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== Kickstarter ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm so glad you brought this one up because I forgot about that. Awesome. Yep. All right. Well, let me, I think we've got our Kickstarter covered. Let me play the role of Myke Hurley. And we've got, we've got two sponsors today, Anna. And our first sponsor is our friends at Squarespace. This episode is brought to you by Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it easy to create your own website during the month of September only. They're giving you 20% off and a free trial, which is awesome that they've been to only doing 10%. So 20% is twice as good. At least go to squarespace.com. Use the offer code Tallyho nine. Squarespace is constantly updating their platform with new features, new designs, and more support. They have beautiful designs for you to start with and tons of style options for you to adjust so you can really create your own space online. Squarespace takes care of hosting SEO and even make sure your site automatically looks great on any device. It's incredibly easy to use, but if you want some help, Squarespace has an amazing support team that works 24 hours, seven days a week. And I have the proof of that because I do all my work at three o'clock in the morning. While you're there, make sure you go check out their new homepage too. It's got awesome videos that are so beautiful that show how Squarespace fits everyone differently. Make sure you click the little arrows on the sides to check out all the cool videos. Squarespace is always updating their site with fun new branding that you can't help but be inspired by. As we said earlier, you can try Squarespace for free, no credit card required. And if you decide to purchase, it starts at just $8 a month and includes a domain name if you sign up for a year. And make sure to get 20% off this month and support the show by using the offer code Tallyho9. So go check out Squarespace, everything you need to create an exceptional website. So thank you, Squarespace. I'm a very happy customer.

'''Ana Reinert:''' It's just not as much fun when you say Tallyho.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know, gosh. I know that everyone's going to be disappointed. They might actually listen to the Squarespace ad because they're like, hey, that British guy is not reading it this time. Maybe he's going to say something different.

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'''Ana Reinert:''' Are they doing your new blog for Nock?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They are. And that's a whole other thing. They have the commerce platform. So we started on there. And right now, we just have the blog turned on, basically, and just like an about page. But behind the scenes, we're working on the whole commerce piece, which is fully a Squarespace product. It's completely integrated. So we're building the shop behind the scenes. And it integrates with the payment processor and everything and handles the inventory. So once I get that up and rolling, we're going to talk about how we'd set that up. But it's really simple. I mean, it's just like building the blog and all the commerce stuff's built in there for you. So it's great. Very happy with it.

'''Ana Reinert:''' That's awesome.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep.

'''Ana Reinert:''' So do you have any... I'm going to interview you for a second.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay, cool.

'''Ana Reinert:''' So are you planning on doing a Kickstarter for Nock?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes, we're definitely doing a Kickstarter. Kickstarter.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' We're so close to launching, it's driving both Jeff and I crazy. Because we've built all these prototypes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' We've got, you know, the product names. And, you know, we started building the Kickstarter page for all the rewards. That's all. All that's filled in. So now we've actually haven't been doing as much this last week because we're just waiting for... We got in tags, you know, little branding tags for our final samples. We got the fabric in for our final samples. And we got the thread in for our final samples. All of that just came in in the past day. So Jeff's going to work on building the final samples. We got to make those. We got to take the photography for those samples. Our video's done. It's edited. It's in the can.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So once we get all that done, which is really not that much, we'll be able to send it to Kickstarter for approval. And if we don't launch by the end of next week, it'll be the following week, I'm thinking.

'''Ana Reinert:''' So before October.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Before October.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Very exciting.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Which has been our goal. Our goal all along has been September. And it looks like we're going to meet it. So we just got to tie up a few loose ends and get these final, you know, kind of production level samples done so we can take the photography. And then we'll release it and let everyone know. And I think we'll be good to go.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Well, I know. I know. I'm excited to see the Kickstarter and all the final samples. So I'm sure everyone else is, too.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, good. Good. And we're going to hopefully have enough product samples to get some out for review as well. So I will definitely be in touch.

'''Ana Reinert:''' I hope I make your review list.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know. I know. Oh, my goodness. All right. So one of the things that you brought up and I thought was a really interesting question was about discontinued items and how to handle it when one of your favorite products gets canned, basically. And the company is no longer making it. And you're kind of stuck either using, you know, a paper system or a calendar system or a pen or a pencil that's been one of your favorites. And now all of a sudden you can't get it. And how do you handle it? So what's the problem you've had? You've had a problem recently.

'''Ana Reinert:''' I actually had two.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Uh-oh.