Thank you everyone for your support of the NAISU N1 Kickstarter campaign! We are at 782% funded as of writing this update.
We are so excited to bring NAISU N1 to you, we have started production!
Production Update
As of 23 May 2024, we have ordered the tooling for the production of NAISU N1 mold. It takes approximately 30 days for the tooling to complete. That puts us at approximately 22 June for tooling completion. It takes another 30 days for tooling approval and production to be completed. Placing the first production run’s completion on 22 July 2024.
Tumbler order will be placed by 30th May 2024. It takes 30 days to produce. So it falls within the 22 July 2024 timeframe.
We can expect assembly and QC to take 1-2 weeks. Shipping will commence 1st to 2nd week August 2024 - placing us within the front quarter of our fulfilment estimate of August to September 2024.
Kindly be reminded that taxes and duties are payable to the governments of the countries backers reside in. We are unable to advise on the tax rates and fees associated with receiving the rewards. We do believe that anything below US$800 is tax free for the United States of America. Unless you’re buying 2x Team Bird, you should not be required to pay taxes. This is not legal advice, kindly check your federal and local state laws for confirmation.
Fulfilment Update
Apart from manufacturing the rewards, a huge part of fulfilment is the logistics aspect of the rewards.
We have signed up two vendors to ensure a smooth fulfilment process.
Backerkit
We have worked with Backerkit for backer rewards fulfillment several times in past projects. We believe they are the Gold Standard for backer fulfillment. Once the campaign has concluded, keep an eye out for a Backerkit email where you will be able to put in add-ons for your rewards and update your delivery information.
Please check your email filters and junk mail at the end of the campaign. We cannot fulfill the rewards without the latest accurate information keyed into Backerkit.
NextSmartShip
We’re thrilled to partner with NSS for the fulfilment of the campaign. We have scoured the internet, reached out to friends and contacts for fulfilment partners. We believe that NSS is the best partner for fulfilment of this crowdfunding campaign.
They have consistently been the fastest to respond to our queries on the nitty gritty details of fulfilment. While we have not collaborated before, we have good reasons to believe they’re going to provide excellent services.
Stretch Goal Updates
We’ve spoken to all our vendors for our stretch goals. It appears that there were some miscommunications with the minimum order quantities for powder coating the N1. The vendor has quoted us for spray painting of the N1 rather than powder coating. Paint is a lot less durable than powder coating and we do not want to compromise the experience of our backers. As such, regretfully we have to move powder coating to the top tier stretch goal at 100,000 USD funds raised.
Seeing the popularity of the tongs, we will move the ice tongs to the 30,000 USD stretch goal instead.
We will also add the recommended glasses to go with the N1’s clear ice! More details to come!
GIVEAWAY!
We have given away 1x NAISU N1 prototype to a lucky winner last Thursday. We will be announcing the next winner at 10pm SGT tonight! Be sure to check out our Instagram Reel for more information https://www.instagram.com/p/C7CIXmEJ_Ka/
We will be giving away 1 last NAISU N1 prototype next Thursday!
Once again thank you everyone for supporting NAISU!
Best regards,
Grey from Team NAISU