Keycap Series: September Artist Featuring kōyōkeys
September brings the cozy vibes of autumn and the magic of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. So to celebrate, instead of the usual 1 artist, 2 artists who capture the essence of the season will be featured this month. The first featured artist is kōyōkeys.
Hailing from Australia, Jen is the wonderful lady behind kōyōkeys. The name kōyō means autumn leaves changing color. The keycaps are primarily made from epoxy resin but some specialty designs may include other materials such as polymer clay and glitter. The overall result are designs which are minimalistic yet elegant.
kōyōkeys keycaps range from about S$64-120+ (US$45-88+), and shipping to Singapore is S$20.
Most designs, or colorways as they are called, have about 6-12 units available while the more popular ones might have a little more in quantity (i.e. about 20 units). Each colorway is unique and it might be hard to replicate the same color exactly, so you can be assured that you would be getting a one of a kind little piece of art keycap.
Jen has an interesting take on Raffles Sales: instead of using Google Forms, she offers a range of designs (and quantity) on her online store. The new designs are then announced on her Instagram page. In a way they are raffled just on an online store instead of using Google Forms. Doing so allows interested buyers to "raffle" their luck and see if they are able to check out with their desired color way.
This definitely saves time on administration and the manual effort having to individually contacting each buyer, send them an invoice and see if they have paid or not before packing etc... And for buyers, the result is almost instant in seeing if they are able to get the colorway which they wanted. I like this approach as the wait is practically more than halved and you can received the keycaps much earlier than your regular Raffle Sale method via Google Forms.
One day, I happened to be browsing Instagram and came across Jen's post announcing that there was going to be sales (along with some new releases) on her online store. Sales day come, I went to check out the online store and checked out a sunflower rakuyō keycap. 😍
[Keycap Series: Featuring Artists of the Month]
[Beginner's Guide to Artisan Keycaps: Everything You Need to Know]
It was the typical Shopify platform experience but I appreciated the online store experience:
- Auto-currency conversion on the site and displayed it already in S$.
- Paypal was a payment option.
- No need to create an account just to make purchase. As long as you have your Order number, you are able to keep track of your order easily.
- Once the order was confirmed and on the way, an estimated date period was included in the update email.
- Taxes and shipping calculated at checkout.
- Email updates from Australian Post on the status of the delivery so you can travel virtual with your package.
Unboxing
Artist Info
- Style: 🍁 Nature-Inspired
- Pricing (per keycap): an average of S$64-120 (US$45-88)
- Shipping to Singapore: S$20
- Shipping Internationally: shipping costs will be calculated at checkout.
- Wait Time: Orders within 3-5 days to be processed after being placed, My order took 3 working days to get processed and shipped out. It took another 8 working days (a total of 16 days) to reach me.
- Material: Resin
- Location: Australia
- Social Media:
💗 Loves
Posts
