Thu Dec 20 '18 Announcement
almost 6 years ago
– Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 05:17:19 AM
Hey Backers
We wanted to give you an update before the year ends.
Update Frequency
It should be self-evident, but we want to point out that we will be very honest with all the things happening in the process until we ship your Lumapods. We will try to post at least one update each month.
Fake Pages
Unfortunately, we have already found 2 fake websites, trying to sell Lumapods - which are of course just trying to cheat on people. Be aware!
At the moment we are only on Kickstarter and Indiegogo!
In case you find a website selling Lumapods, please report it to us, so we can try to shut it down immediately.
Changes within our team and partners
We have a new team member, who is a perfect match for our next tasks. Hello Elias! (see below)
To add some improvements and speed up finishing the design process we also hired a super experienced engineering service provider. For us, this is only possible due to the great support of the Kickstarter people - YOU!
What we are working on
The reinforcement of our team allows us to ensure that all our big topics can be worked on in a professional manner.
After all, perfectly engineered design in all details and flawless quality are our first priority.
Finishing the mechanical design
We always wanted to develop a perfect product. During the Kickstarter campaign we received a lot of feedback from our backers. Hence, for the best experience using Lumapod, we decided to incorporate some improvements, such as a higher tensioning force and an improved telescope locking mechanism.
In addition, we are adapting the design to meet the requirements of mass production. We will show you the details in further updates.
Talking to Manufacturers
Due to our experience from previous projects, we know that choosing the manufacturer is one of the most critical parts of launching a new product and has a lot of failure potential. We aim to find the appropriate relation between total-costs, reliability and quality. So we selected only highly professional and well reputated manufacturers, for instance a partner of European tripod brands.
We are conducting talks with these manufacturers to finish the selection and start the production as soon as possible.
Fulfillment
We didn’t know of THAT MANY fulfillment services being out there! We are in deep conversations with the most promising ones to find the best solutions.
Team Member of the Month: Elias
I know, some may not believe this, but we are a small team with real people ?
We will introduce one of our team members in each update. We want to start with our newest member: Elias
Elias is in his mid-thirties and experienced in business development, project management and startups. He is our guy to find the best partner for fulfillment and he took on the challenge to deal with our selection of manufacturers in order to find out which one fits best. “I am so happy about the opportunity to work with such a motivated and open minded team!”
He recharges his batteries by hiking and mountain climbing or making music. "After that my head is clear again".
That’s it for now. Next update will be in January. Last thing to say:
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
-Team Lumapod
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