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Some dropped off because of the pandemic, but others are still in discussion. Other companies have also approached them about doing boxes.
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"If it had been a different company, we might have said we don't have the time, but when it's Amazon approaching you to do a TV show, of course we're going to do this," Jason said.
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They got to see the series in advance, and they designed the box from there. The series had already been written, and the Brannons had to design a box that had to have a strong connection to what had already been done. "There was a lot of back and forth between us and the producers on which direction to go," Shawn said.
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They were hesitant at first because they were up against a tight deadline to put out another monthly box, plus the holidays were a notoriously busy time. The Brannons were asked if they'd be interested in developing a promotional mystery box to send to influencers, actors and others to market the series. The Brannons signed their company's first Hollywood deal in December, which materialized through the release of the Amazon Prime television series "Tell Me Your Secrets" earlier this year. Boxes can also be purchased individually if a customer doesn't want a membership.Īmong the Deadbolt Mystery Society customers is none other than Amazon. The cost is $24.99 a month plus tax, but discounts are given to longer-term subscriptions. Subscriptions entitle members to one box a month and any special boxes that may develop along the way. "This was not planned for the pandemic," Jason said. Ironically, the most popular box during the pandemic that was actually developed a year earlier was the "Infected" box.
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Not all the boxes involve a serial killer, of course, but they do often center around some similar event since it is about solving clues. "People kept their sanity by tracking down a serial killer in their home," Shawn said with a laugh. People were looking for something to do, and we were fortunate they found us."
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"We had people play though Zoom, and we even had some free activities, and we had people playing all over. "We heard people all over throughout all this about the boxes helping them divert their attention and having fun," Jason said. So the Brannons pivoted fully toward the Deadbolt subscription box business model.
In addition, an escape room typically involves a small group of people huddled in a small room, and with social distancing guidelines in place, it simply wasn't going to work out well. While the restrictions eased last fall, reopening the escape room wasn't feasible, as initially there were still limits to capacity. "People were stuck at home and they found us to help them get through the pandemic," Shawn said.
With a chance to solve a different mystery at least once a month, Deadbolt was in the right place at the right time. Family game nights become popular again, with board games finding their way back into living rooms. As more people were staying at home, they were looking for things to do. The COVID-19 pandemic was a major reason behind the Deadbolt Mystery Society's explosive growth. We're not complaining at all - it's just great." somehow people have found us and we've got people doing these all over the world. We send to 40 countries like Singapore, Japan, Australia, Canada. We'd get in front of people without even advertising to them. "It just kept growing every month after that," he said. The first subscription box was shipped in March 2018, from Jason's kitchen table, the first of about 25 boxes that month.
"It got a lot bigger than we expected to in a short period of time." "We quickly saw that it was what needed all of our attention," Jason said. "We started as an escape room, but this component of the boxes was a very small idea that we had hoped would be an add-on to the escape room so that people might take something home with them. "We've grown, but our business has changed," Shawn said. But that wasn't quite enough, and earlier this year, they moved into an even larger facility on Graham Drive, where some 40 employees - half of them full-time - help with writing, designing, marketing and distributing the boxes. The Brannons had to find more room for their business and expanded a couple times. And it was an escape room business - Deadbolt - that the Brannons opened in 2017 where the Deadbolt Mystery Society boxes got their start.
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