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 Pre-Order Store Success: A Step-by-Step Guide
You’ve exceeded your funding goal, run a successful Kickstarter campaign, and have decided to set up a pre-order store or late-pledge page. Now what?
Pre-ord...
How to Align Your Team to Your Kickstarter Goal
Guest post by Julio Terra, Founder and CEO of Launch Studio
While you may be able to build a prototype of your product on your own, you'll need to assemble a...
BackerKit Welcomes Crowd Ox to the Team
We are thrilled to announce that today Crowd Ox, a pledge management platform for crowdfunding projects, will be joining the BackerKit team. We are excited to c...
Kickstarter Checklist: Create a Plan for Success
Managing a crowdfunding campaign may be time-intensive, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. To understand everything that goes into a crowdfunding campaign ...
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 ...