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Arch Ark- 10-in-1 Multifunctional Inflatable Boat

Convertible to 6-person boat/raft,air mattress,tent,water slide,kids pool with Water-spraying canopy

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Arch Ark- 10-in-1 Multifunctional Inflatable Boat

Arch Ark- 10-in-1 Multifunctional Inflatable Boat

Arch Ark- 10-in-1 Multifunctional Inflatable Boat

Arch Ark- 10-in-1 Multifunctional Inflatable Boat

Arch Ark- 10-in-1 Multifunctional Inflatable Boat

Convertible to 6-person boat/raft,air mattress,tent,water slide,kids pool with Water-spraying canopy

Convertible to 6-person boat/raft,air mattress,tent,water slide,kids pool with Water-spraying canopy

Convertible to 6-person boat/raft,air mattress,tent,water slide,kids pool with Water-spraying canopy

Convertible to 6-person boat/raft,air mattress,tent,water slide,kids pool with Water-spraying canopy

Frank Huang
Frank Huang
Frank Huang
Frank Huang
1 Campaign |
Las Vegas, United States
$3,129 USD 14 backers
31% of $10,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
The world’s first 10-in-1 multifunctional inflatable boat combines Canopied boat/raft/fishing pontoon, floating island/lounger, air mattress, tent, water slide and family pool with water-spraying canopy Unique 6-person Canopied boat,inside-space-expandable boat, on-boat tent, waterslide (from) boat, 6-person air mattress with canopy, family pool plus canopy with shower function, fenced family tent with build-in air mattress, water sliding on inflatable slideway w/ challenging blackout tunnel

Convertible Functions and Ways to Play::

Understand the Great Design in Details: 

Merits Compared with 5 Traditional Products:

 

 

Two Printed Patterns and Two Retail Packs 

Accessories Included in Standard Retail Pack

Installation Guides:

--To make an arch canopy overhead the boat/bed/pool, press threaded studs on edge of chamber 3 into rings on ends of chamber 4. Inflate enough air into Chamber 4

--To have more space inside boat/bed, 

a. Put Chamber 5 or 4 outside boat and tie to bow

b. Bend Chamber 4 to an arch, tie its 2 ends with rope holders on top of Chamber 1

c. Deflate Chamber 2 completely or partially

--To have open view when boating, erect Chamber 5 tie to bow

--To enlarge the floating island, lay and  tie 2 or more cushions  to slideway

--To make water sliding safer, erect and tie 2 or more cushions to slideway

--To use motor propeller with canopy, bend Chamber 4 to form an arch, tie its 2 ends with 4 oar holders on Chamber 1

Story and Timeline

Inventor--Frank Huang

--Apr. 2016, Started to Design

After running my own business in tarping system industry successfully for 10 years, since Apr. 2016, I started thinking about a trial on consumer goodsand on-line business, so to make my career life an integrated one, to make my “investment” on my MBA degree ( from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CANADA) a more worthy one.

As I love summer, beach, swimming and camping and I am familiar with Vinyl / PVC coated fabrics that can be made into tarps, mats and professional marine-class boats etc., I decided to invent a versatile, big size, comfortable but affordable inflatable water toy / water sports product that can be used by any family for all main outdoor and indoor activities at anywhere.

--Aug. 2016, Finished Design and Testing, Patent Applied in US, Canada and China

Arch Ark seems a great design:

It got an order once it was listed on Amazon, the order was from London, UK, from a famous Fashion Show model. 

Even professionals have been working in the inflatable toy industry for dozens of years shew great interest on Arch Ark: The CEO of Aqua Leisure, one of the largest water toy designers, manufacturers and distributors in North America, wrote to me:” Frank, I am interested in this item for both the sporting goods trade and pool business a smaller version..”

--Jan. 2017, Signed Contract with Manufacturer

As Arch Ark is a big size product, the manufacturer needs to invest a big welding machine, so they set 5000 as minimum order quantity.   I used up all my own money and borrowed a lot from almost all channels ( friends, relatives and financial institutes) , finally paid 35% deposit and signed the contract.

--Feb.-Apr. 2017, manufacturer finished buying, installing new machine, finished making       moulds and production of 1700 pcs

--Mar. 2017, Patent awarded in China

--Jun. 2017, 1700 Arch Arks were delivered to US and Canada.

--Jun.- Aug. 2017, Sales on Amazon was not good

Amazon has lots of limits for seller accounts, especially we are not allowed to upload videos. As most buyers found us by originally searching key words such as boat, tent, air mattress, water slide and kids pool etc., without video, buyers are difficult to understand the extra values/functions of Arch Ark, so they just simply feel our price is higher than the above mentioned 5 main categories with single function and are unwilling to pay for the extra functions.  

Moreover, as new seller, we have to use Amazon’s pay-per-click service to show to buyers, but this service is very expensive: It often reaches US$1.5 or more per click in the summer season. We were ever charged US$1000 in two hours.

--Sep. 2017, manufacturing stopped as per our request

However, actually manufacturer had made 1500 more by the time we informed them.

--Now

The manufacturer is still urging us to pay the 70% balance so they can finish this contract, as we don't have more money to pay this part, we only can keep begging them allowing us to fulfil this contract later…We are worrying:

  • If they finally lose patience and take a legal action, asking us to pay the balance plus fine, we may lose more money.
  • We lose their trust, thus can not keep good relationship with them in future. Such relationship is precious for us, because the manufacturer has good understanding on making this product, they are also licensed supplier of Walmart,Costco, Target etc., the quality of our product will be guaranteed. Also they helped us a lot in developing this product, so I feel I owe them too much even as to my moral standard…

We now want to raise mini. 10,000 fund to:

--Return money to my cousin, who lent me money to develop product and pay contract deposit. So he can pay for immediate medication for his son’s progressive blindness due to sort of genetic disease. I feel so “guilty” that I can not return him on time, such delay results in his son's eyes in danger…I often suffer insomnia for such sense lately.

If we can raise more than 10,000, we will:

--Pay off the money we borrowed, at least stop paying interest as soon as possible.

--Gradually pay to the manufacturer to finish the rest 70% of the contract, so we can keep good relationship with them. And this product can be shared by more families in the world.

To show our appreciation to all backers, we offer an Indiegogo-only huge discount based on the MSRP US$250; also we will provide free accessories.

If we don't reach our entire goal, we will Still ship Arch Arks to backers so they can

--significantly save money as Arch Ark is multifunctional

--have a trial to make their summer happier

--give us feedback to improve our product further

--use their word of mouth or networking to share their experience with all people in the world, so all families can save money and enjoy this amazing product!

If the fund reaches more than our goal, especially the reflective quantity more than 3200, we can make more in 1 to 2 months then deliver to backers.

Risks & Challenges

Basically, there is NO RISK for this project, because the campaign goal is 10,000, the reflective quantity is  no more than 100, but we have 3200 (1728 in California, US and Vancouver, Canada; 1500 in Shanghai, China) Arch Arks ready to go.

If the fund raised reflects a quantity more than 3200 products,

--We can start delivery from China in 1 to 1.5 months, from North America in 1.5 to 2 months. That is because we only need to buy PVC materials, which will take 3 to 4 weeks to be made. Factory can make 200-300 Arch Arks a day, 300 units can fill a 20-foot container, if shipped from China to US west coast, 2 to 3 weeks is enough.

FAQs

--About Product

Can we use Arch Ark on surface with sands, such as beach? Or we can use it on even more coarse surface?

Though Arch Ark is made of 12 gauge / 0.30 mm (standard thickness for swimming pool in the market) PVC material, as it has no reinforcement cloth inside, like materials used to make professional marine-class inflatable boat, it is still possible to be cut/broken by sharp articles.

For users plan to use on coarse surface, we suggest to use a mat ( we also make very good garage floor mat, topped  No. 1 seller in Amazon Canada), put Arch Ark on the mat, you are much more carefree for piercing on Arch Ark.

Certainly, a little silver sand on surface of Arch Ark is definitely OK.

--About Shipping

How is your shipping arrangement, is it possible to ship worldwide?

We have established accounts with UPS, Fedex and Purolator covering US, Canada and the whole world. We get mini. 35% discount from above courier services, this discount has been reflected on the shipping costs we charge backers.

For shipping from China to other continents, we use DHL, we ever shipped Arch Ark order from China to London, UK.

Other Ways You Can Help

  • Share Arch Ark information with your friends and families and make some noise about our campaign.
  • Use the Indiegogo share tools if that is not troublesome for you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Choose your Perk

Buy One

Buy One

$119 USD $250 USD (52% off)
receive an Arch Ark in retail pack, includes free oars, cushions, curtains, pump, tent pegs, curtain hooks, ropes, repair pack and upper part of fishing rod holder, backers can choose either Spraying-Pool or Ocean-Conqueror pattern printed on product
Included Items
  • Arch Ark-Spraying-Pool
Estimated Shipping
April 2018
0 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Buy Two

Buy Two

$220 USD $500 USD (56% off)
receive 2 Arch Ark in retail packs, includes free oars, cushions, curtains, pump, tent pegs, curtain hooks, ropes, repair pack and upper part of fishing rod holder, backers can choose either Spraying-Pool or Ocean-Conqueror pattern printed on product
Included Items
  • Arch Ark-Spraying-Pool
  • Arch-Ark-Ocean Conquorer
Estimated Shipping
April 2018
0 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Buy Three

Buy Three

$315 USD $750 USD (57% off)
receive 3 Arch Ark in retail packs, includes free oars, cushions, curtains, pump, tent pegs, curtain hooks, ropes, repair pack and upper part of fishing rod holder, backers can choose either Spraying-Pool or Ocean-Conqueror pattern printed on product
Included Items
  • Arch Ark-Spraying-Pool (2)
  • Arch-Ark-Ocean Conquorer
Estimated Shipping
April 2018
0 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Buy Five

Buy Five

$500 USD $1,250 USD (60% off)
receive 5 Arch Ark in retail pack, includes free oars, cushions, curtains, pump, tent pegs, curtain hooks, ropes, repair pack and upper part of fishing rod holder, backers can choose either Spraying-Pool or Ocean-Conqueror pattern printed on product
Included Items
  • Arch Ark-Spraying-Pool (3)
  • Arch-Ark-Ocean Conquorer (2)
Estimated Shipping
April 2018
3 claimed
Ships worldwide.
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