Shipping starts Friday! Plus: Ambassador Points have been awarded!
6 months ago
– Wed, May 29, 2024 at 03:38:17 PM
Hi everyone!
A huge apology for the long period since the last update. As mentioned, my wife and I were off on a much-needed (and FABULOUS) holiday, but wouldn't you know it, 3 days after getting home, guess who got sacked with Covid...? Yep, yours truly. I suspect it was picked up on the long flight home... (sigh) I was pretty much laid out for all of last week, and while I'm back on the mend and in the clear now, it's still a bit of a crawl getting back to normal speed... 🥴
But with that, I come bearing good news!
Shipping should begin on Friday!
The warehouse confirmed today that everything is ready to go, and shipping labels will start printing tomorrow. There's no reason packages couldn't start leaving their dock as soon as Friday! 🥳
They typically tackle domestic US and North American orders first with all abroad International orders immediately after, so those should be out fairly soon, too. I would guess everything should be out the door by the end of next week.
You should receive a shipping confirmation with tracking information from "[email protected]" once your package has gone out. You may want to proactively make sure that address is white-listed in any spam filter or quarantine net your email server may use. We'll add that tracking info to your Backerkit once all packages have gone out, but hopefully you've already gotten your stuff by the time that data gets imported.
Also completed this week:
YOUR AMBASSADOR POINTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED!
If you missed the mention on the campaign page, every pledge includes a number of Ambassador Points equivalent to your final order total (including postage). These are unique reward points that can be collected and redeemed for discounts and rewards on our webstore, and a great way to support Magnetic Press further (while building up a collection of cool books and stuff in the process)!
If you are already a webstore customer and part of the program, just log into your webstore account (which should be under the same email address as your Kickstarter/Backerkit account). You should see those new points added to your balance under the heading "MIDNIGHT ORDER Kickstarter Points."
If you don't have an account on our webstore, your points have been tallied, but you will need to complete registration for us to add them. 😊
For a walkthrough of how to register, just follow the steps on our webpage: https://www.magnetic-press.com/how-to-join-the-ambassador-point-program/
You can use points for discount codes, gift cards, and occasionally for exclusive collectible items that you can only get using points! It's definitely a fun program that we'll be building upon very soon!
If you don't see your MIDNIGHT ORDER points in your account, or if you set up a new account, or if you have any questions at all about the above, please email us at [email protected] and we'll get back to you ASAP to be sure your points are properly awarded. Please note that if you haven't completed your Backerkit order, your points have not been awarded yet, so check to make sure your survey and any remaining payments are complete.
That's all for now. We'll report back in next week once shipping is complete!
Thanks, everyone!
Quick update!
7 months ago
– Fri, May 03, 2024 at 04:43:03 PM
Hi everyone!
Just a really quick update as I scramble to pack for some overseas travel --
ALL ITEMS HAVE REACHED THE FULFILLMENT WAREHOUSE.
They hope to have the Stretch Goal bundles and such assembled next week and if all goes according to schedule, they hope to start shipping orders either by the end of the week or (more likely) the week after.
As mentioned above, I'm heading out of the country for a much-needed overdue holiday, taking off tomorrow for 12 days abroad. I don't know what my connectivity will be, but if I can report in while gone, I certainly will. Otherwise, I should return to confirm the good news that orders have gone out. 😊
If you have any questions or concerns in the meantime, Chris and Mitch will be able to respond to comments and questions, or you can email [email protected] for technical issues.
Thanks, everyone! See you shortly!
Important Update: DIGITAL DOWNLOAD LINKS
8 months ago
– Sat, Apr 06, 2024 at 09:15:58 AM
Hey everyone!
We're getting the physical rewards ready to shipin the next few weeks, but in the meantime --
Digital Download links have been distributed!
You may have already received an email notification from Backerkit just now, but if not, check your inboxes or your Backerkit account page (which you can access at https://the-midnight-order.backerkit.com/). You will find all of the links and instructions for downloading your files behind the big blue button in the middle of your account page that says "Get Your Digital Downloads" -- click on that to see your individual links for each item due.
The books are all hosted by Gumroad -- you will have to follow the (simple) instructions to use your unique codes to download your files from Gumroad for free. 😊 If you have any trouble or questions about the process, feel free to ask here or in a direct message, we're happy to help!
Next week we will award everyone their Ambassador Points for their pledge. Stay tuned for that update towards the end of next week!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Address Lock has begun - please confirm your shipping address this weekend!
8 months ago
– Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 03:06:56 PM
Hi everyone!
As mentioned yesterday, we have initiated the Address Lock. Backerkit will now send everyone a final notice email giving you 48 hours to make any necessary address changes. After that 48-hour countdown, whatever address we have on file will be what we use for shipping.
Please watch for this notification -- if your address looks fine already, you don't have to do anything, but if you need to make any changes, now is the best time to do so! Any changes requested after this weekend will require you to contact us directly so that we can make any late adjustments manually (assuming there's still time to make the change). We are hoping shipping can begin in the next few weeks, before the end of the month (April).
There are still 42 backers who haven't filled out their surveys, so if you're one of them, please do so now! Otherwise, we won't know where to send your stuff! 😊 If you're not sure whether you have completed your survey or not, click on the image below and log in with your Kickstarter Email to check. Or message us and we'll help you out.
Next week, we will be exporting all of the order data to begin the fulfillment process. We will also distribute the digital rewards next Friday!
Things are coming together quickly now... get ready! 😊
Addresses locking this weekend! Shipping to begin soon!
8 months ago
– Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 02:45:16 PM
Hi everyone!
It has been a busy month here and things are starting to come together quickly for shipping to begin soon. Therefore, we're going to LOCK ADDRESSES this weekend. That means you will have this weekend to either confirm or make any final adjustments to your shipping address in Backerkit before we export all order data for our fulfillment warehouse to start preparations. We'll post another update tomorrow once we have initiated that lock process.
Everything is just about ready to start shipping and we're just waiting on a couple of remaining items to get to our warehouse. But they all look great! Just take a peek at how the "Death's Head Moth" pin turned out --
We are also admittedly still waiting on the signed bookplates back from Mathieu... he's been busy with his next project these days, but we should have these from him shortly!
We will also begin distributing digital rewards next week. Stay tuned for that update!
We can't wait to get everything to you in the next few weeks -- April is going to be a great month! In the meantime, however, if you're up for something new, please check out our latest Kickstarter project that just launched on Tuesday --
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...to plan your revenge on those who framed you...
This modern reimagining of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO is brought into post-9/11 America by writer JORDAN MECHNER, the creator of the hit video game franchise PRINCE OF PERSIA!
Add video game history to your pledge with these CAMPAIGN EXCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT DIARIES written by Jordan during his development of the trend-setting video game classics KARATEKA (the first fighting game that inspired STREET FIGHTER, MORTAL KOMBAT, and more) and the very first PRINCE OF PERSIA!
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Please check it out! Click any of the images above to visit the campaign! 😊
