How would you feel, and what would happen, if you reached 75%, 100%, 200% and 1,000% of your goal?

If Indiegogo becomes only available to well-funded companies and people start to treat it as an online shop then that will be the beginning of the end for them.

This project shows that Kickstarter isn’t always about designing a physical product and then raising money to get it made.

This week I’m going to recap a series of posts I wrote covering the whole process of my last Kickstarter campaign from start to finish.

Here I’m taking a step back and going over the blog posts I’ve written that cover the foundations of what Kickstarter actually is.

I've been writing every week for almost a year now for my Kickstarter blog. Although it's ostensibly about crowdfunding, it's really more generally about making things. Over the next few weeks, I'll be writing a mini series summarising and linking to some of my articles so far.

Product designer, engineer, filmmaker, photographer, copywriter, graphic designer, accountant, buyer, salesperson, marketing guru.

Last week my Kickstarter campaign finished and in the end it was 815% funded. Here’s what happens now.

You may have come across the concept of setting up an ecommerce website based on dropshipping products.

There are lots of similarities with running a crowdfunding campaign and with ecommerce more generally so I find this an interesting area to look at.

The collaborator feature in Kickstarter is powerful, but rather crudely implemented so be thoughtful about who you give access to.

Kickstarter is a type of rewards-based crowdfunding. This is distinct from other crowdfunding such as equity crowdfunding or loan crowdfunding. Fundamentally they are all about raising money in one way or another, but they’re very different from each other.

If you think you have an idea that could be a good fit for Kickstarter, create a draft project right now.

What exactly is on a Kickstarter project page? Here are all the things you need to complete in order to pitch your product and story to backers.

Almost a decade ago I wrote a blog post about products being crap. Six Kickstarter projects and over $200k later I’ve set up Roast my Kickstarter to help others crowdfund their ideas. Here’s how I got here…