Update #13: Locking Completed Surveys & Other Important Updates!
Hello, everyone!
If you have any questions, please contact me at help(@)munespice(.)com (without the parentheses, preferably with your Backerkit confirmation # f...
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about 1 month ago
Update #12: All Surveys Have Been Sent - Please Complete by December 1!
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All surveys have been sent to Backer emails! Please complete the survey by December 1st. If you did not receive the ...
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about 1 month ago
Update #11: Preorder Store Is Now Open (Until November 25th!)
Hello, everyone!!
For folks who didn't get a chance to back the campaign: I got the preorder store up and running over here! The preorder sto...
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Update #10: Surveys & Preorder Store Coming This Week!
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After a very busy past few weeks for me, I am back!! By end of day Saturday, I plan for the preorder store (for folks who didn't back the...
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about 2 months ago
Update #9: Reminder to Resolve Payment Issues!
Hi, everyone!!
Happy Halloween/Samhain/Diwali! Since the end of the campaign, things have been a bit busy - I got married! - so I apologize for the delay in updates. I've...
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Update #8: Campaign Ends Tonight! & What's Next?
Hello, everyone!
This will be final update during the campaign since it ends tonight!! It will end at 9pm Pacific Time - about 11 hours from now.
What's next? In the...
If you have any questions, please contact me at help(@)munespice(.)com (without the parentheses, preferably with your Backerkit confirmation # found within your Backerkit order history so I can help you more easily). I will try to get back to you within 3-5 days. Thanks!!
Some updates for backers & preorder store customers:
For folks who backed the campaign and completed the survey: Surveys will be locked in about 48 hours from now. While you can't change your pledge from the campaign, you can still add or remove add-ons added from the survey period or change designs for pins/lanyards. Important: Cards for funds added within the survey will be charged this Friday, December 6th while the surveys are still fresh on everyone's minds. You will still be able to change your shipping addresses in the months to come. Thanks!!
For folks who backed the campaign and did not complete the survey: Reminder to please complete the survey! If you backed my campaign, you can find your survey here: https://creature-cafe.backerkit.com/
For preorder store customers: The preorder store was closed and all funds were processed! There were a couple failed payments - I will be manually retrying to charge them this Friday (December 6th), not sure if Backerkit has tried automatically.
News regarding manufacturing/sample:
Regarding the Latt-Ray sample: I do not have an update - my manufacturer is still working on it TT-TT I have been working with this company for..about 3 years and I trust them to take the time they need to make it to my vision. They often take more time and care during the first prototype and get back to me with V2.0 or V3.0 quicker. I will update you all as soon as I have a photo to post. I know folks were waiting before completing the survey - I may open preorders at later date where you can add the Latt-Ray to your Backerkit order for the campaign price/combined shipping (may still be an increase in shipping cost depending on the order). Thank you for your patience!
Regarding manufacturing process: Because y'all did great completing the surveys, I went ahead and placed the bulk order for Breb, Matcha, Pancake, and Rye-sopod bags a few days ago. Woo! These are the items that will take the most time, so I'm happy it's started. I will place the bulk orders for pins, lanyard, etc over the next couple weeks since those items will take much less time. And I will place the order for Latt-Ray when the sample is complete.
During this manufacturing stage, updates will come a little slower since I will have less to share overall. But I promise I am around ready to share any news for ya. Thanks so much for your patience and for your support during it all!!
Nicole/Munespice
P.S. If you are receiving this notification and you did not pledge to the campaign/order in the preorder store, it is because at some point you opted to follow my project. Thanks for that! No need to worry about surveys/etc if you didn't back the campaign <3
All surveys have been sent to Backer emails! Please complete the survey by December 1st. If you did not receive the survey and you backed the campaign, you can request to send another survey to yourself here: https://creature-cafe.backerkit.com/
Preorder store is open for folks who did not back the campaign - it is available until November 25th. Please note this is like buying from an online store and funds are charged within 1-2 days, though your address can be changed before the order ships sometime (currently expected) in the spring. :)
Thank you again!! Nicole/munespice
PS - There was an issue where UK folks could not select their country. This should be resolved now. Reminder that UK folks will pay shipping/VAT closer to when items are shipped through my website: munespice.com.
For folks who didn't get a chance to back the campaign: I got the preorder store up and running over here! The preorder store is for folks who did not back the campaign and would still like to preorder the items. The freebie postcard is not included in preorders, but the prices are still the campaign prices. The estimated shipping for preorders is April 2025. Preorder store will close Monday, November 25th @ 9PM PT.
For folks who did back the campaign: Surveys are coming soon! I have the surveys all created, but Backerkit is currently reviewing my work to double check everything is all good. Once they are approved, I will send a smoke test of the surveys, meaning to just a small, random group of backers. After that, all the surveys can go out! I still estimate the surveys to go out by the end of this weekend, but will once again update y'all when they're out.
Woohoo! Thank you so much!! Have a great rest of your week. Nicole/Munespice
This will be final update during the campaign since it ends tonight!! It will end at 9pm Pacific Time - about 11 hours from now.
What's next? In the 24 hours after the campaign ends, Backerkit will charge payment methods for pledge totals. If payment does not go through for whatever reason, Backerkit will automatically retry over the next couple weeks. It takes about 2 weeks for everything to go through on my end - and all this needs to happen before surveys can be sent - so I estimate surveys (to select pin/lanyards designs, add things, pay for shipping) will go out the week of November 11th. I also hope I will have the Latt-ray sample before then!
Thank you all so so much!! I'm beyond happy about how this campaign turned out! Nicole
We have just over a week left of the campaign, and thanks to all of you, all of our stretch goals have been unlocked, hooray! In review, all of the original bags/pouches, pins, the 2 lanyards, sticker sheet, and magnet have been unlocked. We also unlocked the free Breb wrist lanyard for all Brebs and the Latt-ray bag! These bags can be added as add-ons to pledges, and the sample will be coming soon (though, as I have mentioned before, I don't think the sample will be completed before the campaign ends).
I didn't have too much else planned for the campaign because if there are additional funds, I am hoping to invest those to make cute touches to the packaging! So what's next? Over the next week, I will be sharing more posts on social media showing the creatures. Reminder that the campaign ends on October 22nd and that funds from the pledges will be collected by Backerkit at that time.
Thank you so so much for all of your support! I am excited to keep updating y'all about these guys <3
