Tesoros de Columbia -new frogs offered !

[Sherman]

Hello all,

This is just a friendly reminder that today is the last day to place an order for these new frogs from Understory Enterprises.

P. terribilis: Black-footed Orange $185, Black-footed Yellow $150.
P. aurotaenia: Yellow Narrow-banded $80, Green $75.
D. truncates: Nilo $60

Plus a $15 box fee and shipping.*

*New England froggers can bundle their frogs with mine and not pay shipping. Dead-line 2PM today.

[Sherman]

Keep saving your conservation pennies, we are working on the "donate button". We will have it up and running shortly, we just need a little more time to create something suitable for the scope of the project.
Here is a little teaser:

5"x4" decal. Available soon!

[Stu&Shaz]

Keep saving your conservation pennies, we are working on the "donate button". We will have it up and running shortly, we just need a little more time to create something suitable for the scope of the project.
Here is a little teaser:

5"x4" decal. Available soon!

Saving Colombian Frogs Forever!!!!

Chris nice work mate, there's your caption^^^^^^^ 'Erm I've all but stolen it from an interested party :oops: :lol:

Chris a suggestion from a simple guy that paints pictures of wildlife,use a RED Lehmanni :reasons are two fold,first up red for all but those afflicted with colour blindness, jumps off the page better than yellow:tis more eyecatching.2nd no confusion with Leucs

Thankyou

Stu

[pa.walt]

stu I think that is the logo that tesoros has.

[Sherman]

Stu,

S.C.F.F.!!!!! Bold. Forever is a long time!
The logo is pre-designed from Tesoros. I do not think authority to randomly change it, besides, I am red/green colorblind and I think it would look terrible. Hahahahah.

Interestingly though, the red form of lehmanni is very rare in the wild now due to over collecting for the hobby, so it would be a really sound choice for a symbol of this project. I think they use the yellow because that is a frog that they are currently breeding.

[Stu&Shaz]

Ha ha sorry Chris,but as I wrote I thought "bet Chris is colourblind" ,ahh well mate can but try I think having high aspirations is good, especially applicable here, the whole project is BOLD :wink: .

Walt,yes it may well be already in use,although I didn't lift it from a source others will have seen and wasn't aware,just wanted to stick me oar in that's all,it seemed really apt.

thanks both

Stu

[Sherman]

The first shipment from Colombia will be delayed.
It was supposed to ship from Indoor Ecosystems October 29th for delivery on the 30th. Unforeseen delays, including our very own government shutdown caused the delay. If the issues cannot be ironed out, the frogs may be exported to Canada and re-exported to the USA. (at no additional charge to the customer) Everyone involved is concerned about the well being of the frogs, and the winter temperatures may come into play. Refunds are being offered to people that may be unwilling to wait, but I urge everyone to be patient. The hobby has waited decades for these animals, and everyone involved is working hard to get this done.

Thank you, Tesoros, Understory Enterprises, Indoor Ecosystems and everyone involved in this complex process.

Patiently waiting,

[Sherman]

First one.
Working on the indiegogo campaign, these will be a perk. Is a $25 donation too much for a sticker?
$100 for a t-shirt?
Let me know. Remember, the target audience will not necessarily be the dart frog hobby for these.

[Philsuma]

Way too much unfortunately, IMO.

Sticker - $10.00

T-shirt - $20.00

[Dendro_Dave]

I would go 15 on sticker, and 30-35 on t-shirt.

At 20 for a t-shirt there isn't much profit after you have the shirt made.

Glad they are starting an indiegogo. The donation amount is usually well over the value of the perk and most tend to donate and not even take the perks on there I think... Unless it is something like a campaign for a new consumer electronic product or something.

Think they'd do frogs as a perk? You could take the order amound for 3-4 frogs, tack on a hundred bucks to that, make the money on the frogs and the 100 in donation. You could offer it as a limited perk, like 1 or just a few available.

Have you looked into cafepress for creating a variety of perks?
http://www.cafepress.com/make/design-your-own

I don't know what I could do, but I have ran my own failed indiegogo campaign for the dryad viv LOL, so I have some experience using their interface, if you need some help.

[Armson]

First one.
Working on the indiegogo campaign, these will be a perk. Is a $25 donation too much for a sticker?
$100 for a t-shirt?
Let me know. Remember, the target audience will not necessarily be the dart frog hobby for these.

Thanks for doing all this Chris, Let me know when you get the site up.

Might be a good idea to get posters as well or if you really want to get a big boost, have people bid for position of ordering

-Byron

[pa.walt]

............have people bid for position of ordering...............so what you are writing is I if I give 2000.00 to spend I get my frogs before you even though I am a beginner. that's the way I read it.

[Armson]

............have people bid for position of ordering...............so what you are writing is I if I give 2000.00 to spend I get my frogs before you even though I am a beginner. that's the way I read it.

Serious?

Please tell me anything in this world that doesn't follow this same rule? If you are willing to pay X + 2K then I am sure you are going to get to the top of the list, Regardless of your experience level. That is unless some other noob pays X + 4K, etc.

-Byron

[Stu&Shaz]

Massive thanks here Chris,the work is very much appreciated.

best

Stu

[Crystallized]

First one.
Working on the indiegogo campaign, these will be a perk. Is a $25 donation too much for a sticker?
$100 for a t-shirt?
Let me know. Remember, the target audience will not necessarily be the dart frog hobby for these.

When you getting stickers and tshirts? I want to support tesoros as much as i can even though i don't have room for anymore frogs at the moment.
So just take my money!

[Philsuma]

so only a 'couple' people are getting these auratus ?

[Dendro_Dave]

so only a 'couple' people are getting these auratus ?

I could be mistaken but from the talk my understanding was yes there were only a few this shipment and they had been spoken for. Maybe I'm off though :?

[Philsuma]

So it seems that they are 'selectively' providing people with these - thus allowing people to corner the market on breeding.

If so, my respect for them is gone...

[frogfreak]

So it seems that they are 'selectively' providing people with these - thus allowing people to corner the market on breeding.

I don't know about that...Mark had 4 at the CRBE, my wife saw them, end of story. :lol: We have 4 and they're gorgeous!

[Dendro_Dave]

Ya i think they just had a few and if u were lucky enough to be around at right time and wanted them u got them... no conspiracy or anything