Hi all. I’m two thirds of the way through a Kickstarter campaign, and I’m curious what other creators’ pledge pie charts (as seen on the dashboard) look like.

Mine breaks down as: 37% pledged via Kickstarter 37% pledged via external referrers 25% pledged via custom referrers

This is my first campaign and I didn’t expect such a high % of pledges via Kickstarter. I thought I’d be relying solely on my established base for support.

Ofc, some of that 37% will come from anyone in my established base who decided to search for the campaign in the app rather than follow links I sent out. So that muddies the water somewhat. But looking at the breakdown of pledges in ‘backer source’, it still seems that the majority of that 37% came via Kickstarter itself.

Are these results typical?

I thought it might be useful (for any creator, not just me) to know the typical spread of pledges.

Thanks!

Have people used product / startup launch sites for promoting your Kickstarter campaign? And if so, at what timing?

Some famous product / startup launch sites:

• product hunt
• betalist
• betapage

Some of the lesser known ones.

• launchingnext
• microlaunch
• killerstartups
• startup ranking
• startup inspire
• starticorn

I'm wondering if it makes sense to do it now during prelaunch marketing or just as we launch the campaign.

Hello, trying to determine best reservation pricing for vip preorders. Wanted opinions on best pricing options:

-1$ vip reservation -100$ reservation -900$ reservation (50%)

The price point of my item is 1800. Planning on offering first 100 vip a free add on item as well.

Hoping to be ready to ship in ~6 months.

Looking for accounts that are legit and promote kickstarters other than board games (we make toys in Spanish, so quite niche). Looking for references from those who got results from such accounts. Thanks!

Hey guys, I'm in the early stages of funnelling leads and building an audience to go live on Kickstarter in the next few weeks.

Do you have any expertise now that you wish you knew when you were going at it for the first time?

What do you think were real keys to your successes, or the pitfalls of less successful campaigns you've run?

Looking forward to discussing and learning more!

Backermany and backerspaces have approached me about a newsletter for my campaign. Their terms and conditions state that they need collaborator access for 30 days after the campaign ends

Are these services known to download backer data and add them to their newsletter services?

Hi,

We just finished a successful Kickstarter. Out of a hundred and thirty backers, about four or five supporters were from the EU. After investigating the import rules for the EU, which are only a couple of years old, I had to cancel pledges from the EU backers. The EU requires that you have an IOSS number, which you can only get from private companies that charge exorbitant amounts to set you up and then a monthly fee. My distributor would only ship to the EU with an IOSS number.

On top of that, you have to pay an import fee or make your backers pay the fee. I understand it's supposed to be simpler than every country having its own import system, but having private companies as the gatekeepers to this system is an epic fail. I'm not the only one who has encountered this issue. Some campaigns will not allow EU backers at all.

The good news is that I may have found a legal workaround. I'm in talks with a company in the EU that would act as a retailer. I would sell the goods to them at wholesale, and they would, in turn, sell the goods to EU backers. There is more work to be done on this, including possibly having a parallel EU crowdfunding campaign, but I wanted to share the problem with shipping to the EU and what might be a solution.

All the best!

Hi all,

I recently backed a project on Kickstarter which reached its goal. While scrolling through the FAQ portion I read that orders would be fulfilled through gamefound.

How do I link my kickstarter and gamefound accounts so that my order is properly fulfilled?

We launched our campaign 2 days ago and even before we went live I had a feeling that perhaps we hadn't done enough to build our community. I guess that's one of the reasons why our campaign is slow.

I'm wondering whether this is a good platform to build a fan base. Is it? Has anyone got any tips for me?

If anyone is interested in seeing my campaign, please holla.

Thanks

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Hi everyone,

I feel like vitality is the X factor that makes everything easier. Lately I have been creating several posts on Facebook that have been going viral for one of my business projects (a retreat in Nepal) and I'm wondering how can I replicate similar results for my upcoming Kickstarter campaign for my book.

Here's an example of one of these posts: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GT4YvCk7E/?mibextid=K35XfP (1,700 comments, 238 shares)

So far some of the factors I'm identifying for viral posts are:

1. Choose Facebook groups to post to that already have a high level of engagement (and of course match your target market so you get conversions)

2. Post excellent photos -- people are blown away by my photos of Nepal so that helps with getting shares and free engagement

3. Have a compelling / engaging story to share

What other things would you add, and if you have any, let's share examples. Hopefully we can all learn something so that we can replicate this effect for our crowdfunding campaigns.

Cheers 🥂

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Hello everyone, I have finished preparing my kickstarter page for my campaign where I am hoping to raise money for my book and show my potential publisher that I mean business 😁

If you guys have any helpful tips, I am feeling a bit brain-dead at the moment (at least creatively) for me, I would love to hear them!

I'm just trying at the moment to collect more endorsements from my beta readers to "sell" the book and add them to the page, and prepare all the marketing channels!

Here is the campaign preview:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dandanflood/1454368209?ref=6vdce7&token=ea06aab1

Long story short-er, I had the idea to build a following before I launched so for two months I repurposed old blooper reels, interviews, concerts, etc. and grew to over 500k followers on Instagram. So then I rented a studio and filmed 60 days worth of ad content and thought I was in a pretty good position when I launched my Kickstarter last week.

But it turns out my ads cannot compete with the "best of the internet" so I'm going to need to use paid ads on Facebook and probably here on Reddit too. I'm pretty strapped for cash (hence the Kickstarter launch) so I figured I would drive Lyft for a few hours at night after work and that money could go towards the ad campaign the following day.

I have SO many ads and I've been so close to it for so long, I have no idea what's even good anymore. Here are my favorite if you don't mind taking a look:

• Comedy - Silly Mustaches
• Comedy - Stitch Incoming
• Comedy - Legs Only
• Comedy - Great Deal
• Comedy - Begging
• Testimonial - Lily
• Testimonial - Erinn
• Trace - Prototype
• Trace - No Legged Leg Lift
• Trace - Micro-workouts
• Jenna - Drinking Game
• Jenna - Tailbone Support
• Jenna - No Sweat

I have a full informational video on my Kickstarter here but I'm not sure which videos would be the most compelling to get people there. I'm going to do a $50 dollars per day budget so maybe I could spread that around 3 or 4 ads.

I'm really proud of the product, and the ads we came up with but I really want to set up myself up for success here. So once again, I'll take all the help I can get :)

Hey everyone,

I'm in the final week of my Indiegogo campaign for a smart scale that has surpassed its funding goal by over 1000%. We reached full funding within the first hour, and the support has been incredible.

As the campaign nears its end, I'm exploring additional avenues to promote it. Could you share effective strategies or platforms that have worked for you in the final days of a campaign?

For context, this project is a labor of love:

• I personally designed the hardware, electronics, and app.
• My wife created the promotional videos.
• Our basement has become a mini production studio, filled with 3D printers and prototypes.

The smart scale offers:

• Precision about 20 times greater than standard scales.
• Functionality for coffee brewing, mixology, baking, and advanced nutrition tracking, with or without app guidance.
• Integration of multiple devices into one sleek hardware and software solution.

Competing in an established market has been challenging, but the response so far has been encouraging.

Thank you in advance for your insights and support!

If you're curious to see the campaign or learn more about the product, here's the link: Indiegogo Campaign.

I'm a dual national with permanent residence in both but living in neither. Should I use the country I pay taxes in? The country the fulfillment service will be shipping from? It says "where your project is based", which I guess would imply where I'm currently living at the time of launching. But wouldn't it make the most sense to say where the items are shipped from so that backers have a better idea about shipping details?

Hello,

I intend to start my t-shirt Kickstarter project, and currently looking to start with building the landing page for reservation funnels to collect emails, and allow people to put down $1 for a reservation as a VVIP, as well as looking for a graphic designer, video producer and image photographer to prepare the marketing materials that can use for the landing pages, ads, emails and Kickstarter campaign. My initial thought was to use a firm to help my project from beginning to end but it is too expensive for me to afford.

Thus, if anyone has a good freelancer who could help with my project I'd be extremely appreciated. Thank you. Any tips, advice and recommendations are welcome. This is my first project, and I am the sole founder for it, so really need some help.

Thank you!

Hi everybody!

I feel like I have no idea how Kickstarter’s sorting algorithm works and how to improve my campaign’s visibility. My project is doing pretty well—lots of backers, decent funding progress—but I can’t seem to crack the top 10 in the "Magic" sorting for the Toy category.

If I sort the Toy category by popularity, I've jumped around between first and fourth, depending on the day.

What’s confusing is that some of the projects ranked above mine have much less funding or fewer backers. I’m not trying to be negative about anyone else’s work, but it’s hard to understand why my project ranks so low in comparison.

I get the feeling that if I’d gone with a $5k goal instead of something realistic, I’d be 600% funded by now and might have be ranking higher or even have that coveted "Projects We Love" badge. 😅

Does anyone have tips for improving my campaign's ranking and getting more visibility on Kickstarter?

I’d love to hear any insights or experiences from others—thank you! I'm really hoping there is something I can do to get a bit more visibility!

I have a small startup in India. We have made a UPS for RaspberryPi 5 and it works well. We have tested it and it seems to be good.

Is it a good idea to crowdfund such a device on Kickstarter ? It is not a brand new idea and UPS have existed before. Not a lot for Pi5 though. But we have a good stable product. We have a prototype to show as well.

If we are to start a Kickstarter campaign, we will have to register a company in other countries as India is not on the list of countries which can start campaigns. This will be an overhead cost as well.

Will it be a good idea to create a page on our website and collect emails of people who are interested in the product to measure if there is a good level of interest, before registering a company abroad ?

Thanks a lot in advance for your comments and guidance.