Rap Godz Co-Creator on Building a Brand
In 2018, brothers Omari Akil and Hamu Dennis launched Rap Godz. This unique board game in which you play as a rapper, trying to live your dream as a hip hop art...
Crowdfunding Insights: June 8 – July 5, 2020
We head into our fifteenth week of crowdfunding pledges tracking above better than the average amount of pledges raised. The total amount pledged continues to t...
Build Your Crowdfunding Email Strategy in 4 Steps
Successful Kickstarter creators know that mobilizing backers from past campaigns can help get a new project funded early. But what’s the best way to encourage y...
BackerKit Stands with the Black Community
We, as BackerKit, stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
We stand against racism and anti-blackness, police brutality, and the systemic rac...
Crowdfunding Insights: May 25 – June 7, 2020
We head into our tenth week of crowdfunding pledges tracking above better than the average amount of pledges raised. This past week’s pledge amount was not as h...
Get Your Tabletop Game Ready for Manufacturing
After experiencing slowdowns during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the manufacturing industry is ramping back up. While factories are resuming produ...
How Can Crowdfunding Creators Prepare for Tax Day?
This year, the US federal tax deadline is July 15, 2020. If you aren’t already prepared to file, now is the time to get started. Whether you prepare your taxes ...
Crowdfunding Insights: May 18 – 24, 2020
We head into our eighth week of crowdfunding pledges tracking above better than the average amount of pledges raised. This past week’s pledge amount was not as ...
How to Get Repeat Kickstarter Backers
Repeat backers can give your campaign the boost it needs to reach its funding goal early. But how do you build a community that’s willing to support you time an...
Crowdfunding Insights: May 11 – 17, 2020
We head into our seventh week of crowdfunding pledges tracking above better than the average amount of pledges raised, with the total amount pledged trending up...
Partnership Announcement: Indiegogo and BackerKit Team Up
After a crowdfunding campaign is funded, a whole new set of challenges emerge. From managing mountains of backer data to ensuring rewards get to the right place...
Introducing We’re Building This Together
It’s always been important for us at BackerKit to learn what the most successful creators are doing during their Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns, and then s...