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Anonymous Adventurer · 2mo

Hi, I'm not familiar with buying zines. How do leftover sales work exactly? Are they the same price as preorders?

Preorders and leftovers are similar in concept! The advantage of preorders is that we know exactly how many items we need to order. We will order extras of each item so that we also have some to sell during leftover sales, but because we can't predict the exact number of items that will actually be left over (since some will arrive damaged), leftover sales will depend on the actual availability of each item which we will only know after preorders are fully shipped.

While we currently anticipate being able to sell the exact same bundles during leftovers as during preorders (at the same cost), it is possible that if we have a large surplus or deficit of any individual item, we may end up changing around the bundles to suit our remaining stock. It is also possible we will offer what most zines call an 'a la carte' option, which is the ability to purchase individual items outside of bundles.

One thing to note is that stretch goals are currently only guaranteed for our preorder purchases. While it is definitely possible we will be offering the same stretch goals items for our leftover bundles, we cannot guarantee anything at this stage because we just don't know how many of each item we'll end up having left!

So the tl;dr is that preorder sales have unlimited stock, while leftover sales will be subject to availability. The prices for bundles (if they remain the same) will also remain the same! Please don't hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions!

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