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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 9640047" data-attributes="member: 326">Had to send an email to Drivethru, their Fulfillment terms are not as linear as I had imagined. They have 3 options:1. On the Kickstarter I just charge the Profit amount - then Backers get to buy the book at Cost (Printing + Shipping) once the Kickstarter has ended.2. On the Kickstarter I charge Profit + Printing Amount + Shipping Amount (chosen by backer); then I pay for all the books myself at cost via Drivethru.3. Same as #2 but a Fulfillment company ships the books - only necessary if I include physical items other than the book itself.Of those #1 seems to be the simplest and most affordable since Kickstarter only take their 5% from the Profit, not 5% from the Profit+Printing+Shipping. Has anyone here ever backed a Kickstarter using that method?I was toying with the idea of a Pre-launch backer bonus item, I will see what Drivethru say in their reply but I am assuming that option will only be available if I go with a fulfillment partner, which may or may not be financially viable.Anyway, so just a heads up, I had the Kickstarter Pre-launch page done (or at least I thought I did), but turns out that was the actual Kickstarter page itself. Luckily enough I didn't activate it. So I need to build the Pre-launch page (largely the same details) but these new Drivethru Options will likely change the Pricing structure if I go with option #1, which ends up changing the Kickstarter page design as well. Once I get a reply from Drivethru should only take a day or so to get the Pre-launch page going.  <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤞" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f91e.png" title="Crossed fingers    :fingers_crossed:" data-shortname=":fingers_crossed:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

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