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...
Crowdfunding Insights: May 4 – 10, 2020
We head into our sixth week of crowdfunding pledges tracking above better than the average amount of pledges raised. April was a good month with lots of new Kic...
Crowdfunding Insights: April 27- May 3, 2020
We head into our fifth week of crowdfunding pledges tracking above better than the average amount of pledges raised! Despite the Coronavirus pandemic, crowdfund...
Crowdfunding Insights: April 20-26, 2020
We’ve hit a 4 week streak! Since we’ve been tracking the health of crowdfunding during the Coronavirus pandemic from the beginning of April, we continue to see ...
Crowdfunding Insights: April 13-19, 2020
When the Coronavirus turned into a pandemic, we heard from Kickstarter creators that they were hesitant to launch their projects because of the fear that backer...
Building Your Crowdfunding Campaign’s Foundation Through Product Positioning
The following is an excerpt from Mark Pecota’s new book, CROWDFUNDED. Mark Pecota is the CEO & co-founder of LaunchBoom — a global crowdfunding agency who i...
Crowdfunding Insights: April 6-12, 2020
Last week, we introduced our COVID-19 Crowdfunding Insights series. BackerKit is in a unique position where we have strong connections to prolific crowdfunding ...
An Update on The Creative Fund by BackerKit
At BackerKit, we envision a world where anyone with enough drive and determination can make a living from what they create. Every day, we are lucky enough to se...
Crowdfunding and Taxes: What Creators Need to Know
Whether you’re planning to launch a crowdfunding project or you’ve already hit your goal, it’s critical that you think about the tax implications of your campai...