Status Update!
Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 by Joshua James

Hello!

It's been awhile since we've updated, things have been extremely crazy around here. When we first started months ago we had no idea how quickly the site would grow. It's been a blessing and somewhat of a curse at the same time.

When we started we had planned to develop slowly and methodically based around how users were interacting with the site, what the artists wanted, and so forth. We didn't want to just place a product in front of people and say 'Go ahead use it..', and we didn't want to just ignore our customers / artists.

So what happened?
Well, long story short, we got swamped, in the best possible way. New artists sign up daily, test printing galore, multiple orders shipping out every day. It's great, however we are not a huge company, we are just a few people doing this in our spare time.

We've tried to keep up with the growth and it's been a struggle. Right now we are mid-way through an upgrade that didn't really pan out, so you'll notice the cart is a bit broken, the submissions are down, and the ordering system has become a bit of a manual process.

So what are you going to do?
Well, we've hired a great programmer to come in and finish up a lot of major features. We've listened closely to what all of you want added / changed. And we have addressed most of those concerns

We are hoping *fingers crossed* that this update will be reading for the beginning of September.

What about larger sizes?!
We definitely hear you!! We have paper sitting here ready to print 18x24 and 24x36 sizes. We have all the packaging we need to ship those orders. The only piece of the puzzle missing is the new ordering system, which again, *fingers crossed* will launch in September.

What about international orders!?
This has easily been the most requested addition, the international crowd has been the most vocal by far and we have saved every one of your inquiries. As soon as the new system is online we will start to allow international orders and will notify EVERY ONE of you that has asked personally.

We'd really like to thank everyone for all the support. Unlike other sites we take an extremely personal approach to what we are doing. We want to work with the artists instead of just giving you a cold sterile place to make orders with no face behind the operations.

We are working our butts off over here and we'll hope you'll all enjoy the updates very soon.



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