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  • Fri, Oct 23 2009

    As part of a new and ongoing effort to expand the transparency within our community as to how decisions are made &  how influence/cash is rewarded, we’ve added this super cool page in your profile so you can track how much influence you have earned in each products’ various phases of development. If you go to your porfolio and click any of the products listed under your picture, you will be able to see how much influnence you have earned for all products inproduction, in presales, and in development. Click to expand/explore for a deeper dive into the breakdown. So now you can see where your (and other peoples) influence is coming from.



    Remember, influence means earning potential.



    Let us know if you have questions or feedback on this page.  We will be adding many more features in the coming weeks which will allow the entire community to see & track sales both direct on our site and at wholesale/retail…    We understand there is some question as to how things are all happening, and we intend to explain everything by constantly unveiling new tools such as this one today.



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  • Thu, Oct 15 2009

    Check out our latest images of the DigiDude family. These things are looking great!

    To view the full family check out the DigiDude product’s page.

    g-bling-money-son

    1ichomp

  • Thu, Oct 15 2009

    check out the finished Lugecubes “how to” manual. pretty cool!

    we still got lots more to pre-sell before we hit threshy on this one…

    who wants influence?! who wants us to make this thing? commit now!
    LugeCubeBackFinal

  • Wed, Oct 14 2009

    Quirky’s Q Brix is a magnetic building blocks set for children and adults ages 10 and up. The goal of the set is simple: build structures, shapes, 8-bit dudes, emoticons, colorful mosaics, and more.

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    Q Brix comes with an booklet of design suggestions and ideas but this toy is open for your creativity. Build on top of the incorporated, magnetic Q Brix base, or on top of any metal surface (fridge, lamps, tables, etc), or simply leave their Q Brix creations free standing. The options are endless with Q Brix – think outside the blocks!

    Q brix are ABS plastic cubes with a neodymium magnet embedded in each one. Each Q brix is a 3/4” x 3/4” x 3/4” cube and when put together (cover and base included) the set is 12” x 10” x 2”.

    Commit to your Q Brix now in pre-sales ($28.99) and earn some influence!!

  • Mon, Oct 5 2009

    hello quirks -

    so we promised updated and additional renders of the kickster (you remember, the awesomely cool, multi-functional ipod case that we made in 24 hours). Kickster

    We’ve got these up now and our apologies for the delay! View these 6 new renders on kickster’s product page. We’ve pre-sold 59/300 of these so far. Lots of influence still up for grabs.

    Are we gonna move this product into manufacturing  too? You tell us! Commit now…$14.35 in pre-sales.

  • Fri, Oct 2 2009

  • Wed, Sep 30 2009

    Cordies hits quirky’s online store! Commit now for $9.99 and earn influence! We need 400 to take this one from pre-sales to manufacturing. GO GO GO!

    glory

    Cordies is an on-your-desk cable management system. This product organizes your wires while helping to keep your work station tidy and uncluttered. Cordies’ playful form, small size, and quirky colors makes it a product that you’d like placing on your desk.

    Each cordie (spanning about 3.5 inches wide) has 3 individual loop spaces enabling you to store many cables at once. You can stack cables on top of one another inside each loop, leaving ample space for your power cords, USB cords, cell phone charger, audio cables, headphones, firewire, and more.

    Cordies are made of weighted yet flexible rubber, allowing for a perfectly sturdy grip.

  • Mon, Sep 28 2009

    So, it’s getting to be time to ship product, which means it’s time for you guys to start earning money. We’ve updated our payment system so it’s far easier and more efficient for you all to receive your earnings. Here’s how it all works:

    As soon as you earn 75 dollars (you can view this from your payments/moneys tab in your profile) we will ask you to fill out your payment profile. Your payment profile will include info such as your mailing address (where you would like to receive your checks). Keep in mind this payment profile page is an SSL, secure, and encryped page AVAILABLE TO NO ONE except our finance and wire department.

    If you are a US citizen and you have a US bank account:

    You have the option of receiving your payments via check or ACH. We will mail your check to you and obviously pay for the postage. ACH is a direct transfer to your bank account. Think – direct deposit at work. (Only this is direct deposit from quirky.)

    If you are NOT a US citizen:

    You have the option of receiving your payments via check (which we will mail to you and pay for the mailing fee ourselves) or if you’d like the money immediately we can arrange that this money be wired to you (the small wire fee will come out of your earnings).

    Some other things to note:

    1. Once you earn 600 dollars, we will arrange for tax info to be received. This will NOT be done on our website or on your payment profile page (for obvious security reasons) but will be done offline – either by phone or by snail mail. 

    2. You can request your withdrawl any time there is 75 dollars or more in your account but not more than one request for withdrawl per week.

    3. We will process all withdrawl requests within 72 hours of receiving them. (aka your check will be cut within 72 hours of you requesting it or your money will be directly deposited within 72 hours after requesting it). 

    4. There is no limit to how much you can withdraw at any period as long as you have at least 75 dollars (all you x-namethisers will be happy to hear that one!)

    To ease your curiousity (we know you are all wondering why we got rid of the Payoneer cards?):

    – well for one, we know the 200 dollar limit was a matter of utter annoyance to you all 

    – and more importanlty, from the business side of things, we have found that this route is far more sustainable. This route does not include fees, holding companies, and we are pleased to say that the money will go straight form us to you rather than through any middle man or woman. Yeah, so thats right, you’ll get your money far more efficiently! 

    Of course, we’ve got ol’ faithful tinydino ready to answer any questions you’ve got. So go bother tinydino@quirky.com if you need anything or have any questions!

  • Fri, Sep 18 2009

    No need to wait for that wedding, bar mitzvah, or frat party, now you can quickly build and customize your own ice luge at home or in your dorm room.

    LugeCubes

    Quirky’s LugeCubes set comes with 3 mold designs, a drinking spout and an image only, no reading required, assembly instruction booklet. You can choose to ice luge with one, two, or three tiers – each tier is an 8” x 8” x 8” cube. So stack ‘em all or keep it to one: it’s up to you how fast you want to get that liquor into your system.

    We’ve carefully crafted the tubular luge design to allow the drinker to see the liquor traveling through the ice (READ: easy to imbibe when intoxicated). The drinking spout is removable and reusable so you can give it a quick clean between drinkers – mom may not be proud your drinking, but she’ll be glad to know you aren’t spreading H1N1 around your frat house.

    Commit to your LugeCubes now – only $22.47 in pre-sales. We need 300 to move this thing to manufacturing.

    Go go go, get your LugeCubes and earn influence by committing in pre-sales!

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  • Tue, Sep 15 2009

    When we started quirky we thought it would be fantastic if we were able to produce all of our products locally.    But just like any startup business, plans change due to circumstances.


    When the split-stick hit threshold a few weeks back, we immediately knew sourcing a memory-based product in the US would be a tough task.  That, above & beyond meeting our promise to deliver the a quality product to customers within 8 weeks.  Oy.


    Luckily, we were able to find a manufacturer in china who was able to meet our demands on quality and timeframe, and began working with them immediately.


    Our desire to transition manufacturing back to the US is a very strong one.   It requires an incredible amount of speed and quality on behalf of the manufacturer, something we are willing to pay a reasonable premium for.


    If you are a manufacturer anywhere in the world and love what we’re doing and think you can keep up… let us know.


    Keith (our lead engineer) and I are boarding a plane to Hong Kong in a few hours and will provide a few video updates for you along the way.    Splitstick has just finished tooling and is going into production/assembly this week (which we will be  there to oversee) and Digidude has a production ready prototype which I will share with you later in the week.


    Things are really coming along.   We’d appreciate hearing your thoughts on our decision  – Ben





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