TO ORDER AN INCENTIVE YOU MUST PURCHASE ENOUGH COMICS TO QUALIFY FOR THEM!
Hey everyone!
Sorry to start with a massive warning screaming at you but we really want to be crystal clear on this. WE ARE NOT SELLING INCENTIVES OUTRIGHT! If all you want is a 1:25 as cheap as you can get then we're probably not the affordable way to get it.
However, if you so happen to order enough issues of a comic to qualify for an incentive, we will be offering them at cost.
A warning to any would-be opportunists: Even if you're somehow able to get past all the failsafes I've created and order a ton of incentives without the subsequent qualifying issues - we're just going to tell you that there was a problem and refund you.
"How Do I Order an Incentive?"
If you qualify for an incentive after adding the appropriate items in your cart, there will be a pop-up (don't worry, your pop-up blockers shouldn't stop it) that will offer you the incentives you qualify for.
It'll look like this:
I know it doesn't exactly look pretty. Pretty isn't really what I do, today is already Friday and I really just want to get the feature out so it's just not going to be super pretty right now.
(If you're reading this far into the future the pop-up design may look different but should operate the same way.)
Click the button to add it to your cart and you're good to go.
The quantity will automatically set to the amount you qualify for too. You can adjust the quantity as you so desire and you can change it around in your cart.
"How Will I Know What Incentives are Available?"
On the FOC page you should now see this:
Again, I know it isn't pretty but frankly we're still in beta and pretty can come later.
Click the link and it'll take you to a page where you can browse this week's incentives just like you would the normal FOC books. It even tells you if the incentive is part of a series you're subscribed to or not too!
It'll look like this: 
However, when you click on an incentive, it won't take you to that incentive's product page. Instead, you'll be taken back to the FOC page with a filter set to show you the books that you can order to qualify for said incentive.
For instance, if I click on the Amazing Spider-Man #69 1:25 incentive, it will take me to this:
If I then order any combination of 25 issues between those items, I will qualify for the 1:25 and the pop-up will offer me the incentive.
We Need Your Feedback!
Any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated!
This system has two main objectives:
- To enable anyone interested in getting incentives through us to be able to do so without having to DM Ben. FOCs are on tight deadlines and Ben is uber swamped as-is.
We don't want anyone to miss out on comics they want just because they couldn't get ahold of one person for whatever reason.
- Give people an easy way to browse and be aware of FOC incentives, which is something I haven't seen many places - even Previews - easily allow for.
Even if you're not ordering them from us, I hope we made it easier for you to check out and browse incentives so that maybe you can snatch hot ones up elsewhere before they're super hard to find.
And of course we may use these new systems in some more creative ways in the future. Perhaps even offering incentives or rewards items of our own...
Of course, we are still in the thick of this being a beta so I'd really appreciate people reporting any bugs you may discover. Even if you're not sure if the bug was on our end or yours, it doesn't hurt to let me know either via DMs (this is Locke btw) or the #foc-test channel on the discord.
Thanks for reading and we hope you enjoy the new feature,
- The ECGCE Team