Hey Companions!
After this weekend, 86% of you have filled out the survey, so I can guestimate what I need to order with the manufacturers! If you haven't done it yet, it o...
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The Companion
26 days ago
Survey Day Update - Mar 7
Hey Companions!
As 57% of you will know, we kicked off our surveys yesterday and over half of you have already filled them out...thanks! Once we get to ~80%, I'll place the...
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The Companion
about 1 month ago
Up-Up-Update!
Hi Companions!
It's been about 2 weeks since I last updated you all. Nearly all of you have successfully completed your payments. If you haven't yet, can you clear it with ...
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The Companion
about 2 months ago
🧧 Thank you!
Hellloooo Companions!
We started this campaign during the Year of the Dragon 🐉 and now we're already into the New Year of the Snake 🐍.......what is time, haha?
👩🚀 As we ...
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The Companion
2 months ago
Happy Lunar New Year! $7,500 Stretch Goal Reveal
Happy Lunar New Year Companions!
If any of you have lapsed on your New Year's Resolutions or realized your original goals aren't right for you, use today as an offici...
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The Companion
2 months ago
Update Sun Jan 26
Hey hey hey Companions!!!
What an adventurous end to the weekend, and I'm just talking about life, let alone our BackerKit campaign. Not only did you help us hit our fundin...
After this weekend, 86% of you have filled out the survey, so I can guestimate what I need to order with the manufacturers! If you haven't done it yet, it only takes a minute or two. A few of you have asked about a pre-order shop after missing out on the campaign. Here's the link: https://lunarnewyearpins.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
If you can place your order in the next two weeks, it'll help us ship it all at the same time!
Update on Timelines
Feb: Lunar New Year Pins - All Manufactured!
Mar 17: Collab Bonus Pin - Proofs submitted and since we're at 86%, I'll begin moulds production immediately
Mar 24-28: I estimate the pins will be manufactured
April 7: We'll review the pins, boxes, stickers and start shipping
As 57% of you will know, we kicked off our surveys yesterday and over half of you have already filled them out...thanks! Once we get to ~80%, I'll place the final orders to our manufacturers. If you have some time this weekend, please fill out our survey, it should be in your inbox. And if you haven't received it, please contact me and I'll help sort.
The last main item to manufacture is the collab pin: Crunch Crunch Calmer Chameleon Pin. I'm curious to know if folks like these pins...maybe we can make them available for sale in the future.
Drop a comment if you'd like to see it in our store!
It's been about 2 weeks since I last updated you all. Nearly all of you have successfully completed your payments. If you haven't yet, can you clear it with your credit cards and banks? We really appreciate!
Surveys should be next week! Apologies on the slight delay, I've been battling a cold and then an awesome flu/fever over the past 2 weeks. The spine shivering 🥶 kind, but through my fever pitch delirium, I (think) I've managed to set up the BackerKit Pledge Manager and Pre-Order shop correctly.
If you pledged to us already and you want to add items, you can do this during the survey!
Timeline Let's work together on this because it would be so awesome to be able to ship these pins out to you during March. However, I realized we have freebie pins I still need to manufacture and then I need to know where I should ship them to...US or UK HQ?
So we'll need to coordinate this together, but let's aim for an April shipping time with a stretch goal of the last week of March. The faster you all fill out your surveys, the faster I can manufacture.
Assuming Flu Lawrence set everything up correctly, we'd love to send out a Smoke Test next week to 5% of you around Wednesday. And as long as there aren't any issues, we'll then send out the survey to everyone on Friday.
One last important thing...video essays! Welles has been working incredibly hard at creating and launching a new format...our video essays. These are like 15-20 min documentaries on your favorite shows. Perfect to watch during breakfast, at work, or toilet break.
We started this campaign during the Year of the Dragon 🐉 and now we're already into the New Year of the Snake 🐍.......what is time, haha?
👩🚀 As we mentioned during the campaign, all of our pins have not only been manufactured, but they've also arrived to both our US and UK locations. Here's the rough plan:
Reminders for any backers who have had failed payments
Surveys sent to give you chance to add any upgrades and finalize shipping
Full inventory of the campaign pins and add-ons will be checked
Final orders will be sent to the manufacturer, including bonus pins
❤️ We're 95% good to go on our side, and if this campaign works like our previous Kickstarters, we're going to try and move the entire group together, so please make your payments if your credit cards have failed and fill out your surveys because we can't wait for you to see these pins!
As the sun shines down on me in London as I type this update to you, I hope it brings all of you good luck, health, and fortune in 2025!
If any of you have lapsed on your New Year's Resolutions or realized your original goals aren't right for you, use today as an official do-over - It's Your New Day 1!
Stretch Goal After polling all of you on BackerKit, Social Media, and our Companion Newsletter... YOU... THE PEOPLE... have decided our first Stretch Goal Freebie: our Box Breathing Keychain Remixed with Lunar New Year Style.
If you're an existing Companion member, you'll know our mission is to promote positive mental health to 1 million people! So we thought it was only right to make our stretch goal a mental health item.
Folks have fed back on the usefulness of our keychains as tools that help refresh energy and manage anxiety attacks.
Help us hit $7,500, tell a friend, and let's unlock this keychain for everyone!
