The purpose of this page is to describe in full detail why we chose a crowdfunding campaign to launch BUDU and how you will play a huge role. Here are the answers to some frequently asked questions.
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5. Why do we need you and your email address?
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6. What if I don't have an iPhone 6/7?
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7. When should I expect to receive my BUDU?
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8. Why aren't there more photos and specific details of BUDU?
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1. What is BUDU?
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BUDU is a phone case platform that revolves around a thin, American made, high quality case, but allows the owner to quickly and conveniently switch the function and look of the case as desired or needed, all without taking your phone out of its case.
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2. Why BUDU?
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Our phones go everywhere we do, and become an extension of us, why can't our mobile phones adapt to who we are and what we are doing? They can now, while being protected, with BUDU!
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3. What is Crowdfunding?
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Crowdfunding, namely Kickstarter and Indiegogo, is a way for individuals to support startup businesses by providing capital in return for a discount on the product after the campaign. More precisely, the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet.
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4. Why crowdfunding for BUDU?
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Crowdfunding gives us the opportunity to see if BUDU resonates with the market, like it does for us. The phone case market is a busy one, but we feel that BUDU will help consolidate a lot of it. To help validate this, we are using crowdfunding to see if anyone else thinks the same, as well as assist us with the tooling and other startup costs. Do to the quality that comes with being made in the USA, our tooling and manufacturing costs are higher than some other phone case manufacturers.
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5. Why do we need you and your email address?
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We want to build a community around BUDU, that we can actively survey through email to better understand what you want. We want to know things like preferred colors, attachments or most popular phone types, so that we can create a product with demand right out of the gates. We will also send BUDU updates, including the exact time our campaign goes live, so make sure you sign up to add your mark and keep up to date on BUDU!
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6. What if I don't have an iPhone 6/7?
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At this point we have tooling started for iPhone 7, which is backwards compatible to the iPhone 6/6s. The tooling is expensive and this allows us to cover the most number of phones for one case design. We plan on offering phone cases for additional phone types as campaign progesses, and we have the funds for the tooling. We will have a backing level of $1 for those who want to support us but don't have an iPhone6/7. We recommend you choosing this backing level, then if your phone type is voted as most popular amongst our backers, you can update your backing level accordingly.
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7. When should I expect to receive my BUDU?
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If you have an iPhone 6/7, we will start our first manufacturing run once our campaign reached its funding goal. This will allow for distribution shortly after the campaign has ended. If you have another cell phone type that was chosen by the backers as one of our stretch goals, we should be able to start distribution shortly after the end of the campaign.
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8. Why aren't there more photos and specific details of BUDU?
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Fantastic question, as much as we would love to show everybody everything there is to know about BUDU, we can't. Considering BUDU hasn't officially hit the market yet, we need to keep a lot of specific close to detour any copycats or counterfeits. As we get closer to the launch of BUDU, we will release more and more. Thanks for your understanding.
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