NEW POLL!
6 months ago
– Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 08:21:28 AM
Hey lovely party people!
Just popping in with an update on where we are...
Backerkit is releasing funds in stages as we have had a lot of unpaid/bounced pledges. As of 5th June there's about 60 unpaid pledges, amounting to nearly $9000 (which is huge...we always plan for some loss with a buffer, but not that much!)
We know Kickstarter would drop pledges at this point, but we're hoping Backerkit will still collect some of those funds for a day/two, or backers can fix pledges via the pledge manager surveys.
We're naturally positive, active people, so we're focusing on what we can do to fix this.
We are checking out how to charge shipping closer to the shipment date, and will be opening surveys and pre-orders via the pledge manager ASAP.
We're checking print files and waiting on those final funds to hit the bank so we can send payments to our artists and printer, so everything can start!
And we're giving you a new vote...which image should we use for September?? These are what we have so far!
Option 1: Foresight by Larry Elmore - Wild Card for 78 Tarot Carnival
Option 2: Virgo by Chase Henson for 78 Tarot 10th Anniversary
Option 3: Owl by Anita Inverarity from Creatures of the Night Oracle
Make sure you vote in the attached poll!
See you again real soon for more voting!
Xoxo
Team 78 Tarot
NEW POLL - WHAT'S NEXT?
6 months ago
– Wed, May 29, 2024 at 07:06:30 AM
Hello Party People!!!
I hope everyone got home safely, and had a nice rest after the massively epic 2-month party! I know we did, and now it's back to the fun!
Next Steps:
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1. Collecting Funds: Backerkit has been hard at work since the campaign ended last week! Charging cards, helping people fix card issues, and answering questions! If you need any additional help you can always email us! [email protected]
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2. Transferring Funds: We anticipate the funds to be in our account by the 15th of June, give or take a few days. At that point we will be ordering the decks and books and accessories.
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3. Surveys: We have been asked to open our pre-order store earlier on this year, so we will be sending out surveys a bit earlier than intended. This also means the survey-window will be open longer than usual, for anyone who waits to fill theirs in. Shipping will be charged at this time.
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4. ETA: If everything goes smoothly the decks will be sailing to us at the end of August, for a September fulfillment. This year Kayti in the USA and Trish in the UK will be shipping all the packages.
Thank you!!!!!
6 months ago
– Thu, May 23, 2024 at 02:22:17 AM
With your help we MADE IT!!! And we are so grateful we unlocked TWO pay bumps for the artists!!!!
Moving to Backerkit was so important to us once they shared their anti AI policy, but also a little scary because we want our projects to do as well as possible to pay our artists as much as possible.
You have brought some much needed love, joy and appreciation to a community that really needs it right now.
So we just want to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts!!!!
xoxox Trish
Woohoo another FREE GIFT for you!
6 months ago
– Mon, May 20, 2024 at 06:28:41 PM
Hello Party People!
Wow can you believe we are in our final hours?! This has been one long, epic party and we are so excited to get this deck and all these amazing rewards printed and sent to your home so you can continue the party! 🥳
And since we have a few more days left to party, of course we have more surprises for your goodie bags! Here is what you are getting so far (everyone who backs for a physical item will get this goodie bag)
And now we are going to vote on another free sticker!!!! These are really high quality vinyl stickers and they are about the size of a business card! They will not have the card name or anything on them just the art.
So here are the choices! We picked a few of our faves to end with :)
Choose your fave in the attached poll!
We are pouring our heart and soul and every bit of energy and marketing budget into the last few days. This campaign will end Thursday morning 4am EDT :) Let’s keep going!!!!!
If you want to talk directly to us just email
[email protected] and we will get right back to you :)
Thank you so much everyone! The artists and our team are SO GRATEFUL for all of you. We hope you enjoy the last few days!!!! Let’s unlock more surprise gifts!!!!!!!
Xoxoxo
Team 78 Tarot
Happy Friday! 6 Days Left!!!
6 months ago
– Fri, May 17, 2024 at 07:07:23 AM
Hello Party People!!!!
Happy Friday! How was everyones week? This was the first week in a month where my family has not been sick and the weather has been decent so I spent a lot of time outside with my two boys. They are the super fun age of 4 and almost 2 :)
Well we are SO EXCITED we unlocked the first pay bump for the artists!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!! You are bringing much needed love and joy to a community that really needs it right now. So we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
We have 6 days left to go, and I will be pushing our BackerKit ads to reach as many people as we can before the campaign ends on May 23rd. By the way, I somehow, due to lack of brain, have this ending at 4am EDT! Which for some is fine, but not in EDT time zone I would expect most to be sleeping. Including yours truly, but I will see if I can wake up to see the ending!!! I meant to set it to 11:11 am EDT but I am not sure how that happened.
This is our first campaign on BackerKit, as you know, and it has been a bit of a steep learning curve. I still am so very happy to be here, and I really hope we can encourage more creators to make the move to this platform.
Now for a POLL!
So, as some of you may know we ore offering a special add-on! For the very first time ever we will be offering an EXCLUSIVE (meaning you can only get this in the campaign) spread book featuring the art from this gorgeous Anniversary deck. We will have a spread from every tarot deck we have done, two wild card and Oracle spreads, all 4 elementals and all 4 witches of the seasons (special cards commissioned just for our anniversary deck). The book will be letter sized (8.5 by 11 inches), and SPIRAL BOUND so it will lay flat. And the cover will be this design with the gold actual gold holo foil to match the deck. Because as you know I am extra.
The spreads will be written by the Spread Goddess, Trish Sullivan, who is a magician when it comes to creating in-depth spreads. These will have 4 queries each, and focus on the theme voted on by the community, and feature the artwork for the theme chosen by the community.
As a reminder, these are the ones we have already voted on:
And this poll attached we will be voting for the image for the theme winner for our Astral deck - Aim for the Stars!
If you would love to add this very exclusive book to your pledge, you can do so in the
add-ons tab, or you could treat yourself and upgrade to the highest tier which contains this book! It is a great way to support amazing artists AND get a super exclusive and special spread book to go with this very special Anniversary deck.
So without further adieu, here are the options. Please make sure to vote in the attached poll!
Which image should we choose from the Astral cards in this deck for Aim for the Stars Spread Theme ?
Option 1: King of Wands by Mike Tenebrae
Option 2: Seven of Pentacles by Natacha Chora
That is all for now! Can't wait to see the poll results!!!
Have a great weekend! Hope you get to do something fun :)
XOXO
Team 78 Tarot
