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If you click invest in Spongelle below it does absolutely nothing. Thank you in advance.","answer":"Hi Angela! Thank you for your interest in our campaign. The process to invest after clicking the \"Invest\" button on our page is to then create an account. From there, you will be asked how much you would like to invest and the process is fairly straight forward from there. if you have any questions, you can reach out to the WeFunder support team. Thank you!"},{"question":"Where does it tell me your cost to produce these items vs your profit? I don't see the details that tell me if this will be a good investment, only a sales pitch as if i were buying the product itself. Maybe I'm missing something? Thank you for the info below! I assumed i migh...","answer":"Hi Brandy - first of all, thank you for your interest in our first outside equity capital round! We would be happy to share financial data via email and I will be reaching out to you shortly to share this information. We also have a webinar scheduled for June 11th where our team will be answering questions from investors and going over why it's a great opportunity for investors. Our campaign page does share information, particularly in the video, about our recent sales and margins: - $24M rev..."},{"question":"Hello, The only “button” I see saying Invest in Spongelle does nothing when I click on it, “touch” on my ipad. It does not take me anywhere that I can do so. I know you answered me earlier but this “Invest” button is elusive for me. Is there an easy link that will just take me...","answer":"Hi Angela - our team created a video walk-through of the process and you can view that here: https://www.loom.com/share/0b286ec670ff4e02b78e08e111c23b3b I would also suggest trying it on a desktop or mobile. Thank you for wanting to support us grow!"},{"question":"send a lik I want to invest KKahnyc@aol.com","answer":"Hi Katherine - our team will send you an email with the link and instructions. Thank you for your desire to support the growth of the brand!"},{"question":"Please send the investment link. kensutherland1@me.com","answer":"Hi Ken - we will send you an email with all of the information, including the webinar link and the investment deck that we went over on the presentation last week. 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