Dead Cute KickStarter
Sunday, September 06, 2020I’ve been a fan of Dorkface
creations for a while, in fact, I’ve even met Gemma in real life. At an event a
long long time ago. There is probably a post about it. (The event, not the
actual meeting)
Over lockdown, I’ve been trying
to support small businesses where I can and I’ve made a few orders from her.
When she announced she was going
to be running a Kickstarter I knew I wanted to support her.
If you’re not familiar with Kickstarter
and I don’t profess to be an expert but the idea is that you back projects. If
they get the required funding the money is then sent to the organiser and then
a few weeks later you will get sent the items mentioned in the tier.
There tend to be a number of tiers and once targets are met extra bonuses can be added or even new tiers added, which is what happened in this case. A postcard, sticker and washi tape we the bonus items
If you want to read a bit more
about it, this is the link to the Kickstarter,
although it’s over it might give you an insight into what I’m trying to get
across
When further targets were met
she added in new tiers which meant a total of 7 pins where available. I think
you know where this is going. Yes, I upped my pledge but I did manage to get an early bird price for the 7 pins meaning for 7 pins cost me £49 (£52 including
p&p) I think this is a really good price, especially when you consider we
also got a roll of washi tape, a sticker, and a postcard.
I had no doubt she would reach her
targets but I was blown away at how quickly these were met, it’s lovely knowing
there are so many supportive people out there.
What I should probably also mention
is that no money is taken from you until the campaign ends and they are successful,
I can attest to this as I have backed other projects that sadly didn’t make the
first target and no money was taken.
Gemma kept us all informed and updated
with regular Instagram stories as well as emails from Kickstarter as well.
These projects can take a great
deal of time, the campaign itself ran for just under a month. Once that ends
all the money (or as much as possible) is collected from people who pledged and
then it’s sent to the organiser. It’s only at that stage they can pay for production
costs etc.
So as an idea of timescales for
this project. I made my pledge on 5th June and my items were
delivered on 26th August. While this seems like a long time, I feel
like it was worth it.
I’ve had a number of pins from Dorkface
and they are all good quality and had no qualms about making this order.
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