I just wanted to touch base about some questions that arose from the survey.
First, collaboration rewards:
These were "automatically" added to qualifying carts; however, you might not see them when you complete the survey.
I have double-checked; they are there. Because I didn't link them to a SKU during the campaign (it exists for returning backer/early bird/reservation pins etc.), collaboration rewards had to be manually added through creating segments (Since these numbers are only known post-campaign). Backerkit staff informed me that this means you won't see them, but they are there! This is what I see for the packing list:
Pledge "Upgrades":
Some of you may have noticed an item that says "upgrades" when you complete the survey. These are the pins added during the survey.
You see "upgrades", I see the actual SKU:
What you see
What I see
Tariffs:😢
Unfortunately my US backers have to pay tariffs and will see those in their carts. Tariffs are calculated per item based on value, where they are manufactured, item type, and estimated arrival date in the US since it's variable and can change on a whim. Which means each item has different rules and rates (setting it up is a headache). What this means is that unfortunately even of you backed multiple campaigns with me, even if I shipped it together, it won't lower the cost. I wish I could do this, but this is something out of my control.
I miss the free-trade agreement.
Hopefully this helps clarify some questions.
As always, please email me at [email protected] if you have questions or concerns.
I don't get notifications when you comment on posts and I might miss something. I also don't check it as often as my email.
Hope you have a wonderful rest of your day. Yours in art, Therena
Exciting news! The surveys have been approved, and I just sent out the smoke test! 5% of you will get the survey. Please complete it as soon as possible and let me know if there are any issues. Hopefully, thinks will be smooth sailing, and no issues will arise.
I will send the remaining surveys early next week, provided there are no problems.
Thank you for being here and supporting my art. I wouldn't be here without you, and neither would the Derpies.
It's been a while since my last update and I apologize. Summer got busier than anticipated and the challenge of trying to balance spending time with my family/travelling made me less productive than I like. Summer is always chaos without the routine of school and kids being home and trying to squeeze as many memories as possible into 2 months.
But I finally have good news, I just finished setting up the survey and it's been sent for review by the Backerkit team!
Hopefully there's no screw ups this time with the SKUs, so my hope is to start getting surveys to you starting next week.
If you backed both Zodiac Derpies & Pride Pins, I will try to see about shipping everything together.
Thank you for your patience, it won't be long before your pins come your way!
On some completely (slightly, because it's part of why things didn't get done faster) unrelated good news, I did an 8 day sailing race/trip with my husband and we won!
This is us on our boat "Hard Mode" - yes that's a pirate flag, yarrr!
The trophy we get to keep for a whole year.
A humpback whale tail - we saw so many! And dolphins! We were totally spoiled.
Okay part of the reason we won was because there was almost no wind and calling it a "sailing" trip is a bit misleading. But we peddled our hearts out (sacrificing knees and hips to get the trophy)
Why am I mentioning it? (Other than I get to share something personal) My next Derpy Dragon campaign us "Derpy Adventures" which is heavily inspired by sailing and pirates!
I probably won't run it until after shipping all the Pride/Zodiac pins, but you can follow it in the meantime here! Here's the sketches:
Well, that's all for now. I'll make another update when I send surveys.
I have several pieces of news to share today. First, an apology for not making an update sooner. I have been trying to juggle several projects and commissions among things like grad/school year shenanigans, etc. Things just didn't happen as quickly as I would have liked, thanks to too few spoons. I also lost a hard drive a couple of weeks ago (losing all my art/data) which has set me back on several things, among them setting up surveys. And, since it's summer, I have been taking a few days/weeks to spend time with my family camping.
Good news:
All the pins arrived! I still need to open the boxes (I just got back from a week of no internet, so haven't done so yet...) but they are here, and hopefully I will share pictures in the next update.
Surveys/Fulfillment:
I have been focussing on finishing my Zodiac campaign (which ended before this one) and still haven't set up this campaign's survey because of losing the art I'm supposed to use for it after the SKU disaster I caused (that is a priority over the next two weeks). Realistically, I will fulfil this campaign in September. I am really sorry for the delays, but hopefully now that the pins are actually here, I can just use photos instead of the art that I had lost.
Great news! I finally finished sorting out the little SKU hiccups on my Zodiac Derpy campaign, which means I can finally get to setting this one up and fixing the SKU's now that I know where all my errors were.
We are one step closer to the next part! And I should receive the pins in a week or three. So hopefully the next update will be both to announce the survey is ready and a sneak peek!
While you wait, my next project "Relics & Ruin" has just launched and is already funded and so close to unlocking the 3rd design!
I am so glad that I finally fixed the pledgemanager! But it's finally here!
And a sneaky sneak peek at another Derpy Campaign I am working on is my Hooman Derpies. Here's a sneak peek at some sketches for pins! (I will make a follow link in another campaign ^_^)
