I really want this set to happen. I saw the base set go up 1% today after a full week? Im a little concerned at this point. Are there any plans on posting this on mechmarket? It's over halfway through the GB period and still no post there, which could potentially help this set gain more traction. Being from the US, I myself don't see how a NA proxy would actually help much, but if a large number of people aren't joining because of that I am all for it. I think the main thing here is there isn't a lot of promotion going on.
The largest problem with sets is not promotion, we have sent our personal letters and gotten personal responses from customers, the problem was everyone knew that the set was running and it was getting hits but no purchases, from the data we see we have around we actually had record-breaking numbers view and interact with the gmk eclipse page and everyone was aware of it. There were posts on reddit too, and a lot of comments. Promotion will sadly not be able to change someone's likes and dislikes on a set, its either hit or miss.
You DO need to make it more clear that payment is after GB and tbh.
You act like there is only a single reason why people went to the site and didn’t purchase.
There are lots of reasons, maybe they DID like it but just spent their money on 9009 or TA RA or Laser, etc. maybe they just backed one of the dozens of new boards.
Trying to get people’s money during the holiday season is hard enough as it is. Add in so much competition and it’s easy to see why the set struggled.
Maybe you did keep up on reddit, I don’t really know, but I put in an order 2 weeks ago and haven’t seen a single communication from you since then. Reddit is an awful place to do updates for a GB cause unless you are a reddit addict and are there when new stuff comes in, it quickly rolls out of view. I would strongly suggest you use either GH or Email to send updates if you want to ensure people actually see them.
I would also suggest a timestamp for your progress bar. At this point I think many people just assume you were inactive, and that doesn’t exactly inspire confidence.