For Backers
How to Back a Crowdfunding Project on Kickstarter
Everything you need to know before and after supporting your first creative project.
Creator Tips
Validation: How to Predict Your Campaign’s Success
“My friends love it!” is something every founder has said at least once. But successful Kickstarter campaigns are built on market validation, not friendly encouragement. Here’s how to test demand before you launch.
Games
Meet SideQuest: A Community Effort to Bring Tabletop Crowdfunding Back to Basics
SideQuest is proving that successful Kickstarter campaigns can be small, affordable, and easy to deliver.
Partners
How BB-777 Hit $1M in 1 Hour on Kickstarter
This recreation of the most iconic boombox ever made had a loyal following and a product their community had been requesting for years, but it was entering unproven territory. This is where the marketing team at TCF came in.
Product Updates
What's New on Kickstarter This Summer: Better Discovery and Fulfillment Flexibility
We've been hard at work, rolling out updates designed to make fulfillment more flexible, improve project discovery, and strengthen creator and backer trust.
Creator Spotlights
Meet One of the Creators Who Helped Transform a Fantasy Podcast into $1.5 million Kickstarter-Funded Graphic Novel
The hit podcast Worlds Beyond Number is about to becomes a graphic novel. We spoke with co-creator Erika Ishii about it.
Case Studies
Community Is Everything: The Story Behind the Most Funded Tabletop Role Playing Game in Crowdfunding History
How did Legends of Avantris' Neon Odyssey raises more than $16 million? It might have had something to do with their 49,116 backers.
Creator Spotlights
20 Years of Radical DIY Publishing, Brick-by-Brick
The independent publisher PM Press, founded in 2007 by Ramsey Kanaan and Craig O'Hara, looks to continue for another 20 years.
Next Wave
Meet the First Recipients of the Google Next Wave Fund
From robotic hands and AI translation to respiratory health and digital scent, these creators are turning ambitious ideas into reality with support from the Kickstarter X Google Next Wave Fund.
Creator Spotlights
Eight Kickstarter Campaigns Later, Here's What FLYOS Would Tell New Creators
The Montreal-based studio, FLYOS, is known for immersive narrative experiences like Vampire: The Masquerade — CHAPTERS and Rayman: The Board Game. What's next?
Partners
Beyond Ads: What Creators Ask Us Most About Running a Successful Kickstarter
Most Kickstarter projects deliver successfully, but the ones that struggle often fall victim to the same avoidable mistakes.
Creator Spotlights
Creator Spotlight: Restoration Games Brings The King's Gambit to Middle-earth
From a long-simmering dream project to an unlikely collaboration with Space Cowboys, Restoration Games co-founder Justin Jacobson shares the story behind The King's Gambit, the evolution of his studio, and why community remains at the heart of every Kickstarter campaign.
Creator Tips
Why Kickstarter Campaigns Fail After Funding (And How to Avoid It)
There are five common mistakes. Here's how you can sidestep each one.
