The bank statement fax was received the second time by Amazon and the account approved ! With the latest project submission system for Kickstarter it is possible to complete all steps of the process before submitting for final review. The Amazon Payments Business Account was accepted and is now linked to our Kickstarter account.
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Amazon Account Approval
Apr 18, 2012Mea culpa, it has been a long time since I had a debit card. The last one was from New Zeleand and used the EFTPOS network. But in the USA debit cards are issued by credit card companies e.g. VISA, Matercard etc.
Read MoreIn between Kickstarter and Amazon
Feb 29, 2012The last few days I’ve been holding my breath for a response from Kickstarter. But no luck there. So that thread dies with no coherent explanation from the person at Kickstarter as to why HiLO Lens did not meet his criteria. However I just went back to check the Kickstarter site and found the new [...]
Read MoreMore details from Kickstarter
Feb 19, 2012After a discouraging response from Kickstarter as to why HiLO Lens is not appropriate, we do have a more personalized reply : Thanks for writing in and sharing your idea. With Kickstarter, it’s important to be able to communicate past experience, visual examples of your work, and a comprehensive plan to complete your project within a [...]
Read MoreThe mystery of Kickstarter selection
Feb 16, 2012I wish I knew why Kickstarter doesn’t like HiLO Lens. After the initial rejection I asked for some clarification. Here is what I received : Thanks for writing in, and I’m happy to clarify. Kickstarter is a platform designed for the funding of focused and finite creative projects. We try to focus primarily on the arts. [...]
Read MoreIs our sheep breaking the law ?
Feb 15, 2012Yesterday I published some bad news. When it rains, it pours. There may be a copyright issues with our mascot. A friend mentioned that our sheep looked similar to Shaun the Sheep. It turns out that our designer was inspired by Shaun. However our mascot is very different in some ways, for example our mascot [...]
Read MoreThe ups and downs
Feb 14, 2012A big down today After having paved the way to submit a project to Kickstarter I sent in a brief project description and got the following reply : Thank you for taking the time to share your idea. Unfortunately, this isn’t the right fit for Kickstarter. We receive many project proposals daily and review them [...]
Read MoreKickstarter and Amazon requirements
Feb 10, 2012While going through the process of submitting the project to Kickstarter there were a couple of red flags. It was not so clear if we needed an Amazon Payments account or to fulfill Kickstarter’s interpretation of what is required for a valid Amazon Payments account. Typically Amazon Payments accounts have a verified Credit Card from [...]
Read MoreOne step closer to Kickstarter
Feb 08, 2012After some inevitable fax problems, Amazon validated our bank account and we now have an Amazon Payments account. I wonder why an internet company is demanding fax. Continuing the exercise in jumping through hoops, next leap will be to register our Amazon Payments account with Kickstarter…
Read MoreBanking in the USA
Feb 04, 2012After Inc’ing in the USA the next step is to create a bank account. We now have an account with Wells Fargo Bank. They require a deposit of a couple of hundred dollars (100 for checking account and 100 for savings account) and the wire has just gone through. Next step is to link this account with [...]
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