Only 48 Hours to Go
almost 9 years ago
– Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 09:21:02 PM
Only 48 hrs to GO …
WOOHOO!!! Fully funded and on our last 48 hours! We’d like to take this opportunity to THANK you all in advance of our campaign completion for your support, pledges, and comments.
With only 48 hours left the clock is ticking to get theOUTlet for up to 40% off retail. After Friday night at 6PM EST, you can still buy theOUTlet and theOUTlet USB through our website www.opentheoutlet.com at their regular retail prices of $39.99 and $49.99.
We recently updated the bottom of our campaign page with the BackerKit logo, but we also wanted to call it out in this update so you understand what it is. BackerKit is a company that simplifies all of the complexities of surveys, fulfillment, pre-orders, etc…from Kickstarter and delivers it to both the creators (that’s us) and the backers (that’s you) in a slick and easy to use interface. So rest assured that when it’s time to send you the surveys to confirm your backing tiers, any upgrades you took advantage of, shipping info, etc…we’ll be working with a reputable company that’s experienced with these sorts of things.
Some fun facts for your reading pleasure:
- theOUTlet has been featured in over 45 publications
(BuzzFeed, Gizmodo, Maxim, and even Playboy to name a few)
- Shark Tank reached out to us to be on their show … so you never know ;-)
- A MAJOR global hotel chain has shown interest in using theOUTlet in their hotels
- We’ve been contacted by a manufacturer and distributor in Europe that wants to speed up our entry into those markets. So theOUTlet may be GLOBAL before you know it!
- 25% of our backers have never pledged on Kickstarter before
(Welcome to the club you all!)
- Our backers have helped us beef up our development pipeline by requesting Surge Protection, USB C, and International Designs
(We’re going to stay busy with all of this!!)
- And finally…theOUTlet Tumblers work great! We’ve put them through very thorough testing and are happy with their performance ;)
Thank you all again and until next time
theOUTlet Team
Less Than a Week To Go !!!
almost 9 years ago
– Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 04:36:26 PM
We’ve reached the final stretch of our campaign with less than a week to go!!! We’re super excited that we reached our goal and are looking forward to delivering these awesome new products to all of you very soon.
It's been an exciting few days since we unlocked our USB Stretch Goal and the response has been amazing. About 30% of our backers have already upgraded their pledges to the USB version, and we’ve had a bunch of new backers join us directly through the new USB tiers. We’re excited to see that our backers love this feature as much as we do. We’d love to hit our second stretch goal and unlock colored face-plates as well (which will be a free upgrade for you), so keep helping us spread the word!
Because it’s always fun seeing real physical things in these updates we want to leave you with some pictures of the USB prototype that we received last week.
Thank you all for your support
theOUTlet Team
USB's Unlocked!!
almost 9 years ago
– Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 06:28:38 PM
We’re totally pumped about reaching our funding goal and since it’s Mardis Gras, we’re getting crazy and unlocking the USB stretch goal TODAY! (Find out how, below the image)
Want to upgrade to USB’s but not sure how?
Just click the “Manage Pledge” button and add $7 to your pledge for every outlet you’d like to upgrade.
Haven't backed us yet and want to get USB's?
Select one of our NEW USB pledge levels and Open the Possibilities!
theOUTlet Team
We're Fully Funded!!
almost 9 years ago
– Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 07:13:25 PM
We just wanted to reach out and thank everyone for helping us make our dream a reality! Without your support this never would have been possible. A special shout out to Nick who was our first backer and Vanessa who helped push us over the top!
THANK YOU
theOUTlet Team
Update #4: The Half Way Point!!!
almost 9 years ago
– Fri, Feb 05, 2016 at 06:52:22 AM
Hello Everyone,
We are ecstatic that we’ve reached over 80% of our funding goal at
the half way point!
To date, we have had over 36 publications writing about us,
we’ve been contacted by major hotel chains that want theOUTlet in their hotels;
we are working on launching an EU version of theOUTlet after our campaign, and
expanding our certifications into Japan.The momentum, acceptance and support have been nothing short of
staggering, so with that, to our update...
- 1) At Retail, theOUTlet will
sell for $39.99 and $49.99 (4 plug and 4 plug w/2 USB’s).That means on Kickstarter, we are
selling them for between a 25% and 40% discount to our backers.
- 2) The USB Prototype is COMPLETE, and we’re nearly ready
to start manufacturing!!!!Soooo
Exciting!!!!
- 3) We will be posting a
Backers Only Update “theOUTlet Bowl Special” Friday night around midnight,
so stay tuned for a SUPER opportunity for our Backers … to thank them for
their early support.
- 4) We’ve had lots of questions
on installation, so here are some images of the back of theOUTlet and
theOUTlet installed into an 18 cu in box. We have made theOUTlet SUPER simple to
install.
Until Friday at Midnight…
theOUTlet Team
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P.S. We’re trying to spread the word to other Kickstarter
campaigns about theOUTlet and in return are doing the same for some of them.
Below is a project called LUX CABLES that has a pretty clear connection to
theOUTlet and they’ve already passed their funding goal so we’re happy to share
it with you all. Please take a look at their campaign page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1152946065/lux-cables-the-premium-charging-cable?ref=nav_search
