Board Game Design: Your Guide to Better Playtests
Playtesting is an essential part of the board game design process. It will help you refine your game and get it ready for your crowdfunding campaign. When you a...
Amber Humphrey
The Secret to Getting Kickstarter Backers: Know Your Audience
Who is your crowdfunding project’s audience? It’s ok if you don’t have an answer right now, but you’ll need to find out before you launch. Audience research isn...
Celebrating Black-led Crowdfunding Projects Through The Creative Fund
In July 2018, BackerKit established The Creative Fund — our commitment to make a $1 pledge to every project that launches on Kickstarter. Our goal has been to m...
When is the Best Time to Launch a Kickstarter Campaign?
When is the best time to launch a Kickstarter or Indiegogo campaign? It’s a question we’re often asked. While you may be looking for a simple day, time, and mon...
How Gadget Flow Helps Creators Find More Backers
How do you get more eyes on your Kickstarter or Indiegogo project? The Gadget Flow team knows how challenging this can be. Since 2012, they’ve been introducing ...
BackerKit Year in Review 2020
This has been a challenging year, to say the least. We’ve experienced a worldwide pandemic, global protests calling for social change, a U.S. election, and of c...
How Dispel Dice Managed Their Crowdfunding Success
Tabletop gaming is more than just a hobby for Dispel Dice creator Karen Wang — it’s been an important emotional, social, and artistic outlet for her. When she s...
Kickstarter Checklist: Create a Plan for Crowdfunding Success
Managing a crowdfunding campaign may be time-intensive, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. To understand everything that goes into a Kickstarter campaign a...
Marketing for Kickstarter: How to Smash Your Funding Goal
Are you wondering how to drive more pledges to your campaign? It all starts with marketing. Let's take a look at how marketing for Kickstarter and Indiegogo wor...
How to Start a Kickstarter Campaign: Hard-Won Lessons From a First-Timer
Mario Waugh has worked as a graphic designer, app developer, and mobile website designer for years. But he always had an interest in writing. He decided to run ...
BackerKit Webinar: Performance Marketing Secrets
Are you trying to figure out the best way to promote your next project? Facebook Ads can be a powerful marketing tool. However, there are special considerations...
Launching the Most Successful Kickstarter Product in Fitness
OYO Fitness launched their first product, the DoubleFlex Black, on Kickstarter in 2017. While you’d probably expect a portable gym that incorporates technology ...
