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BACK with our second Kickstarter: Back To The Future Jacket

Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 9:29 pm
by Falyon
Hey guys,

We launched a Kickstarter back in 2015 for the SDJ-01: Self Drying Jacket.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fa ... n=c982a59a

While our funding was successful, it was only just barely, and I'd be lying if I said we weren't a little disappointed. We used Hyperstarter (I believe he still hangs out on here?) to help us, and we did get a lot of media coverage, but it just didn't translate into pledges. Honestly, I think it was mainly due to the video not being very good (I got some bad advice and was told the video "wasn't that important")

Well, we're back! The SDJ-02 is launching Friday:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fa ... n=bf33b4de

Unlike last time, we worked hard to build up interest on social media. We're also using Backerclub, Kickbooster, and CrowdfundingPR. We also feel we have a much better video, photos, and all around campaign this time, so we're cautiously optimistic we can hit our $25k funding goal. We really think people will love these jackets, they've got a lot of great features, but we'll just have to see.

Either way, it should be interesting!

Re: BACK with our second Kickstarter: Back To The Future Jac

Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 10:56 am
by hyperstarter
Wow, SDJ-02 should do well and yes, I'm still on this board.

I think you were featured on Metro, Mashable & quite a few other big ones and yes it's a shame the public didn't know more about it as it's a really cool jacket with super unique features.

Re: BACK with our second Kickstarter: Back To The Future Jac

Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 4:02 pm
by Falyon
Thanks Giles.

You know how disappointed we were with the final results last time. We really felt like we had a great jacket, and we've gotten almost 100% positive feedback on it, but for whatever reason it just didn't catch on. That's why we're back to give it another shot. We guess the problem was with the campaign itself, so we really hope we got a winning presentation this time!

Self Drying Jacket with USB

Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 9:43 am
by hyperstarter

Re: BACK with our second Kickstarter: Back To The Future Jac

Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 1:42 pm
by Falyon
Wow, thanks Giles! I appreciate it.

Re: BACK with our second Kickstarter: Back To The Future Jac

Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 1:14 pm
by alba_interpretame
¨Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Faylon. A... Are you telling me that you built a Jacket... out of a Marty Mcfly's Jacket?¨

Wow this is amazing

Re: BACK with our second Kickstarter: Back To The Future Jac

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 6:50 am
by Gregorythompson
Looks very interesting. Is there a reason you did more than 30 days for the campaign? Just curious.

Gregory

Re: BACK with our second Kickstarter: Back To The Future Jac

Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 9:48 am
by Falyon
alba_interpretame wrote:¨Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Faylon. A... Are you telling me that you built a Jacket... out of a Marty Mcfly's Jacket?¨

Wow this is amazing


Yep! That's exactly what we did! Thanks for the kind words!

Gregorythompson wrote:Looks very interesting. Is there a reason you did more than 30 days for the campaign? Just curious.

Gregory


Something we found last time is it took awhile for the press to pick up on our story last time. We tried reaching out beforehand, but I guess we got lost in the shuffle. We wanted to give ourselves more time to get noticed this time.

Seems to be paying off, as we got a mention from engadget. https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/09/icy ... ret-space/

We'll see where this leads!