Hey everyone, hope your week is going well! This update is to let you all know that the remaining surveys have been sent. You should receive an email soon if you haven't already with your survey questions.
This will be the last chance to add any add-on items before I start locking in orders near the end of the month. So if there is something you were thinking about getting something extra during the campaign, now's the time to back it!
There is also a question on the survey for upcoming projects. Once all Haruki backer rewards are fulfilled, I plan on starting a new project and I listed a few of my ideas on that survey question. Looking forward to what you all think about it!
Hi everyone, hope you have all been doing well! I'm sending this update to let you know that you may receive your survey very soon. I just sent the smoke test, so a small amount of you will already have your survey in your inbox. For those of you who did receive it, please fill it out as soon as possible! It helps me to make sure the survey is correct so I can send it out to all the other backers. If you don't have it yet it will be sent a little later this week.
Resin Figure
That's right, another update on the resin figure! I had originally sent for two samples with two different companies, but did not receive the second until recently. Now that I have it, I must say I'm rather impressed with the quality of it. The colors are just a bit off from what I would ideally like (the hot pink in particular), but other than that, it looks great! I will be discussing a couple small adjustments and final packaging that with the manufacturer in the coming days.
Figure from the new manufacturer
With that said, this new manu has a better rate than the previous one so I will be able to offer the resin figure at my original preferred price of $35 each to any backer who's interested, with no additional goal funding or backer count for the figure. You guys got so close to funding the first sample version during the campaign that I wanted to make sure this was available in some form by the end of everything (I want one of my own too!).
Figure comparison. New on the left, previous on the right.
I really hope some of you will take advantage of this figure offering. It will be available as a last minute featured add-on with your surveys. Thanks for reading, I'll be posting another update when the rest of the surveys go out, probably on Wednesday/Thursday.
Just a quick update regarding the previous post. I misunderstood Backerkit's backend system and wrongfully thought I would have to manually charge cards at the click of a button. After looking into it a bit more while getting ready to send the surveys, I found that Backerkit will automatically charge cards within 14 days on project completion. I think the image I found initially was after cards were attempted the first time where it had a "charge card" button on the example page.
With that in mind, it looks like the charge may appear anytime between now and April 11th. After that, I should be cleared by Backerkit to send backer surveys to all backers whose cards processed without any issue. So please be on the lookout for surveys around that time. Thank you!
Hello again everyone! The funding stage is now complete, thank you to all of you for such a successful campaign! We reached our goal and went a good ways beyond it. So what now?
As I mentioned in the previous update, backer surveys will go out very soon. I just started setting them up a little bit ago. You'll be able to select which variants of the enamel pins and stickers that you would like bundled with your pledge. You can also add additional items to your pledge. Which leads me to my next announcement- Resin Figure Add-On
I've discovered that with Backerkit's Pledge Manager, there is an option to make unreached stretch goal items available. To explain further: The resin figure will be available as an add-on item for this final week while surveys are being filled!
I have dropped the price down from $60 to $50. If at least 20 of you are interested in the figure at this price, you can add it to your pledge and we'll have it funded and produced with everything else! If we can't get 20 backers to add it, the figure will not be produced and there is no additional cost to you for adding it. You will be charged only for your initial pledge item(s) if we cannot reach 20 backers to add-on the figure.
Once sent, the survey will be open until next Saturday, April 4th. Cards on file will be charged the following Wednesday, April 8th. Please be sure to fill out your survey as soon as possible and make sure the card you have on file is valid. This will keep backer fulfillment processing easier on me. I appreciate it!
Hi everyone, We are just 3 days away from the end of the campaign! I'm excited to see what the final push of backers puts the campaign funding at. I'm also eager to start moving on production and fulfillment when the campaign wraps up this Saturday evening.
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Current Status:
At the time of writing this, we are at 89 backers with a total funding of $9,944! This is a great amount and beyond the initial project goal. Thanks to everyone who has helped to push the project this far!
With that in mind, there is still a chance to unlock the resin figure. The figure unlocks at $13,000. That's the equivalent of about 25 more backersat the standard plush & pin tier to unlock the figure!
As an additional bonus, if we can reach the $13,000 stretch funding for the figure, I will add a copy of the Haruki sticker sheet, a $12 value, to all backer's pledges for free~
If you haven't backed yet or were on the fence and cancelled your pledge, these next 3 days will be your last chance to lock in a Haruki plush and some additional merch at campaign rates!
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Post Campaign:
Once the campaign is finished, pledge manager surveys will be drafted and sent out to all the backers of the project. You will be able to select which pin version and which sticker(s) you would like bundled with your order if applicable. I will set a week long window to finish the survey, so please have them back by the following Saturday.
The Wednesday following that I will be locking in survey responses and collecting funds by charging the card you have on file for your pledge amount. Please make sure the card on file is valid ahead of time.
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That's about it for this update. I'm looking forward to messaging you all again when the campaign finishes. Thank you all for your consideration and support! ❤️ 🌸
