Posted August 08, 2023 by Worship: a Sleep Token Fanzine
Here's our Campaign Wrap-Up! We're so excited to talk about all the points you see here, and give you a glimpse into the post-fundraiser phase of the zine.
Firstly: If you are part of a select few who donated and did not fill out the exit survey - you received an email this morning! We're just making 100% sure we know how many zines to order, and roughly where to send them so we can estimate shipping. If you were the lucky recipient of that email, please fill out the exit survey no later than August 15 (one week from today). If you do not, you will just be marked down to receive one copy of the zine, and the rest of your generous donation will be rolled into the funds for shipping and charity.
Once we have all the data we need, it's time to let our manufacturer know the magic number of zines to print. Which brings us to our next important point:
Every time from here on out that we initiate a withdrawal from our balance here on itch.io, we will be posting about it right here in a Developer Log. You will see receipts that show where every single dollar is going. Our first withdrawal is going to be the biggest, as we will be taking out the funds to directly pay our zine manufacturer. Keep your eyes peeled here for that!
After the manufacturer receives the zine and gets to work printing them, we will evaluate our remaining funds and divvy them up as such:
At which point, we will start reaching out to get addresses and let people know whether shipping is covered, or if they will be responsible for paying shipping.
In the sake of transparency: the plan right now for acquiring shipping costs will be opening a separate itch.io campaign specifically for people to pay their quoted shipping cost. We don't feel comfortable using PayPal or a third-party site, as folks might argue it's easier to fudge numbers. Keeping it localized to itch.io lets us show you all the stats and remain accountable. When you visit our homepage, it will look something like this:
After shipping info/funds are received, we'll do a big 'ol print of all the shipping labels we need. Then once the zines arrive in our hands, we'll package them up nicely, slap the labels on, and take them to the post office. We'll start with shipping out Community Fund and domestic mail first (we're using Media Mail for all our US recipients), then international afterwards.
And once they get into everyone's hands, we'll take whatever's left and donate it to Crisis Text Line!
Phew, that's a lot of information. If you made it this far, thank you so much for sticking with us. As always, if you have questions we didn't answer, feel free to reach out in our Discord if you are there, or email us at worshipfanzine@gmail.com.
We once again are so, so very thankful for everyone who has believed in our little team as we navigate a project that, frankly, we had no idea would get so damn big. It has been an honor to be part of this and we cannot wait to get this amazing collection of art and writing into your hands and onto your bookshelves!
- The Worship Mod Team