Hopping into your mailbox with an update! (In case you backed my previous project, sorry for all the extra emails that almost reads the same, ahaha!) The survey's have been locked and cards have been charged! There are currently 8 with failed card charges but that won't stop me from preparing for the fulfillment. Do check if you have a message about your failed charge and have it fixed asap!
So what next?
As we speak my partner has been un-bagging all the pins ready to check the quality of them all. This week I'll order the backing cards for the pins! The pins will have to wait until these arrive, but in the meantime other orders I'll be collecting all the orders to a speedy fulfillment once the cards arrive.
In total I have about 80 parcels to pack for this project and with other deadlines still active (along with an active crowdfunding project at the same time) I'll be packing them at a slower pace. In February the parcels will all be shipped off to their new homes tho!
Finalize your address!
Now is the time to finalize the address you want me to ship the items to! If you need more time for a final address, due to a move or something, please let me know (comments below, dm on instagram/bsky, contact through contact form on my webshop) and I'll think along as what we can do.
Leftovers of this crowdfunding project will hit my webshop later and will be available at the upcoming conventions as well.
That's it for now. Leaving you with an army of pins on our dining table. The sun came out so nicely too, does make the colours a bit off. The little candy are still bagged but they look so cute.
Great news today in my inbox from my contact, the Floris the Frog enamel pins are being shipped off! She added a bunch of pictures of them and they look so good, I can't wait to see them irl.
The surveys will be locked and charged when the pins arrive. If I have to pin-point a date for it I would say around 26th January. Fulfillment will start once they arrived and grading has been done. May this be your heads up for the charge of the card!
And that's it for now! Here are the pictures of the pins, as it's always fun to see! - Appel
Very soon, the Froggoween survey will frog hop into your mailbox! It’s essential to respond to your survey as quickly as possible since I need this information to order the correct amount of enamel pins with my manufacturer.
The survey will also collect the address to which the enamel pins and other add-ons need to be shipped to. During the survey you can also still add extra items, in case you wish to add another pin or sticker sheet.
If you need to change your survey responses, purchase add-on items, or update your shipping information, you can click the link in your survey email again or request your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page. (This page will only start working after we send the surveys out.)
At a later date, one I'll update you all about again, I will lock the surveys. No changes can be made after that and the shipping costs (and possible extra add-ons) will be charged on your cards. Again, I will update before hand so you can prepare your credit cards or double check your shipping address.
For the US backers: the survey will also collect the tariff! This will be 15% on the total order value. The survey will mention this in an extra line, so it's extra clear how much this extra fee is. With paying this, your package will go through customs straight away when shipped. No surprises with extra costs!
Early and Returning backer freebie stickers arrived!
That's it for now, keep a froggy eye on your mailbox and you'll see me with a new update in a few weeks!
If you have any questions you can always contact me or leave a message here on these updates.
Thank you all for the frogtastic support with this project! In the end we've unlocked all the enamel pin designs, which makes me so happy!
But we're (or well.. me) not done yet, we got some steps next:
1. Backerkit needs to transfer over the funds so we have the money to place the order of the pins (this can take up to two weeks).
2. We have to find out how many pins we need to order and where we need to ship them. We’ll send out a BackerKit survey to collect this information.
We’ll give you a heads-up before we send the survey so that you can watch for it. It is important to submit your responses as quickly as you can since we need this information to process your rewards.
If you need to change your survey responses, purchase add-on items, or update your shipping information, you can click the link in your survey email again or request your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page. (This page will only start working after we send the surveys out.)
If you have any questions you can always contact me or leave a message here on these updates.
US Backers tariffs | update!
Starting to sound like a broken record about this but it's important to mention it for those who missed it. shipments to the Us from the Netherlands are mandatory to pay 15% tariff. Thanks to my shipping partner I can ship again to the US via UPS. This will be DDP (duties paid upfront) which means you pay this up front and have no surprises at the door.
The tariff will be calculated in your survey and you will get a nice overview when you fill in your payment information. The 15% is only calculated on the value of the order. So the pledge level and possible add-ons, that total amount gets 15% on top. If you have any questions about this you can check out the FAQ in the survey. ('Need help' -> project FAQ)
If for whatever reason things change and the tariff % goes up or there are disruptions again I will communicate this here and keep the parcels with me for safe keeping until the dust settles down again.
With the last 20-ish hours left I went ahead and unlocked the Witch Floris pin design by myself. We're so close the last few days it's a shame if the Witch can't join the line up. I had to check some financial stuff first to see if I would be able to offer this but it seems I can!
So all designs are now available to choose from!
We'll speak soon once the campaign has ended. First up for me is to set up the pledge manager to send out the survey's. Expect the surveys no sooner than 2 weeks from now, but it might probably be a bit later than that.
Hope you all had a very frogtastic and fun Froggoween!
