Welcome to Guild Surplus! We've just debuted this website, announced our existence, and launched our very first product as a preorder.
For more details on the product itself, the Rathalos Plate, please see its product page. That's also where you can order if you're interested! The preorder is planned to stay open until Friday, September 5th, but it may need to close earlier than that depending on how many orders we receive.
Here we'll explain what "preorder" means for us and what to expect moving forward.
This preorder is an opportunity for those most interested in this product to get it at a discounted price vs. what it will sell at normally, and in exchange we're able to fulfill this order at volume with the funds we raise upfront from the preorder. If you choose to order, you'll pay in full at checkout, and we expect to begin fulfillment within 2 weeks of the preorder closing, on a first come first serve basis. We'll ship a batch every week, expecting to ship all preorders within a maximum of 3-4 months from the close date (So, by December/January). Soon after we've completely fulfilled the preorders, we'll make the product available again at retail price. If you miss the preorder, don't worry, we're not planning to limit availability of the product at all and we will accept retail orders as quickly as we can fulfill them.
The preorder and retail product will be identical besides the price, and we have already tested our manufacturing and fulfillment processes on an initial batch for friends and family. The display piece in the image above is made with the exact same processes we plan to use at volume! While there's always still some risk of delays in production, we've built in some buffer into the communicated timeline and are confident we can hit it. If anything changes, we'll be sure to promptly communicate what's happening and its impact to everyone with open orders.
If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out via the contact page and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.