Hi everyone!

I hope you are all doing well!

Let's get right into things. If this is your first experience with crowdfunding and/or BackerKit, you're probably wondering what happens next.

First, you should have received a confirmation email regarding your payment after the campaign ended. If you haven’t been charged, you may have received an email saying your card was declined. In that case, you'll need to update your card information. (If you have plenty of funds but it still declined, you might try running the card again. Sometimes it doesn't go through on the first try, for whatever reason.)

It takes around two weeks after the end of the campaign for the money to be delivered to my account, minus BackerKit fees and processing fees.
 

Once we’ve finalized them, we will send out backer surveys. These allow you to confirm your pledge and snag any additional add-ons you might be interested in. Once the surveys have been sent, make sure to fill them out ASAP.

The survey is also how we will get your address for shipping physical rewards. If you move before the fulfillment of physical rewards next year, don’t worry! You will be able to change your address before then in BackerKit. There will be an email sometime next year to let you know when we are locking addresses, and you will have one final chance to update your information then.

For physical pledges, the surveys will calculate shipping at the time of checkout.

As I progress through edits and preparation of the book, I will keep you updated. I’m working on the last rounds of edits, after which the manuscript will be sent to a professional editor.

Digital fulfillment may take place in waves as things are finalized and made ready. Once Ødiri's Board has been fully edited, proofread, and formatted, all digital rewards that haven’t yet been distributed will be sent out.

Before we send physical copies, proof copies for the paperback and hardcover books will be ordered, as well as for the card game. This will be an exciting step, and we’ll be sure to share lots of pictures with you.

After quality and accuracy have been checked, we will order all the physical rewards. And once they arrive, we will begin sending them out!

We are estimating sending everything out in Summer 2025. Of course, this is my first campaign, so as we will work to get your books and goodies to you as quickly as possible, we appreciate your patience in this matter.

Feel free to shoot me an email at [email protected] with any questions or concerns.

If there are any unforeseen issues like sudden scarcity, environmental disasters, market crashes, or other things that cannot be accounted for, we will make sure to communicate with you about any delays and other issues.

We will also make sure to share any schedule changes with you in regards to manufacturing and other pieces of the process.

I just wanted to take a minute again, because you all are awesome 😎, to sincerely thank you. Without you, this campaign would not have succeeded, and I am eternally grateful!! 🫶

Sincerely,

Emma Bahnmiller
Author of Ødiri's Board