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WRAP BUDDIES | World's Simplest Gift Wrap Assistant

Created by Bret Wortman

Lightweight, simple setup, easy storage. Kitchen and craft room uses too! Get up off the floor and make wrapping fun again!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Whoa! Funded today!
over 7 years ago – Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 11:37:00 PM

Congratulations! Thanks to you and 130 of your newly closest friends, Wrap Buddies are going to become a reality.

What now?

So now the team will start pushing toward those stretch goals I keep talking about but haven't posted yet. I'm waiting for some input and drawings from our designer before sharing them -- a post with half-details wouldn't be nearly as much fun, would it?

Not an actual shot of our factory...
Not an actual shot of our factory...

We're also going to kick our prep work with the factory into gear now, even though we can't start CNCing our molds until after the campaign ends and Kickstarter sends us our funds. But we can start them working on validating our models to ensure that our finished design actually is moldable. The sooner we're on their schedule validated and ready to go, the closer we can stick to our production plan.

Flash Mob!

We're still trying hard to spread the word, and we're organizing a flash mob to spread the word bigly in early November.

No, not like that. I'm more like this:

Head on over to http://bwortman.us/2fa5qtb to join in, and on Nov 8, Thunderclap will send out a tweet or facebook post on your behalf. All at once, we can FLOOD the intarwebz with the Wrap Buddies story. It costs nothing. Well, apart from about 8 seconds of your time, that is.

But seriously...THANK YOU SO MUCH!

So by way of thanks, grab a cuppa and spend the next 4 minutes watching kittens being cute. Go ahead! You've earned it....

 

Bret and the Wrap Buddies Team

Almost...there...
over 7 years ago – Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 11:26:30 AM

Our First Week

We've been live and gathering pledges for a week, and we're over 90% funded! Thank you all for your support. We're so close we can almost taste it. (Now does the spoon make sense?)

So today, I've got two things to ask of you...

A Question

Not the kind of stretch goals we mean....
Not the kind of stretch goals we mean....

We are starting to really think "stretch goals". What kinds of things could we do that might be great if we can crank our funding numbers even higher? 

I'm going to open this up to a discussion in the comments and ask you, "What kinds of things would you like to see us add to Wrap Buddies?" Add-ons? Additional colors? A cat toy attachment to keep your felines away from the wrapping area? Post your answers as comments to this update, or the campaign as a whole.

A Favor

With 50-some days to go in this campaign, we can pick up enough additional backers to cross the line together. But...

How cool would it be to cross that line now, and see what more we can do between now and mid-December?

Please consider sharing the campaign via one of the buttons below, or head to our Facebook page (have you Liked it yet?) and share our latest Halloween-themed post with your peeps. I'm sure at least one of them wraps something, especially in the coming months!

And remember... we're almost there!

Bret and the Wrap Buddies Team❣

 

 

 

Early Bird ends tomorrow morning
over 7 years ago – Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 12:51:10 AM

 Time is running out!

Just a quick reminder that our Early Bird prices really will end tomorrow morning, so if you or anyone you knows is thinking of pledging our campaign, now is definitely the time! Send them to wrapbuddies.co/kickstarter to pledge tonight and lock in their savings.

I look forward to sending a "we're fully funded!" update soon. Thanks for all you have done and are doing to make Wrap Buddies a reality!

Bret and Team Wrap Buddies

Big Day 3 Announcement
over 7 years ago – Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 04:56:01 PM

As I write this, we're well over halfway to our funding goal -- 62% of the way, in fact, heading into the third day of this campaign.

If this was a 10K road race, we'd be about to pass the 3.9 mile mark. If we were traveling from DC to Los Angeles, we'd be about to cross the Colorado border from Kansas. If we were flying from New York to London, well, we'd be somewhere over the water.

Which brings us to our

Big Announcement!!!

We're so chuffed to be at this point in our campaign after just two days, and we know you'd like to continue to share Wrap Buddies with your friends & family, so we're extending our early bird pledge levels through the weekend.

That's right -- use our buttons below (the big, wide, colorful ones) to share Wrap Buddies on Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook, and don't be afraid to email folks as well. Since the campaign link is long and nasty to type, and the short link is hard to remember, we set up an easy-to-remember link that will take you directly to the campaign page -- http://wrapbuddies.co/kickstarter. Just remember, it's wrapbuddies.co, without the "m".

Monday morning the prices go up to $15 for one and $28 for two, which is still a really good deal -- our expected retail price is $20.

Thanks for a great Wednesday -- we're excited to see where the weekend gets us!

 

    

 

  

 

      

 

  

 

   

♥ Bret and Team Wrap Buddies ♥

P.S. As far as we know, Liz Lemon, Emily Blunt, and Lorelai Gilmore have not endorsed Wrap Buddies, nor are not backing our project. Yet.

First day -- You rocked it!
over 7 years ago – Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 12:44:44 PM

Well, we are almost half funded! We don't know how to express how much it means to us, but we're putting our creativity to work to find a way! In the meantime, please accept our sincerest thanks. The momentum we are seeing all comes from you! Your shares on Facebook, tweets on Twitter, Instagram posts, Pinterest pins and chats around the copier have obviously had a huge impact.

A Few Clarifications

Some of you have asked about the 1x and 2x early bird levels, and just how many Wrap Buddies you'll be receiving. It's a little confusing and we get that. We all know what a pair of pants or a pair of scissors means, but...

  • When we say, "Wrap Buddies" in rewards, we mean a pair of them. Just one isn't really good for much on its own -- it takes one on each side to do the job.
  • So "1 x Wrap Buddies" means one pair. One set. Enough to hold up one roll.
  • Likewise, "2 x Wrap Buddies" means two sets. One to give away and one to keep. Or keep both and have a roll available at each end of your table!

Stretch Goals

Some of you have asked about our stretch goals. We really want to make sure they're good, so we're hard at work on them, and figuring out the right dollar goals for each. Trust us, we really think you're going to like them.

Social Media

We're attaching some buttons below that will make it easy for you to share Wrap Buddies on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. If there's another platform you think we should be on, by all means let us know with a comment on this update or the project itself.

 

 

 

Thanks for continuing to spread the word by sharing with your gift-wrapping friends (which is everyone!), and lots of love from us all,

Team Wrap Buddies