I hate everything about this. Not because I don't like the project, but because I do. I'm actually proud of it. I actually care. I would hate my intro video if it had a million dollar budget. I don't like putting myself out there, but it's part of the process.
I know the vast majority of this forum has more money issues than I do, and I'm an alcoholic tuber. But if you could just... spread the word? Maybe? ^^'
I couldn't possibly ever thank you all enough.
EDIT: If you have questions that need responses, please PM, Skype, use the functions on Kickstarter, etc. It'll be faster and easier.
Thanks guys, and something I forgot to mention above, if you have ANY suggestions on making the kickstarter better/ways to promote it, do not hesitate to tell me no matter how much you think it might hurt my feelings or whatever else. This is the first time I've actually attempted to market something that I've made and I've got jack-shit-idea what I'm doing.
Post by Jian Oreachi on Jun 22, 2015 14:30:45 GMT -5
Thanks guys, and something I forgot to mention above, if you have ANY suggestions on making the kickstarter better/ways to promote it, do not hesitate to tell me no matter how much you think it might hurt my feelings or whatever else. This is the first time I've actually attempted to market something that I've made and I've got jack-shit-idea what I'm doing.
I'm dubious of the profits off a 10$ shipped hard copy.
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I'm worried almost all of your money will go into shipping/production of the physical rewards.
The cost of shipping is supposed to be in addition to the reward cost. That's how I set it up when I made it. But as I'm not able to go through the process of pledging to my own project to make sure of how everything works, I can't exactly be sure.
Unless you meant I was charging too much...
In which case, I can assure you it wasn't my intention and there have been plenty of other projects I saw where $10 only got you a PDF so I thought I was being fair ;___;
Found where I can double check. Shipping the 10 dollar comic does indeed require an additional 2 dollars. The cost of producing the comic itself fluctuates depending on the orders, but each should, under no circumstance, cost more than, say, 5 dollars.
Post by Jian Oreachi on Jun 22, 2015 14:43:29 GMT -5
No no, you're being more than generous haha.
You may want to make it more clear that shipping is on the pledgee. Do you have an estimate on how much shirts will cost to make/hardcopy of the comic?
edit: I've followed a few kickstarters whose money basically went to kickstarter/amazon/physical reward production/shipping and almost none made it to the project so I'm a little leery.
I will update the primary page to make that more clear. I can't update the rewards once they've been selected by someone. I do have estimates on the comics and on the shirts through a few different places.
Post by Jian Oreachi on Jun 22, 2015 15:12:24 GMT -5
I will update the primary page to make that more clear. I can't update the rewards once they've been selected by someone. I do have estimates on the comics and on the shirts through a few different places.
Okay good! I'll try to find ten bux Looking forward to reading.
Post by Kokuou Munashii on Jun 22, 2015 16:38:59 GMT -5
somehow i am not surprised that the 'your name and face in the comic' has already been taken. This sounds cool and even if you weren't a friend i would probably throw something at this. now if i hadnt thrown oh 150 to pledge for a game last night, then i would be able to throw something at it now. so your going to have to wait til next paycheck.
i would suggest like a Digital copy version of the comic, some people , prefer not having a hardcopy of things. also character design sketches are usually popular among people. although that might be a bit difficult to get interest for that with no true fanbase yet.
Good suggestion. I could add that in for five. I was planning on putting that stuff in the hard copy anyways. Also I'm going to probably add a couple more scientist slots if Artiom is cool with it. Didn't honestly ever expect that one to sell, much less that fast.
Post by Kokuou Munashii on Jun 22, 2015 18:32:55 GMT -5
never never underestimate the power that comes with 'im in a webcomic' to some people. hell it doesnt even need to be scientists, people nameing other animals or being anthropomorphised animals would also probably be big.
yes you too can be the catnip using boss cat who the MC gets directions from in the cold cruel world.
w-well... The second one might be a bit much. But naming some of the characters was something I had intended for later on. Just not today. Because none of the ones that can be named will be named so far. Thanks for all the feedback though, guys! Now I have some updates to include along the way. Please, keep it coming, and like I said, if you can spare a few seconds to promote, here's my Facebook page that I'm posting updates to... if you think your friends might be into that sort of thing, one share of the post I made about it could go a long ways.