With new SEC rules allowing for crowdfunded companies to repay contributions with equity (as opposed to just goods and services), seeking funds through Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or any of the many
other crowdfunding sites is an even more appealing option than it used to be.
Other crowdfunding sites are not all or nothing, but they can still leave business owners facing considerable uncertainty.
It's also arguably the most well - known crowdfunding site, so your project will have a chance at more press and online exposure there than on
other crowdfunding sites.
There is an access that you just don't get with
the other crowdfunding sites where you get lost in the shuffle.
That play makes Facebook a pretty enticing spot when it comes to raising money, especially compared to
other crowdfunding sites that don't have the luxury of running a low - fee fundraising platform.
If you are planning to raise funds from countries apart from this, you'd best look to Indiegogo or one of the dozens of
other crowdfunding sites that have become popular.
Like Kickstarter and
other crowdfunding sites, portals will for a fee list businesses looking to raise cash.
It should be noted that there are several
other crowdfunding sites, including publishing - specific sites like Inkshares, but my experience is exclusively with Kickstarter, so we'll focus on that.
Just as with
other crowdfunding sites, Wattpad took a percentage of the money raised.
If you are familiar with The Book, The Cook and The Hook model of marketplace analysis in the publishing industry, you'll find that your back story as a writer and motivation for writing your book — the story behind the book — is far more important to attracting the social proof for your project on Kickstarter and
other crowdfunding sites than your existing track record of publishing traditionally and your well - honed author platform.
With thousands of Kickstarter games, the birth of
other crowdfunding sites like FIG, and the continued use of private paid - alpha programs, more and more games are looking to capitalize on bringing in fans and community feedback as early as possible.
That focus not only on hardware but on the software framework that surrounds it is what differentiates Narrative from, say, the regular stream of similar wearable cameras that sprung up on Kickstarter and
other crowdfunding sites as the Clip team worked.
Not exact matches
The picnic - ready frozen drink machine was a hit at outdoor parties — and it inspired a product that, as of today, has raised more money on
crowdfunding site Kickstarter than any
other product ever.
According to the Smarty Ring page on
crowdfunding site Indiegogo, the average mobile user looks at their phone every six minutes to check for text messages, voicemails, Facebook messages and
other notifications.
How
other platforms make money is all over the board, so make sure you understand the fee structure of any
crowdfunding site you're considering.
Now, a coterie of
crowdfunding sites for small businesses, artists and
other small commercial enterprises has cropped up.
Mr. Wilson's product, a
crowdfunding site called Hatreon, was meant to give alt - right personalities and
others a way to raise money for projects deemed too risqué for mainstream
crowdfunding platforms such as Patreon and Kickstarter.
The rejection by mainstream
crowdfunding sites means white nationalists have been forced to use
other platforms that champion freedom of speech.
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On the SD IRA custodian side, I've noticed a couple of them have setup specific «plans» for people investing in
crowdfunding sites — these «plans» have significantly lower fees for
crowdfunding deals compared to
other SD IRA investments, so you end up paying significantly less to put $ 50K in a
crowdfunding platform vs. $ 50K in a direct real estate deal or $ 50K in gold, for example.
Do you know
others that have invested with these RE
crowdfunding sites and whether there's substance there?
Equity
crowdfunding sites first got started primarily with start - up financing and real estate financing, but have quickly spread into
other niche areas.
Fees, we have found, are comparable to any
other reward
crowdfunding site.
New
crowdfunding site FanAngel will allow fans, among
other things, to pay college athletes to stay in school through donations that are given to the athlete when his or her eligibility expires.
BookFundr is having another go at book - specific
crowdfunding, and will hopefully move the concept forward in ways that
other sites were not able to, largely because it was too new of a marketplace concept.
Others have created their own websites or used
Crowdfunding sites to attract attention to their financial.
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Let's look at how people are using
other sites to
crowdfund student loan debt and see if it's a good idea for your education.
However, the
site more than
other real estate
crowdfunding platforms focuses on single family home flips.
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.
I would also like to see Gameological (or any
other games journalism
site, but I am biased towards this one) introduce a regular feature spotlighting promising
crowdfunded games.
On the
other hand, indie game companies typically have to get funding through
other means to fund their video game, with
crowdfunding on
sites like Kickstarter becoming a popular way of doing so.
Projects seeking
crowdfunding is now a «thing» on various gaming
sites and reported alongside any
other preview.
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.
Patreon wants to colonize the internet with its perks for artist
crowdfunding subscribers the same way Facebook login brought your social graph and profile to
other sites.
Meanwhile, two
other GoFundMe campaign organizers said they've been satisfied with how the
crowdfunding site has communicated with them regarding their campaigns.
The operators said the
site's unique voting phase, whereby only projects that receive a minimum number of votes can go on to raise money, has allowed projects to enjoy an 80 percent success rate compared to 40 percent on
other popular
crowdfunding sites.
Other real estate
crowdfunding sites are also popping up, such as RealtyMogul, Fundrise, Groundbreaker, and PatchofLand.
Other broker - dealers, such as Silver Portal Capital, are simply launching their own real estate
crowdfunding sites.
What sets RealtyShares apart from
other crowdfunding real estate
sites is that it typically has more deals available to investors.