Well basically the Tweecer is the brainchild of one man and it's a very small business as you might have suspected. Fortunately for us that's the reason for the extremely cheap price. On the other hand, the software is all off the internet and there is no manual or inital settings (to be expected with a fully customizable setup such as the tweecer, otherwise....what's the point in it)....But yea...to get back to your question....yes....they're on backorder...but no, they're not stopping production, the tweecer has gained such popularity so quickly that orders can't be kept up with. So my suggestion would be to get your order in now. Cause if it comes to the point where they have to upgrade production staff and or processes, you can bet your a$$ that you'll be paying more for it too.