Open until January 24, 2025, the Marketplace and Print-on-demand beta is in full swing! Several hundred of you have already had the opportunity to try out our services, and we’re now ready to share more details about what’s next.

Thanks to all your feedback, we’ve already been able to test the core features we set out to examine, and our roadmap for the coming days is clear. For this reason, we’ve decided, starting today, to stop sending out new beta invitations. This will allow us to integrate the necessary changes before moving on to Phase 2.

As planned:

• Access to the beta will end on Friday, January 24, at 2 PM CET.
• Support tickets are currently being processed. We’ve received a lot of feedback and it might take a bit longer than anticipated. For anyone who encountered issues requiring our action, we’re on it!
• POD orders that have already been validated will be printed in early February by our partner as part of the first live test of this process, all the way through to delivery to your home.

In addition to your feedback, we will soon roll out a major update to the platform’s payment/fees/billing system to implement the final version of the model (the one used during the first beta was temporary). In practice, this means you can expect a system quite similar to the most popular marketplace platforms today (particularly in Europe).

Once this update is live, we’ll launch a second, more ambitious closed beta phase. Here are the first details!

• Phase 2 is expected to begin no later than mid-February 2025 (the date will be shared as soon as possible).
• It will remain exclusively available to player accounts.
• We aim to open it progressively to a much larger audience than Phase 1 to validate our load-testing efforts.
• During Phase 2, you’ll once again be able to use both the Marketplace and the Print-on-demand service.
• All participants selected during Phase 1 will be automatically included in Phase 2. Those still on the waiting list for Phase 1 will be prioritized for Phase 2.
  • Just like Phase 1, we’ll proceed in successive waves. If you’ve recently registered or do so before Phase 2 begins, you’ll join our waiting list.
• Funds already in your wallet will still be available when Phase 2 opens.
• The Marketplace will be reset (and you’ll need to relist your cards on the platform).
• The list of eligible countries for Phase 2 remains unchanged:
  • Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United-Kingdom, United-States.
• This second phase will not be subject to a non-disclosure agreement, so you’ll be free to talk about it, share screenshots, create content, etc.

This is your chance to ask all your questions and learn more about the current topics: POD, Marketplace, Trial by Frost—the choice is yours and we can’t wait to see you there!

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