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Pride Pins

Created by Pride Pins

hard enamel pins featuring your favorite animal and LGBT Pride flag - YOU DESERVE TO BE PROUD!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

How to Find Your Survey
almost 5 years ago – Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 02:02:05 AM

It looks like Backerkit is finished sending out surveys! Many of you had your survey sent to your spam or junk folders or under the promotion tab in your Gmail. Be sure to look in those places to find your survey. If you still can't find it, put your e-mail into the recovery page to have it re-sent to you.

New Survey Date (July 23)
almost 5 years ago – Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 11:26:09 PM

Hello friends!

At Backerkit's request (they don't work weekends) we've been asked to move our survey date off the weekend and into the weekdays. As a result, the new date for the survey is Tuesday, July 23. Please keep an eye on your e-mail inboxes on that day, as the survey is the way that you'll indicate to us which pin animal/flag combinations you want!

We are super excited to show you the survey, as we're giving you tons of awesome options -- such as we're giving you the option to choose between the three types of Kickstarter Exclusive Byte Pins for your freebie (since so many of you loved the gold or the silver variants), for instance!

The survey also has an add-on store that will allow you to add-on any accessories (lanyards, bags, stickers, guest artist pins, etc) or extra Pride Pins you'd like. They're all there!

Choosing your pin should be a cakewalk too with all the reference guides. You'll know exactly what you're getting! Shout out in the comments some appreciation to your fellow backer Bato for making these awesome reference guides for everyone!

See you then!

While you wait, have you checked out our Pin of the Month club yet? Click to view!
While you wait, have you checked out our Pin of the Month club yet? Click to view!

Customs!
almost 5 years ago – Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 02:47:19 AM

Hello again everyone!

We've been working on finishing up the custom flags ordered through the campaign, and the vast majority of them are now done! If you ordered a custom, please check your Kickstarter messages to approve it. If you added $150 to your pledge for a custom but haven't sent the info in for it yet, please message us here on Kickstarter ASAP so we can get it made!

If you're just now finding out about customs, no worries, you can order a custom during the Backerkit survey! There will be an option for the $150 add-on that allows you to order your own custom flag Pride Pins.

We're also closing in on survey time. Keep an eye on those inboxes on July 21st for your Backerkit survey! See you then!

In the meantime, have you looked at the new content on our Pin of the Month Club? Click to view!
In the meantime, have you looked at the new content on our Pin of the Month Club? Click to view!

Thank you!
almost 5 years ago – Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 07:17:51 PM

Pride Pins started as a humble project put together by a creator wanting to bring a little happiness and pride to others. Through your tremendous support, enthusiasm, and boundless generosity, we have--together--made Pride Pins an absolutely groundbreaking achievement.

This project broke the previous record for most funded enamel pin Kickstarter, then rushed past the final stretch goal to scrape the boundaries of $250,000. Not only that, it ended up being the third largest Kickstarter for an LGBTQIA+ project of all time. That couldn't have happened without you.

You. Every single one of the backers, when pledging, said you believed in us. These pins, and everything they stand for, mean as much to you as they do to us... and that's beautiful. We're truly honored to have made a connection like this with over five thousand of you.

You truly are amazing.


What Happens Now...

If you've never backed a Kickstarter campaign before, here's how it goes:

  • On July 1, when the campaign ends, Kickstarter is going to start charging your cards.
  • You have seven days to provide valid payment if the payment bounces. Be sure to update your card during this time if your payment declines!
  • Kickstarter will take about a week to process the payments. From past experience, the campaign's funds will deposit into our bank account sometime around July 15.
  • We'll launch the Backerkit survey sometime around July 21. This is to ensure we have plenty of time to get the survey fully populated with all the pins! You'll get a link to fill out your survey so we know what pins you want.
  • The survey is where you'll indicate your choice of pins (animal and flag combinations) as well as select your desired freebies. You'll also be able to purchase add-ons -- additional pins, cool items like stickers, posters, and so forth. You'll even be able to use PayPal to purchase add-ons on Backerkit!
  • We'll collect survey responses until around August 4. At that time, we'll start finalizing manufacturing counts and put in the manufacturing order.
  • In Early November, we'll see the pins start to be delivered to us from the manufacturer. Fulfillment of the product will begin in November as well.
  • At this point... packages will start to arrive! You'll get pins, and they will be adorable!

So what freebies unlocked?

The backers unlocked the following community goals:

  • One (1) Kickstarter Exclusive YCH Rainbow Glitter Pin
  • One (1) Curlworks Speech Bubble Pin
  • One (1) Pride Pals Sticker
  • One (1) Pride Pals Holographic Poster 
  • Six (6) YCH Rainbow Stickers
  • One (1) Rainbow Pride Pins Lanyard
  • Five (5) Pride Pals Trading Cards
  • One (1) Kickstarter Exclusive Black Nickel Byte Pin
  • One (1) Fursona Pins Logo Pin

Everyone who backed the project at $10 or above receives these items in their backer packages. That's quite a lot of bang for your buck!

Additional FAQ

  • When the Backerkit survey begins, you'll be able to change tiers and purchase add-ons (including additional pins) to your heart's content. 
  • You can change your address in Backerkit up until the point where the project begins shipping, or sometime in late October.
  • Backerkit takes both credit card and PayPal for payments.
  • The Official Pride Pins store will likely open sometime in early 2020, after the project has been completely fulfilled. We will also start making furry convention appearances in 2020.
  • Unity Flags will be available for sale on Backerkit, as well as at the coming convention, Anthrocon, in the Dealer's Den (Warhorse Workshop).

Until Next Time

Our team of artists is going to be hard at work finalizing the artwork for the stretch goal species. In the meantime, consider joining our community on Patreon. This is the main hub of activity for Fursona Pins, where you can watch all the cool stuff we create. We'd love to see you there! There's so many of you we've never met before and we're excited to meet every one of you.

Love and Solidarity,

Fursona Pins