CMON and BackerKit Forge Exclusive Pact
CMON LTD and BackerKit are thrilled to announce a new partnership that cements BackerKit’s platform as CMON’s exclusive crowdfunding pledge manager. With 48 cam...
10,000 BackerKit Pledge Manager Projects Served
BackerKit has just reached a major milestone — as of July 21, 2021, we’ve served 10,000 Pledge Manager projects!
When we launched in 2012, we were just a tw...
BackerKit Q&A: Marketing For Your Kickstarter Campaigns
When we ask crowdfunding creators which areas of their campaigns are the most challenging, the answer we hear most often is marketing and promotion. Spreading t...
How to Create a Kickstarter Project Budget
As a crowdfunding creator, your goal is to raise money to bring your awesome idea into the world. But, in order to do that, you'll have to spend some money. So ...
The Alleyman’s Tarot Creator on Their Record-Breaking Project
Seven Dane Asmund has launched multiple publishing, tarot, and dice crowdfunding projects. However, they never imagined that their latest project would be as su...
What is BackerKit?
Crowdfunding is a journey that we probably all hope will be as simple as this:
Step 1: Have an excellent idea for a crowdfunding project.
Step 2: Launch ...
Coyote & Crow Creator on Designing a Game By and About Natives
Coyote & Crow is a sci-fi fantasy tabletop RPG set in an alternate future where the Americas were never colonized. Created and led by a team of Native Ameri...
How Experimentation Kept Us Shipping Code and Growing Through a Pandemic
It’s been a little more than a year since BackerKit went surprise-fully-remote due to the pandemic. In that time, the Product team has learned a lot about takin...
Making BackerKit’s Best Tools Accessible to All Creators
Today, we are announcing an exciting new change that will help bring BackerKit’s tools to more creators.
When we launched in 2012, not many people knew they ...
Creating a Playtest Feedback Form for Your Board Game
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...
BackerKit Stands in Solidarity With the Asian Community
There has been a disturbing wave of anti-Asian violence in the United States. Recently, we’ve seen a rise in robberies, burglaries, and assaults targeting Asian...
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...