The registration system should now be fully back online! This means we're once again open for non-residential and day-ticket registrations (Subject to availability).

For those making payments, please be patient whilst awaiting final acknowledgement - our team are volunteers and it might take a little while for us to process and apply the 'Paid' status to your registration.

Also, if you missed out on a room in our lottery, you can switch to non-residential by contacting registration@confuzzled.org.uk - you'll still remain on the waiting list, and you don't need to make a fresh registration.

Hi everyone! "Payment accepted" emails have started to go out now. These are sent out manually by a team of volunteers, so it may take a few days for it to appear on your account. Don't panic! If you've paid and the status hasn't updated, please wait a few days before contacting Registration.

We know some of you are still waiting to see your payment status update in the system.

Our team are working to get the payments processed as fast as possible. Rest assured, if you have paid, your registration is safe.

Hello Dealers!

We are happy to announce our registration will open on the: 20th of October 2023 at 21:00 BST.

Here’s what you need to do once Dealers registration opens if you have already Registered.

1: Read the Terms and Conditions* of the Dealers’ Den and Prohibited Items**.
2: Log into your registration page.
3: Click the Dealers’ Den link in the top right-hand menu.
4: Fill out all parts of the Dealers’ Registration page.
5: Submit your registration.

You have to be a registered ConFuzzled Attendee to apply to Dealers’ Den. If you have yet to Register for the Convention, please do so first, and fill out the Dealers part of the form during your registration.

We cannot wait to see who registers for CFz Dealers’ Den 2024!

*: https://confuzzled.org.uk/events/dealers-den/dealers-den-terms-conditions/
**: https://confuzzled.org.uk/whats-on/art-show/art-show-dealers-den-prohibited-items/

As per our previous announcement, Dealers Den registration is now open! Login to your registration to apply.

For any questions, please contact dealersden@confuzzled.org.uk

Want to join the ConFuzzled Team? We've got an opening for the Head of Medical (Staff role). For more details, job description, and to apply, head here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HoM2324

Applications open until 6th November!

Every year, we like to decorate our convention with your lovely donated artwork. Are you interested in drawing for us? If so, check out our website for guidelines and details on how to submit your artwork. The deadline for submissions is Jan 31st - https://confuzzled.org.uk/about-us/art-wanted/

Beware of scammers!

We've had reports of people trying to scam money out of attendees by saying they have hotel rooms, and trying to get you to pay them via Paypal's Friends & Family feature. Please be careful!

Official room offers are only ever made through our Registration@confuzzled.org.uk email. If you have need to change your room share, please contact registration on the Registration@confuzzled.org.uk address.

Please note that ConFuzzled registration will not contact you via DMs on Telegram/Twitter or other social media.

If you have any questions or concerns about a room offer, please email Registration@confuzzled.org.uk.

Event submissions for ConFuzzled 2024 are now OPEN! Head here to apply to run an event: https://events.confuzzled.org.uk/cfz24

The majority of events run at ConFuzzled are community events run by our attendees! Apply to run that event you've always wanted to see on the schedule!

Dealers Den Update! Registration for the Den has seen unprecedented demand and we are already sold out of tables, and therefore need to close until further notice. This has happened far faster than anticipated so we're really sorry if you didn't get through.

There may still be some availability once current applications have been processed - but these would be subject to availability

Applications for our Pop-Up Shops will open as expected on December 1st!

Applications for DJ Slots at ConFuzzled 2024 are now OPEN! https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/9D2WCXV

Applications are still open for the Head of Medical (Staff role). For more details, job description, and to apply, head here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HoM2324

Applications open until 6th November!

Dealers Den Announcement

Hello Dealers,

We just wanted to reach out to update you about current den applications. We know our last message caused a bit of confusion for which we want to apologise and help straighten things up for you.

The den team are busy reviewing all applications for the den this year, if you have not heard back from them yet do not worry.

As you will know from our previous message the den saw very high demand and we are doing our best to ensure all applicants are dealt with fairly and are reviewed fully by the den team. 

As we are working through these in blocks you may see other dealers talking about their responses while you may be waiting for one. Rest assured we will get to you.

We know it is taking a little longer than usual but the den team will respond to you.

We just ask for a bit more patience while we work through them all.

Many thanks and have a great weekend.

DEALERS DEN ANNOUNCEMENT

Dealers should now be able to access their Dealers' Den registration when they log in via their Dashboard.

We have had some reports of registrations being incorrect. Could Dealers please log in and check everything is in order, and if anything is wrong, please contact dealersden@confuzzled.org.uk

Just a note to say - Telegram are now injecting adverts into channels, which some users may see alongside our content.

ConFuzzled has no control over these adverts, are not affiliated with the advertisers, and we certainly aren't making any money off them!

These won't appear for Telegram Premium users, but they're fairly easy to spot, and will have a 'sponsored' tag shown on them. Such posts are not coming from us.

We'd like to announce that -following the clearing of some waiting lists- we have some Crowne Plaza rooms available for the convention, available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Details on this, and how to apply, can be found here: https://confuzzled.org.uk/2023/11/12/some-rooms/

Hello Dealers,

We are reaching out to all of you to give context and clarity for what has been going on in our team recently and set out our plan moving forward.

Firstly, we do want to thank you for your patience in recent weeks. Before the Dealers’ Den opened this year, we embarked on an ambitious plan to bring a new format for dealers to register and provide a much more efficient and user-friendly platform for you. We’ve also evolved our review process, as we have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of dealers applying and we want to ensure we can support as many of you as possible while remaining fair in our selection.

One of the reasons for introducing the curation process is the planned reduction of the number of tables this year so that the space can be better managed by our team. We made this decision after reviewing previous feedback from Dealers, Attendees, and Convention Team Members. This adjustment will improve the overall experience for both attendees and dealers and we are hopeful that it will help make Dealers’ Den smoother for everyone. Consequently this solution should allow more physical space for everyone in the Den, whilst ensuring all dealers have a chance to be seen.

As you may have seen, we did not get this right straight away, and we have had some false starts. It was never our intention to cause confusion or upset, and we do seek to resolve these issues where they have arisen. As such, the Den Staff have been working hard to ensure that our steps to resolve these issues are in the right direction.

Moving forward, we will be waiting until after Furcation, as we know that some of you will be taking the chance to relax and enjoy well-deserved breaks, and will begin processing your applications after this coming weekend. All dealers will receive updates in due course, please note that they are being worked through in stages and that you won’t all receive updates at the same time. We will be releasing more information surrounding our curation process soon so that you can understand what is involved during this stage of your application.

We take into account every piece of feedback we receive, whether positive or negative, and we are confident that we will be able to deliver a fantastic experience for new and returning dealers alike, and look forward to welcoming you into the Den in 2024. Should you wish to provide feedback, please email us at dealersden@confuzzled.org.uk

Regards,
Kyne, Ahmenset, Jayson, and Gizmo

(also posted at https://confuzzled.org.uk/2023/11/17/dealers-den-update/ )

You can now also find us on our Bluesky account @confuzzled.org.uk

Registration Update

Residential Registration is now processed to a position where we can say: no more rooms are going to be released via the waiting list route. If you haven't yet been offered a room via this route, and had been waiting to see if you'd get one, we can now advise that no further rooms will be offered via this route for the 2024 convention. We recommend you make alternative arrangements.

There is one other option: our release of Crowne Rooms that we had previously announced - we still have some doubles left, please contact (both you and your room share partner) registration@confuzzled.org.uk to apply.

For anyone remaining on the waiting list, we'll shortly be switching you to non-residential. This means you'll get an email from us alerting you to the change, approving your registration as non-residential, and requesting payment. Following this, you have some choices:

- pay for the non-residential ticket
- email us and say you want to cancel
- not pay, and just be auto-cancelled once you go overdue
- find a second person and apply for one of the spare Crowne Double rooms

We are of course still open for non-residential and day-ticket registrations, subject to availability.

If you have any questions about this, please contact registration@confuzzled.org.uk

This announcement is for our Dealers, firstly to apologise for the delay in getting information to you and explain where we’re at right now. This year the Dealer’s Den saw a huge increase in applications across the board. The Den team felt the best way of handling this was to introduce a curation policy to ensure the Den had a wide variety of dealers, offering a wide variety of products.

Part of the policy was to avoid situations where a Dealer who may sell out in only one day, or was intending to only take a limited number of commissions (for delivery after the convention) would close their stand early, leaving a gap which could otherwise be filled by someone else. These Dealers would be offered an alternative in the form of one of our pop-up shops. This is why some dealers started seeing unsuccessful emails before anything else really occurred.

The higher management of the con were alerted to this and requested the curation policy be worked on together, so that if any dealer contested the decision there was a scalable chain of review.

First the Den team, then their Associate Director and then to the full Directors.

This meant that the original curation document needed a full review, to make sure that every dealer had the confidence of being reviewed, not just by the Den team, but by those up the chain if needed.

Unfortunately, this takes time - and while we now have a working document we know that some emails have gone out already, leaving some of you with questions we hope to resolve in our next announcement explaining how the policy works.

Also new for this year for the Dealer’s Den team was a requirement to send key important messaging through the Communications team, where previously they have published their own announcements. While the Dealer’s Den Twitter/X account will still be active with dealer interactions, going forward ConFuzzled wants our communications to be clear, but also uniform. This means all departments will be following the same process for communicating with the attendees when it comes to important information.

We’d like to close by saying firstly we’re sorry for any anxiety this has caused, and that any person originally rejected in the initial run will be reviewed. We want Dealers to know that the curation will be conducted fairly, and dealers will be offered the chance to appeal if their original decision is upheld. Ultimately the Den does have a finite amount of tables and unfortunately we anticipate there will be some unsuccessful applications for the 2024 convention.

Another announcement will follow this one shortly, detailing the full curation process.

(Post also available at: https://confuzzled.org.uk/2023/11/27/dealers-den-curation-update-1/ )