KityCrylics
CREATOR
10 days ago
Project Update: Campaign Ending Soon! What To Expect [Important!]
Ahoy Troop!
This marks the final hours of the campaign and I wanted to run through the next important steps you can anticipate!
This marks the final hours of the campaign and I wanted to run through the next important steps you can anticipate!
Payment Methods To Be Charged February 12th**!
What Time? In my experience, Backerkit begins processing payments throughout the following 24-48 hours once the campaign concludes.
It is not instantaneous as they are processing hundreds of pledges, but backers should anticipate seeing their cards being charged throughout the next 48 hours.
It is not instantaneous as they are processing hundreds of pledges, but backers should anticipate seeing their cards being charged throughout the next 48 hours.
What If My Card Fails/I'm Unable to Pay?
One of the perks to crowdfunding is they have what is referred to as a 'grace period'. Unlike Kickstarter, you are not immediately dropped from the campaign, and you will be able to 'remedy' your payment method at any point up until a creator states a deadline. Normally, I have a deadline for backers to remedy their payment methods of 7 days. For this campaign however, I am extending it through the duration of February. I will make an announcement on when failed pledges will be dropped in March.
How Will You Ship My Rewards?
This is the important part. What is coming in the next couple weeks is what is called a Backerkit Survey. Consider this your official order form, and what is needed in order for me to not only take count on what I need to order with my manu, but is also how I get the information needed to ship your rewards when the time comes. This process is estimated to begin in around 2 weeks or so.
This is where it can get confusing though for backers who are new, so I will try to keep this simple to not overwhelm you.
1. The surveys will go out closer towards the end of the month in sections. For right now, do not worry about missing it. This is primarily for your information.
2. The surveys will have all of your add-ons, but I will be manually adding the freebies to your pledge. This is something you do not need to worry about!
3. VERY IMPORTANT: If you haven't already, I highly encourage you to tie your backerkit pledge to a user account. This will make it so that your pledge is tied to the email you backed under and it will put all of your campaigns you've backed into 1 easy to manage area. Make sure to take note of what email you used to back under, and keep that email consistent with your user account.
4. Shipping fees are NOT being collected at this time. Please keep that in mind. Shipping fees will be collected closer to May/June, and I will have updates along the way to remind folks and give a definitive shipping cost estimate.
So in short: In roughly 2 weeks, your survey will be emailed, make sure you have your email tied to a backerkit account (apple pay/apple relay accounts have a high chance of getting lost as they're not tied to an actual email, which I need to contact you), and fill out the survey once they're issued!
It sounds confusing but I assure you it's not as scary as it seems, it's just me being thorough with added details to ensure folks don't get worried about what to do next.. Which leads me to the next thing..
This is where it can get confusing though for backers who are new, so I will try to keep this simple to not overwhelm you.
1. The surveys will go out closer towards the end of the month in sections. For right now, do not worry about missing it. This is primarily for your information.
2. The surveys will have all of your add-ons, but I will be manually adding the freebies to your pledge. This is something you do not need to worry about!
3. VERY IMPORTANT: If you haven't already, I highly encourage you to tie your backerkit pledge to a user account. This will make it so that your pledge is tied to the email you backed under and it will put all of your campaigns you've backed into 1 easy to manage area. Make sure to take note of what email you used to back under, and keep that email consistent with your user account.
4. Shipping fees are NOT being collected at this time. Please keep that in mind. Shipping fees will be collected closer to May/June, and I will have updates along the way to remind folks and give a definitive shipping cost estimate.
So in short: In roughly 2 weeks, your survey will be emailed, make sure you have your email tied to a backerkit account (apple pay/apple relay accounts have a high chance of getting lost as they're not tied to an actual email, which I need to contact you), and fill out the survey once they're issued!
It sounds confusing but I assure you it's not as scary as it seems, it's just me being thorough with added details to ensure folks don't get worried about what to do next.. Which leads me to the next thing..
The Post-Campaign Backerkit Store.
❗If you backed the campaign, PLEASE DO NOT order anything on the backerkit store.❗
This post-campaign 'store' is a second-chance opportunity for folks who missed out on the campaign only.
When surveys go out, you will have a chance to add-on any last minute items, or extras we've added to the store along the way.
Placing a backerkit store order will result in a duplicate order placed.
If you see items you want, just sit tight and you'll be able to add more goodies once your surveys are issued.
Important Note for Post-Campaign Orders: The freebie items are only for Pintopia campaign backers.
Giveaway Winners: If you backed the campaign, I will be manually adding your giveaway winnings to your pledge once your surveys are issued. If you did not back the campaign, you will be issued a survey so I can collect your shipping details.
This post-campaign 'store' is a second-chance opportunity for folks who missed out on the campaign only.
When surveys go out, you will have a chance to add-on any last minute items, or extras we've added to the store along the way.
Placing a backerkit store order will result in a duplicate order placed.
If you see items you want, just sit tight and you'll be able to add more goodies once your surveys are issued.
Important Note for Post-Campaign Orders: The freebie items are only for Pintopia campaign backers.
Giveaway Winners: If you backed the campaign, I will be manually adding your giveaway winnings to your pledge once your surveys are issued. If you did not back the campaign, you will be issued a survey so I can collect your shipping details.
Kindness Token & Star Coin Preorders:
Even though we did not hit our goal of 500 backers, I am still tremendously grateful for the support we did reach. We have had a lot of inquiries asking about the tokens being available as an add-on, and I just want to reassure folks that they will be added to the backerkit store. You'll be able to add those onto your pledge once your surveys go out!
Kindness Token's will be $5/each, and I will be offering trinket bundles which includes 1 token and 5 coins for $15. If enough interest is met, I will be including a special zipper pouch to keep them in! Stay tuned for more updates in regards to that!
These are very fun fidget items and make great little mementos or placeholders for card games/DND or chips for poker/blackjack/etc!
Kindness Token's will be $5/each, and I will be offering trinket bundles which includes 1 token and 5 coins for $15. If enough interest is met, I will be including a special zipper pouch to keep them in! Stay tuned for more updates in regards to that!
These are very fun fidget items and make great little mementos or placeholders for card games/DND or chips for poker/blackjack/etc!
If anyone has any questions further please let me know in the comments and I will do my best to answer asap!
Thank you to everyone who's backed so far.
This is only just the beginning, and I cannot wait to get things rocking and rolling!
Production is estimated to begin as early as March 15th! Our current estimate fulfillment is looking to be late June assuming there are not hiccups along the way (which, I have to be honest.. has kind of been happening, so please forgive me in advance if we get pushed out to July!)
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