New 'Shikishi' Tier starting this May (Patreon)
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Hello Patrons!
As announced in our previous update, we'll be experimenting with selling some of our monthly Shikishi/autograph boards to our community.
Starting this May we will prepare a new Tier with a physical Shikishi as part of their rewards.
However, there are certain details that I feel difficult to control and maintain due to the limitation of the system Patreon provides. If these issues seem to do more harm to our project than good, I plan to drop this tier once the experimental phase is over.
With the above noted, I would like to take the time to explain how the new Shikishi Tier will work. This particular Tier will require a lot of cooperation from our community as well, so please read them carefully if you plan to participate.
-The new Tier will be limited in quantity and the amount will reflect on how many Shikishi with an illustration we have available for that particular month.
-Please only participate if you are comfortable sharing personal shipping information with Studio TRIGGER.
-The tier will be made available on a first come, first serve basis since the Patreon does not allow a raffle to be part of a reward. The participant will be guaranteed to receive a Shikishi, but will not be able to choose which they will receive.
-The Tier will be priced at 80 USD. We understand that the pricing is steep, but the cost will cover both packaging and shipping expense. A detailed breakdown and reasoning for our pricing is provided at the bottom of this post.
-Unlike the other Tiers, this bracket will be deleted/reset once a month so that all patrons will be given a fair opportunity to purchase the Shikishi. The participants of the previous month will then be moved to a “no reward” tier automatically and will require a manual update/edit of their membership.
*Due to Patreon’s system limitation, the participants will be responsible to update their own membership, or they will be continued to be charged 80 USD for the upcoming months with no benefits.
*A notification will be provided on when it is safe to update their information. It is crucial that the participants update their information "After" the notification is provided.
**I feel like this will be the make or break factor for this tier. If it seems to cause too much of an issue, we will have to discontinue.
Shikishi price&shipping breakdown
-Price for the actual Shikishi: 30 USD
-Packaging expense: ~10 USD
-Shipping expense: ~40 USD
The shikishi will be packaged and secured in-between 2 wooden boards.
We’ve priced the shipping expense to 40 USD to be able to cover most global shipping method. We understand that shipping expense varies and may be considerably cheaper depending on your location. However, we simply do not have the staff to customize each and every order so we're going forth with this 'all included' pricing.
Any excess will be backed to our staffs and running expense for this project.
Edit1: I'll be actively answering questions/concerns on this post due to its nature. So please check back frequently!
Edit2: Please note that this is still in a 'experimental phase' so the pricing and method of operation may change at a later date.
Edit3: The shikishi's are not a once per lifetime purchase. However, the individuals are limited to 'once per month' purchase.
We have to reset/delete the Tier every month in order to provide everyone a fair chance into purchasing the Shikishi, so that people will not just stay in the tier to receive the Shikishi every month. (If the individual fails to update their membership back to either the 1 USD or the 5 USD plan, they will be continued to be charged the monstrous 80 USD for no benefit)