Timeline Update
about 3 years ago – Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 08:24:34 AM

Hey guys! I've been corresponding with my manufacturer and wanted to give you an updated timeline of events!

This week!

We are finalizing butt tags and hang tags, and as soon as those are ready (hopefully tonight) they'll finalize my production prototype samples. These are proofs of what is expected to ship to you all so it's important!

They will send me these samples, I'll approve them, and from there production will begin! I expect this to take one to two weeks MAX, hoping I receive these NEXT WEEK.

From there, production is 35 days

So this estimate still lines up with the goal of receiving the purses by the end of April, which means they'll start shipping at the end of April/beginning of May.  There's over 700 backers, as of now, so it is going to take a while once we begin fulfillment. Bear with us!

Thanks again, and I CANNOT wait to share the production samples with you guys ASAP!!!! 

Survey Issues!
about 3 years ago – Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 01:44:23 AM

Hey everyone! First off, I wanted to say THANK YOU for filling out your survey if you have already- we're at 76% completed which is a lot! Remember, there's no rush as of yet. The deposit has been paid and I'm communicating with the manufacturer to get you guys a more precise ETA! Once I know that, we'll have a better timeline of when we need surveys done.

If you're still waiting on your survey!

Some people are not receiving BackerKit e-mails for whatever reason. If this is the case for you:

Please MESSAGE me via Kickstarter! This will link me directly to your info (namely, the e-mail address you used to pledge) and I can PRIVATELY respond with your survey link!

I know there's a handful of you guys waiting- this is the fastest and most secure way for me to just get y'all directly to your BackerKit surveys :) but remember, there's no rush! And if you're waiting on production prototype sample photos, that's cool too!

Thanks again everyone!!!

ALL THE SURVEYS 😎
about 3 years ago – Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 04:59:47 PM

Check your e-mails!

All the surveys have officially been sent via BackerKit! Check your e-mails, check your spam boxes!

Funds have been released!

It's after 5PM so I imagine I won't see them in my account until Monday but that's ok because I went ahead and

Paid the Deposit!

This means I expect some production samples of ALL the colors really soon- waiting on a confirmation from my manufacturer so I can ask them for some ETAs (including a final ETA for delivery!)

No rush for now on the surveys- every campaign, I get a good number of people who dont answer their surveys for a REALLY long time, you'll get your purses no matter what :DDDD

Thank you everyone and I'll be back with more info ASAP!!!!

Smoke Tests have been Sent!
about 3 years ago – Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 11:07:24 PM

Hi everyone!

Sorry for the delay on the surveys- BackerKit went a little slow (one update per day D:) on approving my survey! So I'd change or fix something, they wouldn't get back to me for 24hrs etc.

Smoke Test

But, I just got the green light and sent the smoke test survey- this means the survey was sent to 5% of you (32 backers!) Please check your e-mails and spam folders! The e-mail will be coming from BackerKit!

The smoke test is super important to make sure there's nothing majorly wrong with the surveys. If everyone that got sent completes it in, say, the next hour, I'll go ahead and send everyone the survey! Otherwise I'll send it out tomorrow night :)

Colorways

A couple people have asked if it's possible to wait to see a sample of the Pink and the Black/Red prototypes. I'll be sharing the photos of these as soon as I have them, so feel free to hold off on answering your survey until then :)

The funds are released to me from Kickstarter tomorrow!!!! Which means I'll be paying the deposit and we should be getting the Production Prototype Samples in a matter of days after that. It's been a super busy couple of days finalizing add-on orders with those manufacturers, finalizing tags and lots of other tiny housekeeping things so I really appreciate you guys' patience! It's also my first time using Backerkit so I wasn't sure what to expect from the survey approval process- I definitely thought it would be quicker!

Talk to y'all soon and take care!!

Surveys in the next 2 (business) days!
about 3 years ago – Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 07:32:30 PM

Hey everyone!!

So there are a few more steps before I can send out surveys to all of you guys via BackerKit.

A few of you will receive a smoke test first, and I'll post an update when the full surveys have been sent out!

Please note that these will come from BackerKit, not Kickstarter, so keep an eye on your spam boxes! We're using this system to keep all the pre-orders and add-ons straight and make sure everyone gets their stuff in an organized manner :D

On that note, I've added 2 add-ons to the preorder shop!

https://spooky-bat-purses.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

It's an enamel pin and TWO options for acrylic charms. These are in limited supply, but also any leftovers will be available after all this ends on UglyPlants.com :)

Thank you guys!!!!