Creator Spotlights
How Felicia Day’s The Guild Became the Most Crowdfunded Film of All Time
Felicia Day discusses why she returned to The Guild after 20th years, and why she took her idea to Kickstarter.
Latest
The Signs Are Clear: Witchstarter Returns This October 🔮
The days are getting shorter. Your mood ring is getting darker. It can only mean one thing: Witchstarter season is almost here.
Pledge Manager
Built with creators: How Kickstarter’s Pledge Manager has grown since launch
From more flexible fulfillment to greater control over orders, surveys, taxes, and shipping, here’s what we’ve built since launching Kickstarter’s Pledge Manager in May 2025.
Creator Tips
From Kickstarter to Retail Shelves: How to Expand Beyond Crowdfunding
Building a successful e-commerce business after Kickstarter is very possible. Here is the step-by-step approach to how you can successfully navigate the transition from Kickstarter to brick-and-mortar retail.
Games
From Kickstarter to the ENNIE Awards: Celebrating This Year’s Winning Creators
Tabletop creators who brought their projects to life on Kickstarter took home some of the biggest honors at this year’s ENNIE Awards.
Creator Tips
What 30+ Crowdfunding Campaigns Taught Me About What Gets Funded
After losing $100,000 in a distributor deal, I turned to Kickstarter. More than 30 campaigns later, here's what I've learned about building products people want to back.
Creator Tips
How to Fund Your Idea: A Complete Guide for Creators
Every creative project starts with the same question: How am I going to pay for this?
For Backers
How to Back a Crowdfunding Project on Kickstarter
Everything you need to know before and after supporting your first creative project.
Comics
Kickstarter Heads to San Diego Comic-Con 2026 to Celebrate the Future of Comics
Join Kickstarter at San Diego Comic-Con for conversations with legendary comics creators, practical crowdfunding insights, and a weekend celebrating the stories, creators, and community shaping the future of comics.
Creator Spotlights
Acclaimed Cartoonist and Kickstarter Creator Juni Ba Discusses His Whirlwind Year
The Eisner Awards has bestowed three of their most prestigious nominations to Juni Ba for his Kickstarter-funded graphic novel, The Fables of Erkling Wood.
Comics
What To Do If Your Comic Book Printer Suddenly Closes
Don't let an unexpected printing disruption derail your campaign. Here's how to find a new comic book printer, communicate with backers, and keep your project moving. Also: a special deal for Kickstarter Comics Creators from Mixam Printing.
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.
Creator Tips
From Funded to Delivered: A Creator's Guide to Fulfillment
Where post-campaign timelines actually slip, how to choose a fulfillment model, and what the new international shipping rules mean for your backers.
