Ayaneo ends Pocket Vert's Indiegogo campaign early for the benefit of backers

Ayaneo seems to be keeping to its promise of providing better service this year as it has announced that its Pocket Vert premium vertical handheld will ship sooner than originally announced. The info comes from an update on the Indiegogo page for the Pocket Vert.

According to Arthur Zhang, the CEO of Ayaneo, production of the handheld has been “progressing smoothly”, such that it already has a significant amount in stock. This has resulted in it being able to meet its pre-order obligations earlier than expected.

The Pocket Vert was made available to pre-order on Indiegogo in late December 2025, with the crowdfunding campaign scheduled to end on February 4, 2026. Rather than wait until the original date the campaign is supposed to end, Ayaneo has decided to close the campaign early. However, that decision comes with some changes.

Apparently, according to Indiegogo's rules, payment collection is supposed to happen within 15 days of the end of the campaign. Afterwards, it takes another 5 to 15 days for backers to provide their shipping details and pay the shipping fees. Based on the above, shipping should begin in late February.

Thankfully, Ayaneo says it was able to get approval from Indiegogo to have the shipping date brought forward and reduce the delay. This has resulted in the crowdfunding campaign ending on January 19, instead of February 4. It has also reduced the payment collection period to 2 days, while submission of shipping address and payment of shipping costs will be limited to around 5 days.

In conclusion, the Pocket Vert will now begin to ship by the end of January, making it one of Ayaneo's fastest-shipping crowdfunding projects. Shipping will still be in batches, and will be fulfilled based on SKUs. Ayaneo says the 12GB RAM + 256GB SKU will be the first to ship, and then the 8GB RAM + 128GB version will follow suit.

Ayaneo adds that there might be some flexibility with the shipping based on production batches; so some 8GB RAM variants may begin to ship if the remaining orders for the 12GB RAM version are small. Once all Indiegogo orders for a particular SKU have been fulfilled, the remaining inventory (if available), will be allocated to those who pre-ordered from other channels such as the Ayaneo website.

Now that the campaign has ended, Ayaneo is expected to move sales to its website. However, as at the time of writing, the Pocket Vert isn't yet available for purchase on the manufacturer's website.