Nape Pro” exceeds 88.52 million yen in just 7 hours｜Error 500 is now restored.

On November 20, 2025 at 21:00, Kopec Japan Inc. launched a crowdfunding campaign on the crowdfunding platform “CoSTORY” (operated by Mediagene Inc.) for the Nape Pro, a compact trackball device co-developed by Keychron and Gizmodo. The crowdfunding campaign for the Nape Pro, a compact trackball device jointly developed by Keychron and Gizmodo, has begun.

This product is the first in a series of products from GIZMART, a select online shop of GIZMODO, a media company operated by Mediagene, Inc.

The “500 error” caused by excessive access that began immediately after the start of crowdfunding gradually decreased after 10:00 p.m., and by 11:00 p.m., it seemed to be in a state in which orders could be placed normally.

As of 6:00 a.m. the next day, the amount of support was a whopping 88,520,000 yen.

Considering that the goal was set at 100,000 yen, this means that we have achieved our goal more than 885 times.

This is an exceptional momentum for crowdfunding in the keyboard and input device field.

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A new experience of “keeping your hands in the home position

Nape Pro is a thumb trackball that “completes operations by simply placing it in your hand.

The greatest feature of the keyboard is that a series of operations that used to be performed with a mouse, such as cursor operation, scrolling, and mapping multiple buttons, can be completed near the home position on the keyboard.

The more a user is a split keyboard lover or spends a lot of time touching the keyboard, the more intuitive the value of this device will be.

The support product lineup is as follows

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Behind the 88 million yen breakthrough – 500 errors occurred.

And last night at 9pm.

Just as the excitement was peaking, a “500 Internal Server Error” occurred on the crowdfunding page, making it temporarily inaccessible.

SNS.

• I can’t get on the page.”
• I tried to help and got an error.”
• Is there a traffic glut?”

and others, indicating that users were swamped in real time.

The error itself seems to have been resolved after 23:00.

In crowdfunding, there are sometimes crowdfunding projects that are “milestones of large projects” that cause a concentration of access, and this is exactly the case with Nape Pro.

This is the type of error that can be described as proof of popularity, not failure.

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Why did they support it so much?

The reason for the great popularity of this device is that many people were “attracted” by the fact that it is a pointing device that can coexist with existing keyboards, in addition to the “love of trackballs,” which is unique to Japan.

It is not just a gadget, but a device that changes the way you work.

I can only dream that the trackball will be the focus of attention around the world.

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summary

This is our report on the first day of Nape Pro.

The application period for the super-early bird discount ends December 14, and it has been announced that there is “no limit” on the number of applications, so those who could not buy due to an error need not worry.

The author will be slowly popping all of them in from now on.

We are very happy to see the keyboard and peripherals scene growing from these products.

They are expected to arrive in April/May next year, but I can’t wait for them to arrive.