Week 1 - Shipping Progress
almost 3 years ago – Tue, May 04, 2021 at 11:26:04 PM

Week 1 Shipping Progress

Hello friends!

A lot of Week 1 has been setting up a new shipping station and familiarizing our employees with the products, as well as checking them in and getting them into their expected bins. This project now has its own label printer and Chromebook for fulfillment, which is kind of cool :)

Another challenge we had was working with Backerkit, as it was timing out on us when we tried to navigate the shipping software integrated with its system. With a little bit of workaround though (and a lot of e-mailing back and forth with their customer service), we managed to get it working and we've been chugging away on the Kickstarter orders since.

The integrated shipping system is a little time intensive, and it requires us to print orders one by one, which slows things down a little. Still, we've started making good progress.

We're still anticipating most orders will be fulfilled within May, if not all of them. If anything changes, we'll let you know.

Until next time, 

Fursona Pins

Shipping Begins Monday
about 3 years ago – Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 12:13:46 AM

Shipping begins on Monday

If you need to change your address, then please adjust your address on the Backerkit survey. We recently sent out 48-hour address lock notifications you can use to adjust your address if you need to.

The last of the pins are coming in, and we don't anticipate there to be any delays.

Timeline

Fulfillment is expected to take 3-4 weeks, so the majority of you will receive your pins in May (though some of you might get them in April if you're part of the earliest shipments). We will be going from the smallest orders up to the largest ones to familiarize the fulfillment team with Backerkit Postage's system. We did a test today and determined our shipping machinery prints the Backerkit Postage labels and pack lists as expected, so we're ready to move forward with fulfillment now that the majority of the pins are in.

Are you excited to get your pins? We hope you enjoy them!

Love,

Fursona Pins

Canines vs Felines pins are arriving at Fursona Pins HQ
about 3 years ago – Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:09:58 PM

Canines vs Felines pins are arriving at Fursona Pins HQ

Canines vs Felines pins are beginning to arrive to Fursona Pins HQ. As they come in, we've been doing Instagram Live videos unboxing them - so if you're interested in watching those, follow our instagram to watch!

The pins should all be shipped to us by April 10th. At which point we're going to organize them into their bins and start shipping them out to customers.

Our shipping capacity is much higher now than it was back when Pride Pins was fulfilled, and we streamlined a lot of our workflow to reduce shipping time, so look forward to getting your CvF pins within the next month or two!

Manufacturing
about 3 years ago – Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 12:55:21 AM

Hello friends,

Not much has been going on over the last few weeks as we've been deep in manufacturing.

Proofs

We processed through (literally) hundreds of manufacturing proofs around the end of January/start of February to get the ball rolling on all of these new pins. 

Did you know... that paw pin backer that you see on all of our pins is actually our own custom backer design. We had it molded at a plastics factory specifically for us!

Timeline

The manager of the factory we use feels confident they can deliver the final products at the end of March/beginning of April, so we should be right on target for our timeline.

Our shipping team is very well trained now, so depending on when the products start arriving, we can check them in and get cracking on shipments. The majority of you should get your pins in April or early May, though customers with large or complicated orders will likely see them coming in mid May.

We recently moved into a larger office with more warehouse space, so there will be no trouble receiving the packages and immediately assigning them warehouse bins.

All in all, everything seems smooth sailing.

Address Changes

You will be able to change your address up until the point where we receive the products and start checking them in. You can change your address through your Backerkit survey. If you've lost it, retrieve it here: https://cvf.backerkit.com/

That's all for now! If you need help with anything, please e-mail customer service at [email protected]

Love,

Fursona Pins

Survey Under Review
over 3 years ago – Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 07:46:14 PM

The Survey is incoming...

Hello friends!

We completed designing the Backer Survey for this project, and it's now under review from Backerkit. We have an estimated 2 days to get the review squared away, then to send out the smoke test surveys (a couple people in each tier are invited to complete the survey to make sure there are no glaring errors).

That means our updated timeline for surveys is around Friday or Saturday!

Small Changes to the Lineup

We designed cropped Australian Shepherds to go along with the uncropped ones, so you'll see both options (cropped and uncropped) available in the survey.

About the Freebie Pack

During the survey, you'll be asked whether you want to opt-in to receive the Freebie Pack. It contains one Canines vs Felines Lanyard, five random vinyl stickers, and the bonus LE pin.

While you wait... check out these add-ons

Take a look at the add-on items we designed below! 

These will be available in the add-on section of the survey.

$5.00 Accessory Packs

Accessory Packs give you a lanyard and some stickers!

Canines vs Felines Masks -- $5.00 Each

Are you excited to receive your survey? What do you think of the masks?

Big thank you to our guest artist ItsKarmaDharma for designing these masks for our campaign, and to guest designers Dako, Butters, and Skell who put together the lanyards!

See you soon!

Fursona Pins