Hi everyone!

Wow less than two hours left to go, I'm so thankful for your support!
For those who haven't pledged yet, any pledge (minus support pledge) will get you freebies and campaign exclusive pricing!

Pledging for one pin will get you $20 worth of freebies! If you've backed FleaCircus and myself, this jumps up to nearly $40 just on my end!

Even better, to reduce freight costs between Australia (and NZ) and US (and Canada), me and FleaCircus will be helping to fulfil orders for each other! More information can be seen in this post!
The numbers are all estimates and may have variations but we have calculated that overall, everyone will save a lot of money on shipping!

We've nearly reached the goal for the Orange Bellied Parrot! Can we make it in the next 101 minutes?

Thank you again endlessly for your support

- Doodle

Hi everyone,
Doodle here!
Thank you for making my project a reality! For those who unpledged but want the Early Bird and weren't sure if they'd get it if they came back, the Worm has returned! Just comment on this update and I will include the early bird on your order as a thank you for your pledges :) You still have time to also add anything onto your orders, with the main line unlocked and steady progress into unlocking the next pin!

Then a little bit about a future project, mainly to let people vote while this is still active! It will probably take a few months to a year to organize something a bit more formal for this project (this one took 3 months to build, whew!), the art is not finalized at all but I would love to see what people think and vote for to see if any particular birds capture people's whimsy


(also for wallet reasons this will be way down the line but ambition got to me and I already made the launching page-)

1. Backerlit needs to transfer over the funds so we have the money to make the rewards (this can take up to two weeks).

2. An earlier update around affordable shipping was posted recently, at the point of funds being collected, a survey will be sent out to everyone to start planning with FleaCircus the most affordable way to fulfil everyone's orders! Estimates were calculated in that update, but note that these are ESTIMATES and variations due to duties, taxes and tariffs may still unexpectedly influence the final cost of shipment.
3. I'll give you a heads-up before sending the survey so that you can watch for it. You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to answer your survey. The invitation email contains a link to your personal survey. It is important to submit your responses as quickly as you can since we need this information to process your rewards.     
4. If you need to change your survey responses, purchase add-on items, or update your shipping information, you can click the link in your survey email again or request your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on the BackerKit project page. (This page will only start working after we send the surveys out.)
5. Answering your survey help us get your rewards out to you faster. BackerKit helps us save lots of time by streamlining the survey process, automating data organization, and providing us with pledge management software to make it easy to process your pledge reward shipments.
6. If you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your crowdfunding account, the BackerKit survey link is sent to the email address you use for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact me at [email protected]

Again, thanks for all your support. I'm excited to share these silly brids with the world!

- Doodle

Hi everyone,

Doodle here again, there's only two days to pledge and get more designs! I know there's probably a big flood of notifications coming in, and I appreciate everyone's support so much!
There's still time to reach our stretch goal of $5000, and don't forget that there are a bunch of freebies to those who haven't backed yet!
There is still time to get:
1. A free pin AND sticker if you back me and FleaCircusDesigns
2. A free roll of washi tape!
3. A free community voted electroplated pin!
4. A free polaroid sticker if you back 3+ campaigns under the Pin Safari Banner!
Pledges made during the campaign will get these things!

These are the designs I went with to start on the keychain design, what do people think? It would be so cute as a reel badge but that would be a lot more expexxy

There will be a promotion throughout the first 48 hours of the pre-order store opening! (and then another one that will last a week after the pre-order store opens! And surveys will be sent out after the campaign, so keep an eye out in your emails for updates in the next few days! Production will begin as soon as I get the funds from backerlit :)

Thank you so much to everyone who has backed, you've bought this project to life and I hope to keep creating for you!

I have a ton of projects I want to make, and with your support anything is possible! If you do want to keep up to date, I am most active on my Instagram! There is also a giveaway running live, which will be officially announced on this platform with the launch of the pre-order shop!

Hey everyone! Doodle here, less than 3 days to go for Pintopia and Brids of Australia!
A little more info has been found on the shipping and tariff thing!

There is only 3 days left to make your pledge! Backerlit will also remind you 48 hours before, but we may be able to get the Orange Bellied Parrot stretch goal before the end! 

All Australian based backers for FleaCircus and I Doodle Random Things will be shipped to me in one large shipment (significantly cheaper compared to shipping to everyone individually) for me to fulfil! In-country shipping on top of the larger shipment in one go to Australia will be a lot cheaper, once surveys come out and we collect address details, we can offer a better estimate on shipping -

Some community ideas put into pins!
I'm really hoping we hit 5k by the end of the campaign so the mega chonky orange bellied parrot will be available! However, I had seen some stunning ideas from some members of the community and made some little treats in the pre-order shop for after the campaign!

Wompoo Fruit (Pi)Dove col variant goal + Shiny Pidove!

If 50 people successfully pre-order this AND/OR the shiny variant of Pidove on the pre-order shop within the pre-order store period we successfully produce these colour variants to buy! I might dull the red a little on the draft of the wompoo but I think it looks pretty close to what I would want!
You can purchase both, or just one! There's a little discount for buying both ;)
 
Mega Chonky Orange Bellied Parrot!

This will only be available if we don't meet the stretch goal! But I really hope we make it, if 40 people purchase this chonky boi (based on current stretch goal progress), it will become available!

 
Stickers:

A bunch of stickers will be available in the pre-order shop!

More information regarding pre-orders will open soon after, it's been such a journey with everyone and I hope we can keep celebrating the silly nature of brids together!

 
Maths on my end, boring stuff, Important GUESSES
All US based backers, Brids of Australia will be shipped in one large shipment for FleaCircus to fulfil!
The (very approximate) calculations I found were that excluding duties, it would cost $60 USD to ship everyone's parcels altogether, with approximately 10 - 30% in duties depending on the total value of the parcel.

Australia to US via Doodle (in USD)
For the sake of estimates, it may be $175.69 to ship to the US assuming a majority of backers are US based
(Copied from FleaCircus)
US shipment via FleaCircus
A 4oz package sent to the complete opposite side of the country is $5.89. then up to 8oz is $6.24. up to 12oz is $6.60, then up to 15.99 oz is $7.78

very close to FleaCircus is 4oz $4.88, 8oz $5.30, 12oz $5.71, and 15.99o is $6.15
TLDR: If 50 backers are US based: and average a shipment via FleaCircus for $7 each
~$11 USD total per US backer! These are estimates and can only be used as a guesstimate!!!
Canada Shipment via FleaCircus
If Doodle directly ships to the US, it would cost approximately $60 USD per backer! So this is a much cheaper option!
With duties paid (so that includes the $9.95 required to ship into canada, they shouldn't need to pay more on receipt)~
up to 2oz is $21.60
4oz is $22.60
6oz is $23.60
TLDR, if 50 backers are Canada based, and the average shipment via Fleacircus is $21.6 2 oz
~$25 USD total per Canadian backer! THESE ARE ESTIMATES! But this is approximately what to expect!
If Doodle Directly ships to CA, it would cost approximately $55 USD per backer!

US to Australia via FleaCircus (USD)
Approx $60 USD to ship a large package to Australia via FleaCircus
Aus Shipment via Doodle

Approx $8 USD per package to ship within Australia
TLDR: If 50 backers are AUS based, it would cost $9.14 USD to ship within Australia! (OR $13 - $15 AUD)

Local Pickup will also be an option for Sydney backers to save on shipping!

Okay thank you for putting up with the boring maths stuff, I hope we can see an uptick of pledges before the end, and get the chonky baby available as a pin!

Hi everyone,

Doodle here again, only 5 days to go! Thank you for helping us reach over the $4500 threshold, where we have another keychain unlocked!
A poll will be open until 11th February, 12 pm PT so backers can decide what keychain will be produced!

If we manage to hit $5000 at the end, we can get the Orange Bellied Parrot too! That would be so cool!

RE Shipping to the US, my collab partner has kindly agreed for US backers, I can send a large package over to reduce the overall cost per shipment, and they will be able to fulfil shipment a lot cheaper via the US!
You can back them here!
And there's a lot of freebies!

Thank you all for your ongoing support, let's aim for the $5000 mark!