How to Fund Your Project with Kickstarter
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There are over 300 crowd-funding platforms, but Kickstarter is one of the largest with unique monthly visits. Kickstarter is an all-or-nothing online pledge system for funding creative projects, with categories including Art, Comics, Dance, and more. Project creators on Kickstarter run fundraising campaigns and offer rewards to backers who pledge support, with funds only being collected if the project reaches its funding goal.
How to Fund Your Project with Kickstarter
- 1. How to Fund your Project on Kickstarter Carmen Osterlye
- 2. Why Kickstarter? ✤ There are over 300 crowd-funding platforms on the internet.
- 3. Top 10 Crowd-funding Websites: UMBER OFof Unique MONTHLY VISITS Number UNIQUE Monthly Visits Profounder Peerbackers Rockethub Quirky IndieGoGo ChipIn Start Some Good Kickstarter
- 4. The Kickstarter Lexicon for Newbs ✤ Kickstarter: an all-or-nothing online pledge system for funding creative projects. This is important to know for promotional purposes (a lot of people still don’t know what Kickstarter is, and you will have to explain this over and over and over again during your campaing.) ✤ Categories: Art, Comics, Dance, Design, Fashion, Film, Food, Games, Music, Photography, Publishing, Technology, and Theater. Your project must fit within one of these categories. ✤ Campaign: The systematic course of activities for your Kickstarter. This includes every aspect of creating, publishing and promoting your personal project. ✤ Pledge: A theoretical donation to a Kickstarter project by clicking on the green button: . Pledges are only charged if the project succeeds. ✤ Backer: A person who makes a pledge to a Kickstarter project. Once a person backs a project, Kickstarter automatically creates a permanent profile for them, complete with name, date they joined Kickstarter, projects they have backed, and projects they have starred, ✤ Reward/ Reward Tier: Item(s) that backers receive in exchange for pledging to a project. Rewards are categorized according to pledge amount, ranging from $1 - $10,000. ✤ Updates: You Kickstarter project blog.