[IC] JDA The Moon (2021/03/25 Group buy concluded, manufacturing soon)

[eskimojo]

Agreed, pictures of previous runs would be great.

I found this zfrontier post after someone linked me a taobao link - the printing quality seems somewhat grainy.

[keebs.io]

Dramas aside, I appreciate that it's quite a unique design, with a creative execution of the theme, with evident effort and thought given to the icon mods and novelties. I also appreciate you taking the time to answer various concerns by other members of the community, and hope you can feedback to the original designer,  further areas of improvement that can be done with the legends that several ppl have mentioned. i.e. Caps Lock instead of Capslock. Suggest changing from 'Win' to 'Sys' term as well.
Not the biggest fan of all-in-one kitting either.

Also are there any renders of the deskmat design with the keyset? I'd like to see how it complements the set as a whole.
I'm also worried about banding issues with that gradient in the picture you've shown in the post.

I also am really uncomfortable with the name you're choosing to operate with. Wouldn't you prefer to choose something much less similar to keeb.io and make an original brand for yourself?

Please don't be offended by my comments. I actually like the idea, am interested in the profile, and like the gradient as well. If the China GB has already happened, do show us some real life pictures, that would be very helpful to this IC.

+1 to the above. If this set/profile has already ran before, then photos of prior products will allay people's concerns about the quality of a profile/manufacturer that people here are unfamiliar with. I appreciate the few photos of colour matched sample, but those are blanks- are there any other sample keycaps with the legends on them, so we can see how that contrast and clarity looks? Photos of the underside /thickness of caps will also be appreciated by others here too.

If this set has already run and you're producing more after this round of GB, please consider redoing the text legends. I would actually consider purchasing this if the "CapsLock" had a space so it's "Caps Lock". Also, the crescent moon shape beside every mod legend somehow just seems way too close to me, visually. Make the text smaller and give it room to breathe, especially for Tab and Shift.

The font size on the stepped caps is also way bigger than all the other mods. It's kind of jarring.

I also am really uncomfortable with the name you're choosing to operate with. Wouldn't you prefer to choose something much less similar to keeb.io and make an original brand for yourself?

Please don't be offended by my comments. I actually like the idea, am interested in the profile, and like the gradient as well. If the China GB has already happened, do show us some real life pictures, that would be very helpful to this IC.

Thanks for these very good feedback!

We will change "Capslock" to "Caps Lock" and 'Win' to "Sys".

Regarding the Kit, our manufacture Drunken Ink does not provide us the option to place separate orders for different modules.

Regarding the sample kit, Chinese New Year holiday just ended and we are trying our best to push manufacture for delivering us a complete sample. We will share more photos once we have them.

Also, we have more than enough orders from our trial run in China region and MOQ has been met.

Please forgive me if I miss quote any related questions!

[keebs.io]

Agreed, pictures of previous runs would be great.

I found this zfrontier post after someone linked me a taobao link - the printing quality seems somewhat grainy.

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We completely understand peoples concern here.

We will definitely share more exclusive pictures regarding JDA and this set soon.

Hope that will ease people's concerns and feel more comfortable to join the group buy after this bumpy ride.

[keebs.io]

Agreed, pictures of previous runs would be great.

I found this zfrontier post after someone linked me a taobao link - the printing quality seems somewhat grainy.

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Our China region trial run ended around Feb, 10th. This global group buy and trial run are scheduled to be manufactured together (hopefully on March 2021). Due to the delay of CNY and pile of orders, manufacture just resumed our sample making process. We will provide our sample picture soon!

[keebs.io]

If this set has already run and you're producing more after this round of GB, please consider redoing the text legends. I would actually consider purchasing this if the "CapsLock" had a space so it's "Caps Lock". Also, the crescent moon shape beside every mod legend somehow just seems way too close to me, visually. Make the text smaller and give it room to breathe, especially for Tab and Shift.

The font size on the stepped caps is also way bigger than all the other mods. It's kind of jarring.

I also am really uncomfortable with the name you're choosing to operate with. Wouldn't you prefer to choose something much less similar to keeb.io and make an original brand for yourself?

Please don't be offended by my comments. I actually like the idea, am interested in the profile, and like the gradient as well. If the China GB has already happened, do show us some real life pictures, that would be very helpful to this IC.

Hi there, no offense taken and we really appreciate the feedbacks. We will change "CapsLock" into "Caps Lock", thanks for bringing it up!

[Draxthor]

In for the keyboard kit!!!

[Ratheighna]

I would love the ability to get the blue moon kit with the standard alphas added on as a smaller kit option.

[azzipa]

so a bunch of low post count profiles boost this, a spotty website, no proxies and no history. Call me skeptical. and this direct shipping with no recourse is not a positive for me. others might see it differently.

[candravamsa]

Even for the people that still want the set, at this point MOQ might become an issue.

[keebs.io]

I would love the ability to get the blue moon kit with the standard alphas added on as a smaller kit option.

Sorry, JDA provider Drunken Ink does not support selling it as smaller modules.

[keebs.io]

so a bunch of low post count profiles boost this, a spotty website, no proxies and no history. Call me skeptical. and this direct shipping with no recourse is not a positive for me. others might see it differently.

Sorry about the unpolished website! We are new to this community and we are a small shop.

For our first drop, we want to focus more on quality the keycap set itself and make sure it will be delivered on time.

We also know there is a process for building trust in this community. With all these drama, we think the best way to proof ourselves is to make sure keycap set will be delivered on time and with amazing quality.

We really appreciate all the feedbacks from Geekhack, Reddit and Discord. We learnt so much from those.

P.S. we know people are worried about our domain name. We will come up with a new domain and name for ourselves soon.

[keebs.io]

Even for the people that still want the set, at this point MOQ might become an issue.

In the CN run, we have over 300 orders. MOQ has been meet.

[Kaidesk_Lee]

Love the gradient colours, some of the best I've seen so far.

[japancakes]

Blood moon looks crazy good and different.

[jk_pens]

Not yet decided on getting in on this, but I love the colorways and am SO HAPPY to see a set with what appears to be an R2 1.75 that doesn't have a legend on it. I *always* remap caps lock to something else and hate even seeing "caps lock" on my board ;-) I wish more sets included a novelty or even a blank for that spot.

[keebs.io]

Hi guys, updated our IC Post with JDA sample pictures we had. Let us know if you have any questions!

[keebs.io]

Hi guys, Some updates:

1. Currently we are at 69 orders (+ 400 orders in CN and other channel)
2. Sound added.
3. Base on feedbacks, we will keep using Directional Crescent Arrow key as shown in our current render.

[keebs.io]

Some very important updates, want to repeat it here so that more people will see it.

1. We will cover custom duty:
All the orders will be shipped from our shipping partner to you directly. We reimburse custom duty for all orders. If you are imposed with custom duty for your order, you can submit your custom duty documents to support@keebs.io for us to review. We will refund duty amount to back to your original payment method.
2. Group Buy Ending will be closed on 03/15/2021:
We currently have around 500 orders globally. All orders will be manufactured together. According to our designer, “The Moon” sets are scheduled to be produced around end of March. In order for us to deliver “The Moon” on time, we will need to finalize our order numbers by mid March. Therefore, Group Buy will be closed one week early and on 03/15/2021. We sincerely apologize for changing our Group Buy Schedule!
3. In-Stock sale after fulfillment:
After Group Buy order fulfillment and defect fixes, we will host in-stock sale if there are extras left.
4. PayPal:
We are actively working with PayPal to expedite the review process for our business account. However, we don’t have an ETA on when our business account will be ready. So we won’t be able to support PayPal payment for JDA the Moon GB.

[keebs.io]

Updates:

1. GB on ClickClack.io concluded with 199 sets.
2. We are looking to start manufacturing JDA The Moon on around March 30th.
3. All 3 color ways' complete sample will be made before mass production. Designer will be on site to make sure it meets our design.
4. We are building our brand-new ClickClack.io. Our next release will be on our new website.

[devpm]

Do we have some news on this? It has been a looooooong time without any updates.... Worrying :/

[Technofrikus]

Check out their discord. They give regular updates there. Current status is the sets are finished, only some space bars are missing or have to me remade. Due to covid reappearing in china this takes longer then expected.

[devpm]

Aaaaaah!

Indeed I did not think about discord. Will have a look there.

But those are good news because I thought the project was dropped for some reasons. Now I can breath again. 

Thank you for your answer.