Make Pledge Levels More Convenient for You and Your Backers
If you make things as clear and convenient as possible, you’ll inspire more pledges and prevent future problems at the same time. In our last post, we discussed...
How to Optimize Your Pledge Levels To Gain Momentum
In the world of crowdfunding, momentum is a powerful force. Rapid growth in the first couple of days will raise your project’s ranking on Kickstarter and Indie...
Make Your Kickstarter Backers Happy with Add-Ons
What is an Add-On?
An add-on is an optional item that can be added to a Kickstarter pledge without changing pledge levels. Adding-on isn’t actually a Kicksta...
A Million Reasons to Celebrate!
We’ve been working pretty hard and reached a solid milestone this past week! So far we’ve served 100 project creators (and counting) and over 165,...
Putting your BackerKit project together
Here’s a secret: there’s no one-size-fits-all method to how a project creator should get things done. Different projects take different approaches; there are di...
Understanding the BackerKit flow
BackerKit is the creators’ toolkit to post-crowdfunding fulfillment. Below, is a simple overview of how BackerKit works for both project creators and backers; e...
Winding down your BackerKit project
Last week, we talked about how to get a project set up on BackerKit, but getting set up is only half the battle. To get a project to completion, it’s important ...
Introducing BackerKit Postage
One thing we hear from DIY project creators of all sizes is that making labels for shipping your crowdfunded project is harder than it should be.
BackerKit P...
Harness the Power of Spotlight with BackerKit Pre-orders
Last week, Kickstarter released a new project page layout called “Spotlight” for successfully funded crowdfunding projects. Spotlight displays each project in a...
5 Ways to Keep Backers Excited During Your Campaign
Building a campaign for your crowdfunding project is sort of like having a relationship. And if you want things to go to the next level, you’ll need to spice it...
Top 5 Things to Finish Your Campaign Strong
You’ve reached the final stretch of your campaign and one of two things is happening: a) you’re either getting ready to pop that bubbly and dance your little ji...
Top 5 Things to Know When Your Campaign Ends
Now that you’ve revved up the last week of your campaign, and everything’s coming to a close, it’s time to prepare for the next steps.
1. Wait to send out your...