Order With Manufacturer Being Placed & More
12 months ago
– Thu, May 11, 2023 at 02:42:08 PM
Good evening, everyone!
While there are still a couple of you left who haven’t filled out your surveys, I have enough information now that I’ll be putting in the order for the pins with the manufacturer next Monday.
- If you didn’t complete your survey yet but already reached out to me, great!
- If you didn’t complete your survey yet and haven’t reached out, please try to fill your survey out as soon as you can, and if you have any issues, please message me!
- If you already submitted your survey, but want to add anything to your order, message me!
I’ll be giving the final item count to the manufacturer on Monday, so the sooner we tie up any loose ends, the better ☺️
I will keep you all posted! Have a great night, everyone!
Kickstarter Funds Received! Surveys Being Sent NOW!
about 1 year ago
– Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 12:28:42 PM
Good afternoon, everyone!
I've got some great news - the Kickstarter funds have been received by me! That means I can now send you guys your Backerkit surveys! Expect your survey to appear in your e-mail inbox moments after I publish this update.
The sooner everyone completes their surveys, the sooner I can make the pin order with my manufacturer and start production. Completing your survey is a very important step in meeting the projected time of receiving your Kickstarter rewards, which I estimated to be sometime in August 2023.
Before I get to that, I wanted to also bring up that while most payments successfully processed, there were a couple of you whose payments never went through. If your payment did not go through on Kickstarter, you still have a second chance to get it through via Backerkit.
Even if your payment did not go through on Kickstarter, you will still receive a Backerkit survey. Your pledge level will still be reflected in your survey, but in your case, since your payment did not go through on Kickstarter, you will be prompted by Backerkit to pay for your pledge level via checkout. Just like everyone else who receives the survey, you will also be allowed to add more pins from this campaign to your order as well as any other of my existing products, who have all been added to the Backerkit add-ons (completely optional).
For all of you, I will once again share all of the information in regards to these surveys (as was described in the previous update)
Here's how the surveys work:
This survey is absolutely necessary in order for the following:
- Finding out which pin(s) each backer wants
- Getting each backer's shipping information
- Charging UK backers for VAT and Canadian backers for GST/QST
in ADDITION to this, once you have selected the pin(s) you want according to your reward tier, the Backerkit survey will allow you the option to purchase add-ons. This is optional, but it will allow you to add more items to your order if you so choose. The items you will be able to add to your purchase via add-ons are the following:
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More pins from this Kickstarter campaign. You will be able to add any number of the 6 pins from The Paths We Choose: An Enamel Pin Series if you decide you would like more pins besides the ones you pledged for.
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Extra "Freedom" sticker. Every backer who pledged for at least one pin gets a sticker for free, but if you want extra stickers, you will be able to buy more.
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Extra "When We Were Young" Early Bird Charms. If you (A) missed out on early bird tiers, you will be able to buy the early bird charm if you would like. If you (B) are an early bird backer, you already get this charm for free, but if you want extras, you can buy more of them if you choose.
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Other enamel pins, acrylic charms, vinyl stickers, patches, and holographic art prints. You will be able to add any of my available products (as seen on angeldelysstudio.com) to your order, they will all be available as add-ons. Ordering them through your Backerkit survey will bundle them with your rewards.
If you need to change your survey responses, purchase add-on items, or update your shipping information, you can click the link in your survey email again or request your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on my BackerKit project page.
BackerKit helps us save lots of time by streamlining the survey process, automating data organization, and providing us with pledge management software to make it easy to process your pledge reward shipments.
I will keep you guys updated every step of the way! Feel free to follow me on social media as I will also be sharing updates and eventually, photos of the process once I have them:
Angel de Lys Studio on Instagram
Angel de Lys Studio on Facebook
Angel de Lys Studio on Twitter
Angel de Lys Studio on TikTok
Thank you, everyone, for all of your support!
- Angel
While Awaiting Payments - More Information About The Upcoming Survey!
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 12:48:38 PM
Hi everyone!
I'm writing to you all to update you on where we are at.
Kickstarter payments have begun processing. There are a couple of you who had declined payments, so be sure to check on whether your payment went through and correct any issues so that Kickstarter can collect all the funds and send them my way.
Next, I want to talk to you all about the upcoming Backerkit surveys, which I will send to you all once all the payments have been processed and I've received the Backerkit funds.
Here's a quick rundown of how the surveys work:
It is extremely important that all of you guys fill out your surveys as soon as possible once you receive it in your email. This survey is absolutely necessary in order for the following:
- Finding out which pin(s) each backer wants
- Getting each backer's shipping information
- Charging UK backers for VAT and Canadian backers for GST/QST
in ADDITION to this, once you have selected the pin(s) you want according to your reward tier, the Backerkit survey will allow you the option to purchase add-ons. This is optional, but it will allow you to add more items to your order if you so choose. The items you will be able to add to your purchase via add-ons are the following:
- More pins from this Kickstarter campaign. You will be able to add any number of the 6 pins from The Paths We Choose: An Enamel Pin Series if you decide you would like more pins besides the ones you pledged for.
- Extra "Freedom" sticker. Every backer who pledged for at least one pin gets a sticker for free, but if you want extra stickers, you will be able to buy more.
- Extra "When We Were Young" Early Bird Charms. If you (A) missed out on early bird tiers, you will be able to buy the early bird charm if you would like. If you (B) are an early bird backer, you already get this charm for free, but if you want extras, you can buy more of them if you choose.
- Other enamel pins, acrylic charms, vinyl stickers, patches, and holographic art prints. You will be able to add any of my available products (as seen on angeldelysstudio.com) to your order, they will all be available as add-ons. Ordering them through your Backerkit survey will bundle them with your rewards.
I'll give you a heads-up before I send the survey so that you can watch for it. You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to answer your survey. The invitation email contains a link to your personal survey.
If you need to change your survey responses, purchase add-on items, or update your shipping information, you can click the link in your survey email again or request your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on my BackerKit project page. (This page will only start working after I send the surveys out.)
BackerKit helps us save lots of time by streamlining the survey process, automating data organization, and providing us with pledge management software to make it easy to process your pledge reward shipments.
I will keep you guys updated every step of the way! Please feel free to follow me on social media as well:
Angel de Lys Studio on Instagram
Angel de Lys Studio on Facebook
Angel de Lys Studio on Twitter
Angel de Lys Studio on TikTok
Thank you, everyone, for all of your support! I can't wait to get the ball rolling!
- Angel
WE DID IT! Thank you, everyone!
about 1 year ago
– Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 11:35:59 AM
Hey guys!
I want to thank you all so much for supporting this campaign! I’m super excited to get all of these pin designs manufactured!
The next step at this point is that Kickstarter will be collecting all your pledges and then will give me the funds raised. This process has generally taken about 2 weeks for my past campaigns, I will keep you all posted on that front.
Once that process is complete, I’ll be sending you guys your surveys via Backerkit. More information on that to come!
Have a great day, everyone! 💕
ALL PIN DESIGNS ARE UNLOCKED!
about 1 year ago
– Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 04:11:38 PM
Good evening, everyone!
I am thrilled to announce to all of you that I have made the decision to unlock all six pin designs!
Although we haven't yet actually reached the final stretch goal, I will self-fund the difference if there still is one by the time the campaign ends.
I made this decision after some thought and some polls I did over on my Instagram where it came to my attention through those polls that many people have been following this campaign but not pledging because the pins they wanted were at the tail-end of the stretch goals, especially the final design, "Our Shield".
I feel that I have grown a lot as a pinmaker since designing my first pins 2 years ago, and I love the six designs I created for this campaign. I put a lot of thought, care, and effort into them, and I really want to see them all come to light, so I believe it will be worthwhile to invest in my business and make sure all six are made.
It would be sad for this campaign to not do as well as it *could have* just because the order of the pins leaves people worried that their favourites may not be unlocked.
This solves that issue. I am comfortable, given the interaction and interest these pin designs have garnered, to pitch in if need be to make sure all these pins are put into production.
So again, to summarize, all pins are unlocked! Yayyy!!
Have a great night, everyone!
