How Crowdfunding Works: A Guide for Creators
Learn how crowdfunding work, how backers support creative projects, and how to launch and fund your idea with Kickstarter.
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Creator Tips
From Concept to Fulfillment: The Complete Kickstarter Journey
A realistic Kickstarter campaign timeline can help you plan for everything from pre-launch testing and audience building to launch day, backer communication, and what comes next.
Creator Tips
Creative Fundraising Ideas for Your Next Kickstarter Project
Explore creative fundraising and Kickstarter reward ideas for artists, musicians, filmmakers, writers, podcasters, game makers, and more.
Partners
How A Metabolism Tracking Ring Went From Kickstarter to a Store Near You
The story behind Retailbound's strategy for helping Ultrahuman Transition from crowdfunding to retail
Creator Tips
What Creators Should Do When Rewards Arrive Damaged (Or Don't Arrive at All)
Most fulfillment advice stops at shipping. Here's what to do about the 1–5% of orders that won't make it in one piece.
Creator Spotlights
Seth Green Revisits His Freshman Classmates With A 20th Anniversary Kickstarter Campaign
The character actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Austin Powers) returns with a hardcover edition of he and Hugh Sterbakov's 2006 graphic novel, illustrated by Leonard Kirk.
Comics
How to Come Up With Comic Book Ideas: Tips From Comic Creators
Looking for comic book ideas? Veteran creators share practical advice for finding inspiration, developing characters and stories, overcoming creative blocks, and making a comic that feels uniquely yours.
Creator Tips
A Guide to Completing Prelaunch Research (& How to Make Sense of the Data)
How to validate your idea, build an audience, and use prelaunch data to make smarter decisions before your crowdfunding campaign goes live.
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.
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.
