Kit
CREATOR
6 days ago
Project Update: Surveys and Tariffs
Good afternoon everybody,
It isn’t news at this point that there is a large situation at hand with the current tariff battle going on between the USA, and China.
As of right now, tariffs on goods coming out of China are at 125% and as almost all pins are produced in China, including mine that means as of right now the current set will be influenced by these tariffs.
So the current situation has us essentially doubling the price of what it normally costs and what I have budgeted to get these produced.
This 125% increase is just not a sustainable percentage for small businesses, smaller artists .. so much of the things that we create for you on affordable production, which unfortunately does not exist in our country.
However
At this current time, I will not be charging anybody more than what they’ve already paid me for their pins, and I am not going to add an increased cost for shipping to offset the tariff to you. It would be incredibly unfair to increase your costs at such an exponential rate after I have already explained my pricing and giving you a budget to reflect upon..
I am, however, also expecting a delay in fulfillment as I am in the middle of talking with my manufacturer to see how to best approach production and shipment to work well in my favor, their favor, and ideally yours as the consumer. Hopefully in the days to come, there will be a improved climate with these tariffs so that everybody can win and hopefully have them shipped during a point in time where the cost will be lowest for me.
Other ways, in the meantime that you can support me as an artist, should you feel compelled to do so, is grab in stock pieces off of Etsy shop or feel free to use the tip jar I’ve added to the pre-order .
There is no obligation for you to do either of those things.
What should you want to there are options.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AngelsAtticCincy
https://arcanemoon.carrd.co
Surveys!
I am almost ready to send them out to you!
I am currently waiting on a small glitch to be corrected which has to be done by the backerkit dev team, and it should be done within five business days and once it is fixed, I will send out the smoke test!
So long as the smoke test goes through I will then send out all of the surveys for the rest of you..
Please also remember that filling out your survey is a necessary part of making sure your order is received. It is a mandatory process. If you don’t fill out your survey, I can’t send you your pins!
The pre-order shop is still open and will remain open until all of the surveys have been filled out and all of the payments have been received. For those who might be interested I do have in stock pins listed as well from my veiled in darkness set if you missed out on pre-ordering them during the campaign before since all orders have been packed and shipped. All remaining pins have been listed in the shop.
There are also still a good chunk of individuals who have to correct their payments. Please consider this another reminder to please do so!
Also, I just want to say that I appreciate all of you again. Fingers crossed for better news in the coming days..
Apologies if this feels long winded
Kit & Cay
It isn’t news at this point that there is a large situation at hand with the current tariff battle going on between the USA, and China.
As of right now, tariffs on goods coming out of China are at 125% and as almost all pins are produced in China, including mine that means as of right now the current set will be influenced by these tariffs.
So the current situation has us essentially doubling the price of what it normally costs and what I have budgeted to get these produced.
This 125% increase is just not a sustainable percentage for small businesses, smaller artists .. so much of the things that we create for you on affordable production, which unfortunately does not exist in our country.
However
At this current time, I will not be charging anybody more than what they’ve already paid me for their pins, and I am not going to add an increased cost for shipping to offset the tariff to you. It would be incredibly unfair to increase your costs at such an exponential rate after I have already explained my pricing and giving you a budget to reflect upon..
I am, however, also expecting a delay in fulfillment as I am in the middle of talking with my manufacturer to see how to best approach production and shipment to work well in my favor, their favor, and ideally yours as the consumer. Hopefully in the days to come, there will be a improved climate with these tariffs so that everybody can win and hopefully have them shipped during a point in time where the cost will be lowest for me.
Other ways, in the meantime that you can support me as an artist, should you feel compelled to do so, is grab in stock pieces off of Etsy shop or feel free to use the tip jar I’ve added to the pre-order .
There is no obligation for you to do either of those things.
What should you want to there are options.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AngelsAtticCincy
https://arcanemoon.carrd.co
Surveys!
I am almost ready to send them out to you!
I am currently waiting on a small glitch to be corrected which has to be done by the backerkit dev team, and it should be done within five business days and once it is fixed, I will send out the smoke test!
So long as the smoke test goes through I will then send out all of the surveys for the rest of you..
Please also remember that filling out your survey is a necessary part of making sure your order is received. It is a mandatory process. If you don’t fill out your survey, I can’t send you your pins!
The pre-order shop is still open and will remain open until all of the surveys have been filled out and all of the payments have been received. For those who might be interested I do have in stock pins listed as well from my veiled in darkness set if you missed out on pre-ordering them during the campaign before since all orders have been packed and shipped. All remaining pins have been listed in the shop.
There are also still a good chunk of individuals who have to correct their payments. Please consider this another reminder to please do so!
Also, I just want to say that I appreciate all of you again. Fingers crossed for better news in the coming days..
Apologies if this feels long winded
Kit & Cay
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