Straight to the point- I will be shrinking back my business dramatically. I absolutely can not handle the amount of set backs I have been getting in terms of pins, supply shortages, and just general depression.
I am overwhelmed by the support I have been given, and I am so grateful. I would have lost my mind a long time ago if I didn't have such an amazing audience.
For your benefit and mine I am going back to limited edition. I am trimming it down to 50LE per design. On top of this, I am personally tired of new comers not paying attention to my very clear warnings for preorders. I am not scanning anyone, I love pins. I want you to get pins within 4 months! Sadly, I feel like I have been tripping on boulder after boulder. I know it feels like the "covid" excuse no longer holds any weight, but its honestly worse than most customers know. I could go on for a long time about the issues but its not just pin makers. Everything we rely on is disappearing, including man power. One factory of mine went for 50 workers to 10. I just can't stress enough what that means for pins that are highly labor intensive- ie lots of screen print and lots of color filling.
I have spend a lot of time thinking about my community turning on me. It haunts me when I read some comments on facebook groups. So, while I am doing my best I know its not enough for everyone.
So on top of the LEs I will only be opening preorders in the future to my pin club only. Anyone outside that will have to wait for anything left, or deal with after market sellers. This is the only way I can see myself getting back on track with a lot less stress.
I am fully moving my collab pins with Mellowyemen, Gomen Gang, and Spicy Cherry Art first as they are extremely delayed and high priority. I took out a bank loan to do this. I do not naturally have $10,000, but that is the cost of moving 500 pins.
If I have left anything out please message me!
As always,
Eleos