There’s quite a few metrics that we need to hit before each stage of the rollout can begin.
So - for example - the first stage was staff launch. That’s the stage we’re in right now. A good chunk of staff have current accounts and we’ve tested paying in salaries etc. Obviously we can push it to the limits because if something goes catastrophically wrong we can quickly deploy a fix. Because of this, there were less metrics that we needed to hit to be able to reach this stage. Obviously the next testing stage will be family/partners, because the same thing applies, but their use cases will be slightly different which allows us to collect a bit more information.
Before a single card gets into the hands of anyone outside the company or anyone not directly related/involved with someone at the company, there’s a few more metrics to be hit. Our Board wouldn’t be too happy if we suggested launching without those metrics, as the risk is just too high.
Then we’ll do user testing with investors etc - who were of course promised early access as part of the crowdfunding. In order to launch this when we want to ideally launch this, we’ll need to write up some very details notes because the fit and finish may not be exactly where we want it to be yet and that needs to be made clear. But that’s obviously still a much better option than waiting.
So while we’ve mentioned that it’s a staged rollout, it’s not quite as simple as “X amount of people can get it in this week, and then another X amount of people the following week”. There are clear defined events that need to be met for each stage.
Rest assured, things are moving very quickly!