Matt Crawford is out with a second unboxing video. You can see in the beginning he shows the tab where you can give the bot feedback on items. I just added the little descriptions you can see for each item. Anyone can update those descriptions by clicking ‘Edit’ to tell the bot what the product is actually like.
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Item Of The Day: Giant Plastic Dinosaur
Over on Instagram diastolic has posted a picture of this awesome plastic dinosaur ordered by the bot. He is clearly terrified. I wonder if it kicked the door in.
Item Of The Day: Feather Necklace
The bot sent freakyfrogfreak this pretty feather necklace last month. Too nice for a stocking!
Item Of The Day: Cat Button
Over on Instagram menacemaus posted this nice little cat shaped button. Best so far!
Item Of The Day: Shade Thrown On Customs
The bot sent davegoesthedistance this little puzzle maze. There must be some precocious babies wherever this game was made!
Keywords For Multiple Addresses
Q: If I were to add another address to have things sent to my grandmother or nephew, am I able to do a separate keyword list for each address or would they all be the same? Thank you!
A: Good question! You can certainly set different keywords for different addresses. The keyword page looks like this with multiple addresses…
Item Of The Day: Bat-Signal
Over on Instagram cutesyninaashes of Tamarac, Florida has posted a couple pictures of plastic bats received from the bot. I think they are intended to be wall decorations, but more useful as a bat signal!
Matt Crawford’s First Two Packages
Matt Crawford put together this quick and well done unboxing video that shows quite a bit of the website where you can track packages, set keywords and even tune the bot.
Subscription Modification FAQ
I got several good questions earlier today about subscription modifications…
Q: If I add/remove/change addresses or funds, do the changes take effect immediately or at the next billing cycle?
A: The changes take effect immediately unless your total budget decreases (across all addresses), in which case the change takes effect next billing cycle.
Q: Can I set my funds to $0 if I need to take a month off? (I will probably be moving in about 6 -8 weeks)
A: You can certainly do that, just email me to restart the subscription.
Q: If I wanted to add additional addresses, is there any way to tag them as “for child of X age” or as “gift”/”prank” or would it be better to create new accounts?
A: Email me to mark the address as a child or gift address, no need to create new accounts.
Q: Do keyword changes take effect immediately?
A: Keyword changes are implemented once per week. However items bought for keywords might take quite a bit longer to show up depending on shipping times.
How To Sign Up Several Friends
I’ve gotten this question quite a few times today as folks turn to the bot for Christmas presents….
Q: If I want to sign up to have the bot mail to several friends, can I do this in one transaction or do I sign people up sequentially?
A: You can do this in one transaction. After you sign up you will set a username/password for the bot to login at bobcatinabox.com/myboxes where you can change your shipping address, add multiple shipping addresses and allocate your monthly budget among them.
You can also set different keywords for each address and set how many packages each address should get (i.e. 1-2 packages at $5/month for your favorite cousin and 5-10 packages at $10/month for your best friend).
