Thank You

With all the pre-sale madness behind us, we wanted to take a moment to offer a big THANK YOU to everyone who showed their interest in our wristbands and spread the word.

We’re just two regular college students who had an idea last week. Now, a week and a half later, over 500 wristbands have been sold and $525 total is going to the Children’s Defense Fund. We can’t even believe how fast this all happened and how supportive people have been of this idea. In full disclosure, we probably should have been packing and preparing for our graduations next weekend, but we’re running a small business instead (and it’s much more fun). We cannot wait to get the wristbands and ship them out next week, and we’re even more excited to hear your feedback and see pictures of you guys wearing your wristbands!

To all those who did not get one: Thank YOU too! Because of your demand, we know we are ordering more, and we’re excited for you to finally get them. Basically, by the end of this whole operation we’ll have donated at least $1,000 to charity. That’s amazing.

Remember, our next batch will go on sale May 24th and will ship in early June. There will also be Twitter giveaways over the next 2 weeks. Stay tuned for more info on these.

Thank you thank you thank you!

Much LOST love,

Samantha + Anita @ LOST Wristbands

Almost Time…

Today’s wristbands go on sale in about 15 minutes. Once again, here’s a direct link to the store:

http://lostwristbands.bigcartel.com/

Also, keep in mind that BigCartel’s system works in such a way that once an item has been added to someone’s cart, they have it on hold until they check out. That’s most likely the problem that most people were having–all of the items get put into carts really quickly and the system gets confused (probably just as confused as some of you were 1 minute into Monday’s sale when it said there were no more wristbands)!

Good luck today, guys!

Sold Out in 10 Minutes!

WOW. We really did not expect for these wristbands to go that fast. However, we now know that the demand for the Wednesday and Friday batches is going to be just as insane and just as frustrating for those of you who can’t get your order in. So we want to let you let you know now:

THERE WILL BE MORE WRISTBANDS!

And here’s the explanation as to why we’ve been selling them in such a strange way:

The two of us are graduating from college next week, and we’re moving across the country at the end of the month. We’re going to be working our butts off to try and get these first two batches (first batch guaranteed) out to everyone before the finale. However, at a certain point we’re going to have to put our ordering and mailing operation on hold for a couple weeks (to, you know, pack, move, enter the real world, etc).

SO, after this week of crazy frenzy purchasing, we WILL be ordering more wristbands. They will go up for sale the day after the finale airs (May 24th) and they will begin shipping in early June. These wristbands won’t have any sort of limit on them–we will order as many as we need to so that we can meet your guys’ demand.

We know the system this week is stressful and frustrating, but keep in mind that if you miss out Wednesday and Friday, you will definitely be able to purchase a wristband after the finale–no question. The advantage to this week is that you will get your wristband earlier (maybe even before the finale). So if you’re willing to put up with the craziness–rock on! It’s pretty exciting for us, and we’re sure it is for you. So please, keep e-mailing us your questions and comments, and enjoy tomorrow’s episode! We love you guys already and we haven’t even met you. LOST has that power, I guess.

P.S. After this week we will also have Twitter contests where we will be giving away free wristbands! So the fun really never stops!

A Little Clarification

Thought I’d post a little reminder, in case it’s not clear for our new fans how we’re operating:

When you place an order, be advised it is technically a pre-sale. It will not ship immediately. We have been selling our batches before they arrive to us so we can judge how many more to order if the current batch sells out. This way, we can ensure as many people who want them can have a good chance at getting one.

For Batch 1 (If you bought one via our pre-sale last Thursday): This batch will arrive on May 13th the latest. Therefore, they will be shipped any time between May 11th – May 14th.

For Batch 2 (This week’s Monday/Wed/Fri pre-sale): This batch will arrive May 14th the latest. Therefore, they will be shipped between May 12th – May 15th.

We don’t want you to worry if a week has passed and you haven’t received your order. We will communicate with you here throughout the entire process, including posting pictures when they arrive to us and updating when batches have shipped to you. For more information on guaranteed delivery and international shipping, check our FAQs link. And as always, if you’re wondering “Batches? Pre-sale? What the heck does this mean?!” e-mail us – we love to hear questions and comments!

Namaste!

Batch 2 Order Details

In the past couple days, we have heard from many different people in many different time zones, so we want to make sure that the sale of Batch 2 is as fair as possible for everyone. We will be releasing Batch 2 in three waves of 100 wristbands each. The schedule is as follows:

MONDAY, May 3rd @ 10 p.m. EST
WEDNESDAY, May 5th @ 4 p.m. EST
FRIDAY, May 7th @ 10 a.m. EST

(click each date to find out the scheduled release time for your time zone)

This way, whether morning, afternoon, or night is the most ideal time for you to get on the computer, you should have at least one day that best fits your schedule/time zone.

We will be setting aside the other 25 wristbands as a safety surplus for ourselves, a number of which will go towards Twitter giveaways!

We hope this method will work out for most people. Once again, the wristbands from Batch 2 are not guaranteed to arrive before the finale, but there’s a pretty good chance that they could (if not just a day or two after). We have quite efficiently streamlined this process, after all!

WITH THAT SAID & IN OTHER NEWS:

Obviously, we have been so rushed with these two batches because we want as many fans to have wristbands the day after the finale as possible. However, we’re positive that interest will only keep growing (especially the closer we get to the finale) and that even in the weeks and months after the finale, people will still be willing to make a purchase. The only problem here is that we’re moving across the country at the end of May and instead of the packing we should be doing in our apartment right now, we have inadvertently started a small business (don’t tell our parents)! So, we are tentatively saying right now that there will be more wristbands after this batch. The only caveat is that they wouldn’t start shipping until early June. But what’s a month to wait for a lifetime of standing in solidarity with fellow LOST fans? We’ll be figuring out the specifics later in the month–Batch 2 is our main focus right now.

Basically, our dream at this point is to be able to give the Children’s Defense Fund the biggest check possible and to be able to see these wristbands on tons of fans at Comic-Con (we’d also love to hand some out there, too)! We’re so pumped that you guys have shown us so much support! We really can’t wait to get these babies in our hands to post some photos for you all–keep spreading the word!

Namaste,
Anita & Sam @ LOST Wristbands

UPDATE: BATCH #2 IS A GO!

You asked for it, you got it! Today we put in the order for another batch of 325 wristbands! Why 325? Because we wanted to be really romantic and have there be 523 wristbands in existence the day after the finale (as in 5-23, the date of the finale), but you can only order in multiples of 5. So just pretend those extra 2 don’t exist for now!

It’s come to our attention that a lot of fans who now want these did not know there was a pre-sale going on, so this time we are going to announce it well in advance. We will update it as soon as we have a date. These wristbands are NOT guaranteed to arrive before the finale, but the latest they will get to us is Friday, May 14th, and may come earlier. Therefore, there is a very good chance you will get it before the finale if you order within the first few days of the 2nd batch sale. Even though we cannot give you a refund if it does not, we encourage you to still order if you are flexible and don’t absolutely need them on the finale date. After all, the point is to wear them after our dear friend LOST has passed!

Price will be the same at $4.23 + $1.75 US Shipping/ $3.00 International Shipping.

$1/wristband will go to the Children’s Defense Fund. If we sell out, in total we will raise $525 for the fund! Not too shabby!

Major national media attention notwithstanding, this will be our final order before the finale. We would love to keep churning these things out on a rolling basis but we are 2 college students in the middle of graduating and moving at the end of the month. Oh, and we’ll be sinking into a deep depression as of 5/23 and will thus be unavailable for some time. It’s a good thing we’ll have these wristbands so people will be able to tell!

Thanks for your support, guys! We’re so excited to do this for fellow LOST fans. I mean seriously, who gets excited about shipping 525 wristbands? What have you done to us?

Namaste!

SOLD OUT! Second batch?

We are SOLD OUT of our first batch! Thank you SO much to everyone who pre-ordered…we sold 200 wristbands in less than a day!

Now, we know that there are a lot of you who were not able to get wristbands, so we are seriously considering putting in an order for a second batch. However, we can’t put in an order unless we know they are going to sell! That’s where you guys come in – tell everyone you can! E-mail any big Lost fans you know! Tell the bloggers! If you belong to a message board – make a post about it! We need to direct as much traffic back to this site as possible.

To get everyone started, we ask that everyone with a Twitter re-tweet this phrase:

Tell @lostwristbands we want more LOST memorial wristbands! Retweet and take the poll: http://bit.ly/b53GSD

If we can order by the end of today or early tomorrow, there is a still a chance we may be able to give pre-orders for the second batch as well. We just need to make sure that there is really enough interest. SO, only if you would buy a wristband from a second batch, please vote in the poll below.

Also, think about whether you wouldn’t mind receiving it after the finale! We’ll be mourning long after 5/24/10 after all – (I’ll probably be wearing mine to the grave)! The point is to be able to recognize strangers on the street as fellow LOST fans–so we want as many people as possible to have these!

IT’S ON! Pre-Order Information

Thank you all for showing your support on Facebook!

We put in the order this morning for 200 wristbands. The estimated delivery date from the company is MAY 13th, but we called them and they said there is also a possibility that they could arrive a day or two early. So tonight, we are going to start accepting pre-orders.

Wristbands are $4.23 each.
$1.00 from each wristband sold goes to the Children’s Defense Fund.
Shipping within the United States is $1.75 per order.
Shipping outside the United States is $2.00 per order.

PRE-ORDERING

• By pre-ordering, you will give us extra time to prepare your shipping label and invoice before our shipment of wristbands even arrives.
• Providing a pre-order period will allow us to gauge if there is enough demand to warrant an extra order of wristbands beyond the original 200.
• Pre-orders are guaranteed to arrive before the finale date or your money back.
• The last day for pre-orders is MONDAY, MAY 10th.

After the 10th, once we receive the shipment, we will open up regular orders for the remaining wristbands–these are not guaranteed to arrive before the finale, but we will do our best to get them out ASAP.

PRE-ORDERS WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AT 9:30 P.M. EST:
http://lostwristbands.bigcartel.com/

If you have any questions, please contact us at: lostwristbands@gmail.com.

Let’s make this happen!

Hopefully we can generate enough interest to get these babies made and shipped in time for the finale!

I’m also looking to donate a percentage of the profit to Children’s Defense Fund. You’ll get a bracelet and help some kids out!

So show your support and become a fan by clicking on our Facebook link on the sidebar!