[4] The Kickstarter campaign of Pressy was launched on August 29, 2013 with a stated goal of securing a funding of $40,000 in 47 days.

Those who pledged $45 would receive a gold-coated Pressy button with a matching keyring holder.

[6] According to Back, he came up with the idea of Pressy after having developed several applications in 2013 and "noticing that my awesome devices are lacking the most intuitive input – a button click."

By late 2013, the team had many working prototypes and models of the button, all of which were made using 3D printing.

The button links with the Pressy application and when pressed can be used to access various functions in the phone.

The Next Web wrote "Early adopters snapped up all the Pressy buttons available for $15, making $17 the lowest tier you can get in on the deal.

[17] On June 4, 2014, a customer service representative for Pressy posted on the company's Facebook page that the companion application would not be offered through the Google Play store and would need to be sideloaded.

Pressy would later state that the representative made an error, and stated that the application would be offered through the Google Play Store as previously reported, attaching photos of pre-printed packages containing the Google Play logo as a proof.