Since backers can come from all over the world and from any background, projects that do
well on crowdfunding sites typically have a broad reach and appeal or a devoted following.
Not exact matches
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.
I work in real estate investment (invest
on behalf of family offices and high net worth investors), and it recently occurred to me that while you invest in P2P lending, you haven't invested with real estate
crowdfunding sites which claim to yield
better returns than the ~ 7 % you've achieved via P2P.
It would be easy to think that by listing your
crowdfunding on multiple
sites that you will gain access to a larger audience and therefore achieve
better returns.
You may be listed
on a
crowdfunding site, but it is still polite and
best practice to ask for a donation.
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Some of the most successful individuals with projects held through
crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and GoFundMe were already
well - known, or nearly so — people like Amanda Palmer, frontwoman for the band the Dresden Dolls, who reportedly received $ 1.2 million
on Kickstarter to fund the creation of a new album and book, and comic writer / self - published author Ryan North, whose book «To Be or Not To Be» is still reportedly the highest publishing Kickstarter project ever.
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.
There are many
crowdfunding sites available in which you can do the proper research
on investors and their interests to effectively organize your efforts to get the
best possible return.
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.
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.