
Business Strategy & Growth
10 Niche Business Ideas Worth Considering
You could dive into the future of entrepreneurship with these innovative and niche business ideas.
Open Calls
This October, Witchstarter Returns!
Pledge Manager
This guide will help you choose the right approach for tax collection and communicate transparently with your backers throughout the process.
For Backers
From "what do I get?" to "what can I give?"—how one Melbourne-based curator turned backing into an art form.
A new initiative helping independent filmmakers get funded – and streamed
A streamlined way to manage post-campaign logistics and offer add-ons and upgrades, without ever leaving the Kickstarter platform.
Creators can now use the Tariff Manager—our new in-house tool designed to help you offset unexpected U.S. import costs directly within Kickstarter’s Pledge Manager.
Recent U.S. Tariff changes are impacting creators, here are some tips, tools, and support to help you move forward.
A new online video curriculum designed to make crowdfunding more accessible and help creators launch successful campaigns with expert-backed insights.
Discover how we’re giving creators an all-in-one crowdfunding experience, enhancing the backer experience and building trust in our community
Design & Technology
Kickstarter is teaming up with Alibaba.com to support product-based startups through CoCreate Pitch 2025, a global competition awarding $1 million in funding, tools, and visibility.
Product Updates
New Pledge Manager updates to give creators complete control over shipping, taxes, and post-campaign growth.
Creator Spotlights
With 100 campaigns under their belt, Microcosm Publishing isn't just a repeat creator. They're a Kickstarter Pro.
Open Calls
This July, take part in our latest Open Call dedicated to all things love and romance—from sweet meets to spicy encounters.
Design & Technology
EufyMake’s latest campaign has officially become the most funded crowdfunding campaign ever. Here’s what made it possible.
Forward Funds
A new initiative helping independent filmmakers get funded – and streamed
Comics
Learn how to make your own comic book with our complete guide here.
Product Updates
Our newest feature gives backers increased payment flexibility and gives creators more ways to convert interest into support, so they can reach higher together.
Newsroom
With 1,300 backers and a bold idea, Touchland set out to reinvent hand sanitizer. Today? They’ve been acquired for over $800 million.
Games
A new era of tabletop storytelling begins. Every Mantic crowdfunding campaign—now and through 2026—will live on Kickstarter.
Product Updates
A streamlined way to manage post-campaign logistics and offer add-ons and upgrades, without ever leaving the Kickstarter platform.
From the intimate charm of Make 100 to the genre-defying energy of Zine Quest and the cinematic storytelling of Long Story Short, here’s how Kickstarter creators made waves in Q1—and how you can get involved next.