Tentacle Kitty This is Meowlloween!

🎄Trixibelle’s Magical Message: Complete Your Survey & Unlock a Holiday Spell! 🎁
over 1 year ago – Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 08:11:13 AM

🎄✨Don’t let the holidays catch you snoozing!✨🎄

The Trixibelle has a magical message:
Don't forget to fill out your survey!

Your answers ensure your purr-fect Meowlloween plushie finds its way home. 🐾🎁 (Already completed it? You’re on Santa Paws’ nice list!)

✨🎁 Looking for more magical gifts? 🎁✨
Explore our shop and discover enchanting plushies and collectibles ready to make your holidays extra whimsical! 🌟

🎅 Shop now to spread holiday cheer: tentaclekitty.com use code GIFT10 for 10% off your entire order!

Super Exclusive Cyber Monday discount just for you!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Dec 02, 2024 at 08:12:08 AM

Greetings, Ghouls and Ghosties! 

First of all, a HUGE thank you for your fang-tastic support during this year's Meowlloween festivities! 🦇✨

We're absolutely paws-itively thrilled to have had you at the party last month.  Your enthusiasm made this event purrfectly magical, and we couldn't be more grateful. 🖤🐈‍⬛

As a special treat (no tricks, we promise! ), we're offering aMEOW-zing backers like you a secret super discount on all our plushies for Cyber Monday! Now’s your chance to share the cuteness of Tentacle Kitty with your loved ones this season. 🎁❄️

🦇💜 Use code: SecretMeow30 at checkout to get 30% OFF your Cyber Monday order! 💀🎄

This discount applies to all of our plushies, including last year's to-die-for WitchCore Line—if you haven’t seen it yet, now’s the time to fall under its spell: Shop Plushies Here 🕯️🍂

Stay spooky, darlings, and happy shopping! 🖤👠

Rae

The Smoke Test is Out!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 03:59:52 PM

The survey has been built, double-checked, and approved by Backerkit! The last step before we send it to every backer is called a "Smoke Test" where it is sent to 5% of backers. 

This gives us the ability to test for any errors. If all goes well, we will send the full survey tomorrow!

Check your email to see if you received the Smoke Test!!

Rae

Checking in! Where are we in the process?
over 1 year ago – Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 01:57:27 PM

Hey, everyone!

I have great news! Kickstarter has completed the back-end processes, and I’m now hard at work prepping the survey for you all!

I thought it might be fun to give you a peek behind the scenes of what happens after a Kickstarter ends and show you what I’ve been up to.

Step 1: Funds Collection
First, we wait for Kickstarter to collect the funds from all backers, which usually takes about 1 to 1.5 weeks. Then, there’s an additional wait for the banks to process the funds and for Kickstarter to take their portion. Typically, this process takes a couple of weeks, but this time it took a bit longer—18 days, the longest I’ve seen yet!

Step 2: Survey and Pre-Order Store Setup
Once the funds arrive, I roll up my sleeves and start building the survey and pre-order store in BackerKit. That’s where we are today!

This is an intensive process. Each item from the Kickstarter needs to be carefully reviewed and updated: I create pricing, SKUs, import information, dimensions, weights, images, shipping prices, and new descriptions for each item.

To give you an idea of the complexity, here’s how I handle the Mystery Bags in BackerKit:

• 16 individual Meowlloween Guest designs
• 16 variants for the “You Pick” Meowlloween Guest
• 1 completely random selection Meowlloween Guest
• 1 complete set of all designs

So, in total, just for the Mystery Bags, I have to build 35 individual items, each with its own SKU, name, weight, import/export info, size, shipping information (domestic and international), description, etc. 

And that's just the start!! We have a ton of really cute items to set up for this project (excited!)

Step 3: Reward Packages and Add-Ons
I carefully choose which items go into each reward package. With so many options, this part requires a lot of focus and attention to detail. I also set up all the add-ons and determine which items are available to backers during the add-on stage. Additionally, I organize the pre-order store for anyone joining us after the project ends, ensuring they have access to select items.

Step 4: Final Review
After everything is set up, I wait about a day, and then I review all the details with fresh eyes to ensure nothing is missed. 

This process takes a few days from start to finish because I want everything to be accurate and organized before I press “go.”

Thank you all for your patience and support—I can’t wait for you to see what we’ve been working on! I’ll keep you updated and let you know as soon as the survey is ready.

Stay tuned, and thank you again for making this project a reality!

Rae

Final Frights and Midnight Delights!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Nov 01, 2024 at 12:02:14 PM

Well, Well, My Darklings,

Gather round! The clock is ticking down on our Meowlloween campaign, and trust me, this is one Halloween haunt you don’t want to miss. We’re down to our final ten hours, and it’s your last chance to claim our oh-so-spooky exclusives!

We’ve just revealed the final design for the blanket—perfectly cozy and hauntingly adorable. 

And of course, the star of our show: our enchanting Wyrm-o’-Lantern! 

Plus, we’ve made it even easier to bring home the Meowlloween Mystery Little Ones of your dreams. But heed this, darlings: once the witching hour hits, the Little Ones disappear into the shadows, leaving only mystery bags behind!

For all you lovely backers, fear not—you’ll get one more chance in the pledge manager about a week after the campaign wraps, to add even more creepy-cute critters to your collection. But beware, that window won’t stay open forever…

So why leave it to chance, ghouls and goblins? Grab your blanket, your Mystery Little Ones, and your Wyrm-o’-Lantern while you still can. Don't let this chance slip into the mists… because who knows what might crawl out next time!

XOXO

Yours Ghoulie,

John and Rae