I CAN'T WAIT! How many people can get founder status?
Everyone that pledges on Kickstarter, and if we are lucky enough to ever produce products without Kickstarter, anyone who buys it.
What the heck, I've been working endlessly on the perks, and I want to reveal some of them now:
- You can buy membership for six months, one year, three years, or a lifetime membership.
- Prices decrease the longer the membership you choose. Six months would be along the lines of $20/month, one year would be $12/month, three years would be $6/month. A lifetime membership would be a one-time cost of $400.
- The perks are the best part. First of all, you get free shipping ($8 flat-rate shipping international) on ALL products regardless of quantity (this excludes wholesalers, for obvious reasons).
- You get discounts on EVERY new release. Discounts range from 5%-25%.
- You get to pre-order all products 48 hours before anyone else can pre-order them.
- You get free swag with all shipments. Swag is a contest with every purchase you make. It's completely randomized and the prizes would include anything from a signed card, to uncut sheets, to decks, and whatever else we have produced at the time. No matter what you buy, you have a 100% chance of getting some kind of swag.
- You get to see what we're working on next before we tell any of the public. You'll be added to a mailing list that gets an insider scoop.
- You get your own personal space on the website. On the Founders page, you'll see your full name. The longer you stay a founder, the more space you get. For example, after one year, we will add an avatar of your choosing. This culminates in an entire section of the founders page that will have your picture, website, about you, etc.
- You get a cool Founder badge on the forums
Kickstarter backers automatically get Founders status. I am considering redoing the way I offered it, and giving it based on how much you pledge. For example, a $1 pledge gets you a 1-month membership. $9 gets you a three-month, $27 gets you a 6-month, $52 gets you a 1-year, $95 gets you three years, and $200+ gets you a lifetime.
I know I said it's a permanent thing, and I'm sticking to that as far as you guys want that (I'll be running a poll later and seeing what people demand). It comes down to this: Do I make Founders status a million times more awesome, or do I make it what it was originally going to be (insider's look, free shipping, small discounts) but give all backers the lifetime status?
So yeah.
Sorry for going off-topic.