Film
How to Run a Kickstarter Film Project: After Your Campaign Ends
In this section, they’ll tackle everything you need to know about receiving your Kickstarter funds, producing and fulfilling your rewards, and keeping in touch with backers.
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Creator Tips
The Cost to Create a Book: Derby Life
Margot Atwell shares how she budgeted to publish her Kickstarter-funded ode to roller derby. In 2014, I had been running my roller derby website, Derbylife.com, for three years when I started to realize I couldn’t do it forever. After a lot of agonizing, I decided to focus on
Finance & Legal
Product Update: A Calculator for Funding Goals
Setting a funding goal is a critical step in launching a project — but it can be a confusing one. We’ve released a new tool to help make at least part of this process easier and more transparent.
Creator Tips
The 10 Emotional Stages of Launching a Kickstarter Project
Kirsten Thompson, creator of the comic ‘I Am Hexed,’ shares the emotions you’ll cycle through as you get ready to launch your Kickstarter campaign — plus some tips to keep you going.
Product Updates
How to Create and Share a Project Budget
Creators can now make and share a budget for their project directly from the Kickstarter project editor.
Creator Conversations
‘We Stopped Talking About Money’ — and Raised $9 Million
Elan Lee made ‘Exploding Kittens’ and ‘Throw Throw Burrito’; Paul Budnitz created Ello and Kidrobot before launching Superplastic. Here, they discuss how community-first projects have overthrown elitist cultural tastemakers.
Creator Tips
What Do You Wish You Had Known Before Launching Your Kickstarter Project?
Ten Kickstarter creators share advice for first-timers, from planning rewards to how to keep in touch with backers. One of the hardest parts of running a Kickstarter campaign is the unknown of what happens after you hit “Launch.” Even with proper planning and a thoughtfully designed campaign, surprises can still
Creator Tips
Before You Launch, Build a List
What if we told you that one of the most powerful tools behind nearly every successful Kickstarter project is...a list?
Open Calls
Need some reward ideas? Here are 96 of them.
Offering great rewards is one of the best ways to encourage support for your Kickstarter project.
Publishing
Planning Your Perfect-Sized Kickstarter Book Project
Gold-leaf fantasies and softcover realities: a comprehensive guide to planning your first Kickstarter book project by creator Elly Blue.
Creator Tips
How to Get Featured on Kickstarter
How can I become a Project We Love? How can I get my project featured by Kickstarter? These are questions we often hear from our creator community. Our team is always on the lookout for exceptional projects, and when we find one, we share our enthusiasm by giving it a
Creator Tips
Unsolicited Advice for Rewards and Fulfillment
My own experience has been a slow growth, handling larger volumes while also getting slowly better at packaging and streamlined shipping.
