Relaunch a Failed Kickstarter Campaign in 3 Steps
Nearly 500,000 projects have launched on Kickstarter since the company was founded in 2009. Only 186,821 of those projects have been successfully funded. Failur...
Amber Humphrey
Support the USPS: A Special Offer for BackerKit Postage Users
Getting ready to ship out rewards to your crowdfunding project’s backers? We’ve got you covered. We’re excited to announce that from August 20, 2020 until Decem...
How to Build Your Indiegogo or Kickstarter Email List in 10 Steps
Your crowdfunding platform won’t serve up backers to you — you have to find them. So, before you launch your Kickstarter or Indiegogo campaign, you need to buil...
Building an Email List: How to Ensure Kickstarter and Indiegogo Success
You’re getting ready to launch a crowdfunding campaign. You’ve got your prototype and you’re getting ready to set up your Indiegogo or Kickstarter campaign page...
The Secrets of Crowdfunding Tabletop Games
When you look at the top tabletop creators on Kickstarter, and see them hitting — and even surpassing — their funding goals quickly, it's inspiring. Like them, ...
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...
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...
Crowdfunding Manufacturing: Get Your Tabletop Game Ready
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 ...
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...
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...
