to cover the rest so we could officially unlock all 4 ita bag colors at the end of Bag Bazaar!! š„³
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Thank you so much for the incredible support and for sharing the campaign with your friends š„°šš¼ I'm super excited to get all these new bags to their forever homes!! š»
š£ Don't forget: there's a new add-on for (5) holographic pin insert colors! šāØ
š Please help share the final stretch goal! šÆ
We only need about 15 more ita bag pledges to unlock the final pink bag color!! ā”ļø If everyone reading this update helps share the campaign link below, we could easily reach this goal before the campaign ends soon on Tuesday, June 2nd @10pm EST šš¼
To help push us toward our final stretch goal, I've added 5 brand new holographic insert colors to the Add-on Shop! These are perfect for changing up the look of your ita bag display~
(The 5-pack bundle is like buying 4 insert colors and getting the 5th one free!)
āØšŖš¼ Final push in the last 48 hours!! šŖš¼āØ
Help us unlock the final stretch goal by sharing the campaign with:
š® Your gamer friends ^_^ š Fellow ita bag collectors~ š Pin communities~ š Convention/cosplay friends~ š² Social media! Follow and share my recent IG posts here ā”ļø https://www.instagram.com/jbzydraws
It doesn't seem like much, but every share, Instagram repost, and recommendation to a friend helps spread the word about the campaign! šš¼ Let's see if we can unlock the final pink color together before the campaign ends!! šāØ
Thank you all so much for your amazing support for Bag Bazaar!! Until the next update~ š Jess~
Thank you all so much for the incredible support and excitement for this campaign!! It means so much seeing our little community come together to make something incredible š„°
I'm so excited about this new color, my inner goth dreams are coming true lol š¤š® This is basically what I'm imagining people wearing with this new goth style bag at conventions š„°š¤š¼
š Our next goal is the pink gaming bag!! šŖš¼šāØ
āØ Here's the best part about unlocking this bag!! āØ I did the math and we only need about 25 more ita bag pledges to unlock all 4 bag colors!! That means we are *soooo* incredibly close to unlocking the last pink bag together in the last week of Bag Bazaar š»
The best way you can help right now is to simply share the campaign link! š„°šš¼
Please help share the link below with all your loved ones~
š® Gamer friends & family š Ita bag collectors āØ Convention friends š Pin communities š² Facebook, Instagram, other social media, Discord servers, anywhere online really! ^_^
It may not seem like it, but every single share genuinely does help!! š„°šš¼āØ
š£āļø Reminder: Bag Bazaar ends in 8 days on June 2nd @10pm EST~
(That means only 1 more week to share the campaign!)
Thank you again for making Bag Bazaar such an amazing experience!! š I'm thinking if we reach the final pink bag goal, new holographic insert colors will unlock next?? šāØ Until the next update~
