“The best way to estimate how much you could raise is to count the people you know who are likely to donate. Go through your phone and email contacts, tally up an estimate of likely backers, guesstimate that they’ll give $25 each, and calculate your possible total. Then drop that tot...
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Kickstarter operates on amarketplace business model. It is basically a marketplace helping the creators connect with the pledgers; just as a similar marketplace, say Amazon, helps connect the buyers with the sellers. Kickstarter doesn’t own any of the projects or ideas nor do they set the...
Kickstarter is a great way to raise money for your project, but it comes with risks like any other business venture. You can’t control the success of your campaign or how much money you’ll make once it’s over. However, the supporters and innovators behind the proposals run less of ...
I’ve had absolutely no issues, but not a ton of interaction. The site makes it pretty easy to input everything and manage everything as it’s coming in. I think the hard work is after the Kickstarter ends: figuring out how to manage almost 1,000 different pledges, where to send it...
This is a universal problem with no easy diagnosis. Your rewards may be out of line with expectations—a free baseball hat or DVD in exchange for a $50 donation may not engender much success —or your promotion of your own project may have fallen short. (Kickstarter prohibits spam but en...
A break-even analysis is a financial tool that helps determine at what stage your company, service, or product will be profitable. It’s an essential element of financial planning. Break-even analysis considers your fixed costs (costs that stay the same no matter how much your sales change)...
A break-even analysis is a financial tool that helps determine at what stage your company, service, or product will be profitable. It’s an essential element of financial planning. Break-even analysis considers your fixed costs (costs that stay the same no matter how much your sales change)...
to your goal. Let’s say your goal is $7,500 to fund a small mural in your community. You’ll likely need around 108 backers (assuming they’ll pledge an average of $70), and you’ll likely need to pull in 75 – 97 of these backers (assuming the rest come in from Kickstarter)...
What percentage of the money raised did you retain? I.e. what percent was spent on advertising, creating media, Kickstarter fees, etc? Given the percent retained, did you set your “completion” value correctly? (funded only) I wanted to know how much of the money raised was actually rec...