Kickstarter — Launches August 4, 2026
The first series
is funded by you.
VAYLOR Series 000 launches on Kickstarter. One blind pull per backer. Four rarity tiers. This is where the lore begins.
We don't pre-build.
We build with you.
Most brands manufacture thousands of units, warehouse them, and discount whatever doesn't sell. That is the opposite of what VAYLOR is.
Kickstarter lets us produce Series 000 exactly as it was designed — finite, serialized, and funded by the people who believe in it before it exists. No overstock. No markdown. No compromise.
If the campaign funds, Series 000 ships. The vault opens. The lore begins. Every backer is part of the origin record.
We produce exactly what backers fund. Once the campaign closes, production is locked. There is no second run of Series 000.
Your serial number is logged in the VAYLOR Vault Registry the moment it ships. Your pull is part of the permanent record of Series 000.
The Kickstarter price is the lowest VAYLOR will ever be. Once the campaign closes, that price is gone permanently.
Every funding milestone unlocks a permanent upgrade for all backers — NFC cards, upgraded packaging, and more. Your backing builds the product.
Key dates.
No extensions.
Kickstarter launches at 8AM MDT. Early bird pricing opens. The vault unlocks.
The $65 Vault Entry price closes at 11:59PM MDT. It does not reopen. Ever.
Final funding count locks. Production quantity is confirmed. No late pledges.
Hats are serialized, packaged, and shipped blind. Your number is logged in the vault.
One campaign.
Four ways in.
One blind pull from Series 000. You don't know your tier until the box opens. Standard through Black Label — all possible.
- 1× Series 000 blind pull hat
- Serialized underbrim
- Vault Registry entry
- Certificate of authenticity
Reserved access. Reserve hat guaranteed. Engraved Founders designation and permanent Registry placement as a founding member.
- 1× Reserve tier hat (guaranteed)
- Engraved Platinum card
- Founder Registry listing
- Year 1 newsletter access
- 4-drop early access (life of brand)
The highest tier in Series 000. Black Label hat guaranteed. All Founders perks, plus the ability to design your own hat in a future series.
- 1× Black Label hat (guaranteed)
- All Founders perks included
- 10% off all drops for 24 months
- Design your own hat (future series)
Not ready to commit to a full tier? Pay $1 now to lock your place at the front of the line. Applied toward your purchase when the campaign launches.
- Priority launch day notification
- Early bird pricing locked in
- $1 applied to your final purchase
- VIP registry pre-entry
Built by one person.
For all the right reasons.
My name is Zachary. I'm 26 years old. I have a wife, a son, and a vision that I couldn't stop thinking about long enough to ignore it.
I've always loved hats. Not as fashion — as objects. The kind of thing you hold onto, that carries weight, that means something beyond the season it was made in. I grew up watching what sneaker culture built — that feeling of pulling something rare, of holding a numbered thing that not everyone has — and I always thought: why doesn't that exist for headwear at a price people can actually access?
That question became VAYLOR.
The other half of this is the Vault. I've always believed that the things we love physically deserve to exist digitally too — a permanent record that travels with the object. Your hat shouldn't just sit on a shelf. It should have a history. A number. A place in a ledger that never resets. That's what the Vault Registry is — and building it from scratch has been one of the most meaningful things I've ever worked on.
I took a chance on myself. My wife believed in me before I had anything to show. This is for her, for my son, and for every kid watching their parent bet on something they love.
I want to show my kids that when you're so passionate about something — when you give it everything — you can build whatever you set your mind to. VAYLOR is that proof. Series 000 is where it starts.
If this campaign funds, it's not just a hat that ships. It's evidence that a 26-year-old dad from Idaho built something real. Something that lasts. Something worth collecting.
The more we raise,
the more you get.
Campaign funds. Production locks. Serialized hats enter the world.
Every hat ships with a custom NFC metal card linked to its Vault Registry entry. Tap to verify. Tap to claim.
Premium magnetic-close box for every backer. Plus Vault Live — a live unboxing event where serial numbers are revealed in real time.
Series 001 colorway and concept revealed before the campaign closes. Backers get first access.
Backers get early access to the VAYLOR app — vault registry, serial lookup, and drop alerts in one place.
Lock your spot
for $1.
The campaign doesn't open until August 4. But your place at the front of the line can be secured right now.
Your $1 is a product purchase through Shopify.
It will be applied as a discount code toward your Kickstarter backing.
Limited spots. First come, first served.