Mighty No. 9, has been in development for nearly three years, beginning with its initial
campaign on crowdfunding site Kickstarter.
Another up - and - coming novelist who is one of the youngest and more successful self - published authors in the UK has recently launched
his campaign on the crowdfunding site (disclaimer: Ben Galley is a client of BB eBooks).
A startup called The Dating Ring is aiming to raise $ 50K to solve what it sees as a demographic dilemma: «There are tons more single women in NYC, and tons more single men in SF,» reads the company's
campaign on crowdfunding site, Crowdtilt.
Now committed to the blog as her full - time work, she has undertaken a fundraising
campaign on the crowdfunding site Patreon, where supporters of creative projects can sign up to make monthly online donations.
The company also abides by FAA guidelines recommending that licensed pilots operate the drones, which means paying a pro up to $ 40 an hour to be on site during promotions, he explained, adding that the company, which is turning a profit, is planning
a campaign on crowdfunding site Kickstarter at the end of April.
So what are the three biggest mistakes made when businesses are listing
their campaigns on crowdfunding sites?
Not exact matches
The terms of service of
crowdfunding sites state that they aren't responsible for
campaigns that fail to deliver
on their promises.
Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter released a manifesto that explores why
campaigns involving wallets, money clips and card holders are so popular
on the
site.
It started with launching an off - the - shelf ecommerce
site toward the end of a
crowdfunding campaign in late 2013, which was set up
on WordPress with Paglines DMS, a «drag and drop» front - end editor, and WooCommerce.
Immediately after the shootings
on Wednesday, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said she was working with the
crowdfunding site to make sure would - be scammers wouldn't be able to create fraudulent
campaigns.
Firstly, commentators argue that listing your
crowdfunding campaign on more than one
site can make your listing seem like a scam.
Many people are familiar with rewards
crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo based
on widely publicized
campaigns such as the Pebble Watch and the Veronica... Continue reading →
Giglist, a UK - based aggregation
site for the live music industry, is now seeking # 120,000 through its equity
crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs.
When the hyper - popular
crowdfunding site Kickstarter launched their
campaign to fund a movie based
on the mid-2000s TV series Veronica Mars, the Internet largely lost its mind.
It doesn't seem as strange to count
on the generosity of neighbors now that
crowdfunding is
on the rise; hundreds of thousands of Americans have turned to online
campaigns to cover unexpected medical costs
on sites like YouCaring.
A recent article from Publisher's Weekly highlighted Kickstarter's direct impact
on books and publishing, though, proclaiming that the
crowdfunding site has already reached the $ 100 million mark for book - related
campaigns.
As we have been featured as a publisher
on their
site, authors get an opportunity to work with us using the money they've raised during the
crowdfunding campaign.
For instance, Kim Hruba, author of the novel, Elevator Girl, noted
on her
campaign page
on the
crowdfunding site, Pubslush, that donations would pay for «publishing consulting, editing, proofreading, e-book design & distribution, cover design, interior design & typeset, printing, and distribution consulting.»
The organization also runs special
crowdfunding campaigns for women
on the
site.
A
campaign named ZONE,
on the
crowdfunding site Indiegogo, is showing us just that.
On the other hand, kickstarter is still the best known of all the
crowdfunding sites & they handle a lot of the administrative overhead for running a
crowdfunding campaign for you.
Raising almost 500 thousand USD
on the
crowdfunding site Kickstarter, Re: Legend is the most successfully backed game
campaign in the history of South - east Asia.
As the
site is currently entirely self - funded, in order to grow Ripe Near Me into a much bigger and wider - reaching local food platform, the founders have turned to
crowdfunding with a
campaign on Start Some Good, where they hope to raise enough money to turn it into a financially sustainable social enterprise.
The company's website states that it will be launching a
crowdfunding campaign in June of this year, although no other details about the goal of the
campaign are listed
on the
site yet.
We like to feature innovative ideas for solar powered gadgets that are
crowdfunded on sites such as Kickstarter and IndieGoGo, but do you ever wonder what happens after the
campaign is over?
After just a few days
on the German startnext
crowdfunding web
site, Original Unverpakt has almost doubled its funding goal, with more than three weeks of the
campaign left.
On GoFundMe, one of the more popular
crowdfunding site, 17 % of
campaigns are for medical goals and 11 % are for education.
Charles Wells, the CMO of charitable
crowdfunding site JustGiving, says he's noticed an increase in the number of funeral - based
campaigns on the
site.
Immediately after the shootings
on Wednesday, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said she was working with the
crowdfunding site to make sure would - be scammers wouldn't be able to create fraudulent
campaigns.
The Apple Watch is still several weeks away from making its official debut, but that hasn't stopped dozens of inventors from coming up with accessories for the device, and many of those ideas are showing up
on crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo.Along with charging stands, band adapters are a popular category for
crowdfunding campaigns, and several different projects have been started with the hope of creating solutions that will allow the Apple Watch to be used with third - party watch bands.Earlier this month, we covered the Click Apple Watch band adapter, showing off a 3D printed prototype, and now that project has been further developed and launched
on Kickstarter.