All Surveys Sent
2 days ago
– Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 07:13:22 AM
Hi all,
You should have your survey waiting in your inbox this morning. :) Please take a couple minutes to complete it as soon as possible. We've already started on production of our holiday delivery rewards and production planning for our bigger batches next year.
Important note for Apple Pay users: Surveys are often undeliverable to Apple Pay users if your Apple ID is the email for BackerKit. If you don't have your survey, please email me at [email protected] so I can reply with your link.
If you added engraving: I will follow-up via email with a separate engraving questionnaire when I batch your rewards for production. It will not follow the BackerKit survey immediately.
Thanks!
Jess
5% Surveys Sent Today, Remainder Sending Tomorrow
3 days ago
– Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 12:27:02 PM
Hi all!
I just sent the first surveys via BackerKit's "smoke test." This test sends to 5% of backers to try to catch any issues with the survey before sending it to all of you. Hopefully here are none, though!
What is the survey?
For folks new to Allegory or Kickstarter, this survey is how we will gather all your shipping information and final specs for your rewards (leather colors, storage choices, pen customization, etc.). You'll also be able to add any add-ons you didn't select on Kickstarter and finalize and pay for shipping.
How can you help us fulfill the project quickly?
- Please complete your survey as soon as possible after you receive it. Having surveys back quickly helps us build our batches for production and shipping efficiently.
- Please send any questions, special requests, or concerns directly to me at [email protected]. Tracking comments and messages on the Kickstarter platform, especially on a project this large, can be quite difficult. It's very easy for things to slip through the cracks. Email lets me respond quickly and have a searchable record to track our conversation.
- Communicate, don't wait! If you have a gifting deadline another reason you need your rewards by a specific date, please let me know as soon as possible once you've filled out your survey. I'll use this information to put our production and shipping batches together.
Add-ons
A few of you have already messaged about adding items to your pledge. You'll be able to do that in the post-project survey really easily. We offer most of our other products as add-ons to our projects. For this project, we'll also have a few add-ons for the Visionary Briefcase specifically, including the luggage pass-through we discussed in the comments section of the project. Again though, please email me with specific questions at [email protected].
Thanks!
Jess and The Allegory Team
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Thank you!! So what's next?
24 days ago
– Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 04:15:31 PM
Hi all!
Jess here from Allegory, Chad's wife and Allegory co-founder. Many of you have already chatted with me via comments, messages, or email; but I'll be the main point of contact while we fulfill this project. We're excited to get started!
We have a number of new backers for this project, so, if you're new to Kickstarter or even just to working with Allegory on a Kickstarter, please keep reading.
What's Next?
Over the next two weeks, Kickstarter will be processing all your payments via Stripe. This gives everyone time to update their cards and for us to build out the post-project survey in BackerKit. This survey is how we will gather all your shipping information and final specs for your rewards (leather colors, storage choices, pen customization, etc.) You'll also be able to add any add-ons you didn't select on Kickstarter as well as finalize and pay for shipping. Don't stress about getting any of that information to me before the survey goes out. Until all of the surveys go out, I don't have a good place to track that information for each of you anyway.
The funds from the project will be transferred from Kickstarter to us on November 8. At that point, we'll send the survey. To make sure the survey is working correctly, it will go to 5% of you on the first day. BackerKit calls this the "Smoke Test." We'll make any changes to the survey that are necessary, and then send it to the whole project. I'm planning on sending the "Smoke Test" early in the week of November 11 and the rest of the surveys by the end of the week.
Over the next two weeks, we'll be building out the survey and starting work on the holiday delivery orders. For the 20 or so backers who selected that reward, keep an eye out for an email from me this week. :)
How can you help us fulfill the project quickly?
- Get your survey filled out as soon as possible after you receive it. Having surveys back quickly helps us build our batches for production and shipping most efficiently.
- Send any questions, special requests, or concerns directly to me at [email protected]. Tracking comments and messages on the Kickstarter platform, especially on a project this large, can be quite difficult. It's very easy for things to slip through the cracks. Email lets me respond quickly and have a searchable record to track our conversation.
- Communicate, don't wait! If you have a gifting deadline another reason you need your rewards by a specific date, please let me know as soon as possible once you've filled out your survey. I'll use this information to put our production and shipping batches together.
Add-ons
A few of you have already messaged about adding items to your pledge. You'll be able to do that in the post-project survey really easily. We offer most of our other products as add-ons to our projects. For this project, we'll also have a few add-ons for the Visionary Briefcase specifically, including the carry-on luggage strap we discussed in the comments section of the project. Again though, please email me with specific questions at [email protected].
Ok! I think that about covers it for now! You can expect another update from me when the surveys are ready to send.
Thanks!
Jess and The Allegory Team
P.S. Don't Miss Out On New Projects
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