Hey ChaseInnovations,
Actually we did get funded. We weren't close to getting funded in our campaign, but a couple of days before our campaign ended, we had an investor come in who funded double our funding requirement of $10,000. Which is why we cancelled our funding at the last moment. We thought it would be better for us to cancel our funding than have a failed funding reflect on our brand.
Not a major difference, but still a feel-good factor psychologically.
Following our funding via a private investor, we relaunched our campaign for one week as a lot of backers expressed disappointment that they wouldn't be getting the bags. So we had a limited run of a week, and actually had more backers pledging