Ares Digital 3.0 launch continues to be “really close,” says Axanar producer Alec Peters in today’s Axanar Update// video — three months after he claimed the fundraising and perk fulfillment platform would be ready.

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• Continued delays in launching the platform have come from user interface problems and the fact the developer can only work on the software in his spare time — of which he has little.
• Fundraising platform. Ares Digital was to be the means by which Peters plans to raise the $200,000 he says he needs to produce AxanarLite.
• October shoot plans. Peters admitted to Axanar: Confidential viewers Monday night that his plans to begin shooting this fall depend on raising money, and he’s not ready to do that yet.
• ‘White Label Kickstarter.' Peters signals he may be moving away from relying on the still unfinished Ares Digital to raise the money for AxanarLite, saying he’s now looking to the WooCommerce platform to handle his private crowdfunding effort, creating a Kickstarter-like site to handle donations.
• Minimizing Ares Digital? Once touted as the be-all end-all solution for Axanar, Peters now says WooCommerce will do the heavy lifting, passing along donor information for fulfillment by Ares Digital.