{"id":18705,"date":"2020-09-11T13:12:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T20:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/?p=18705"},"modified":"2021-01-07T15:24:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T23:24:28","slug":"most-successful-kickstarter-oyo-nova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/most-successful-kickstarter-oyo-nova\/","title":{"rendered":"Launching the Most Successful Kickstarter Product in Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oyofitness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OYO Fitness<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> launched their first product, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/oyo\/doubleflex-black-portable-gym-by-oyo-fitness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DoubleFlex Black<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on Kickstarter in 2017. While you\u2019d probably expect a portable gym that incorporates technology used by NASA astronauts to do well on Kickstarter, the DoubleFlex Black was more successful than anyone could have anticipated. The project blew past its $30,000 funding goal, raising $659,175 with 4,206 backers. At the time, it was the second most-funded fitness product in Kickstarter history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three years later, OYO Fitness founder Paul Francis and his team were gearing up to launch their second product on Kickstarter \u2014 the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/oyo\/oyo-nova-gym\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OYO NOVA Gym<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. On the heels of their previous success, they approached their next campaign with confidence. But the big question was, how could they build on those past wins and have an even bigger campaign this time around?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second project internal goal: $1 million<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kickstarter was the natural choice for the OYO Fitness team. \u201cIt\u2019s such a great platform to take a product and get it out in front of a community of early adopters to see how it resonates,\u201d says OYO Fitness COO Graham Ripple. They used the platform for the OYO NOVA Gym campaign because they knew it could work for them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18707 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/oyo-nova-most-successful-kickstarter-product.jpg\" alt=\"most successful kickstarter\" width=\"658\" height=\"481\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They set their funding goal at $30,000. This was the minimum amount they\u2019d need to produce the product, and it was a number they felt they could hit, given their first campaign\u2019s results. However, like many creators, they also had an informal, internal funding goal that they were shooting for \u2014 $1 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pre-launch considerations<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even before they launched, the OYO Fitness team benefited from having a strong community of supporters behind him. In fact, the OYO NOVA Gym was developed based on feedback from that fan base. But to hit that one-million-dollar goal, they were going to have to grow that already large audience. This can be a daunting task, even for the most successful Kickstarter creators and creators like OYO Fitness who know the ropes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And what if they managed to double or triple the number of backers they\u2019d previously had?\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How would they deal with fulfillment on that scale in a timely manner? What kind of stress would it put on their team? To scale crowdfunding campaigns, you not only need to find ways to acquire more backers, but you also need to build the infrastructure or find support systems that will enable you to manage that success.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crowdfunding combo power<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preparing for that best-case scenario, in which they had tens of thousands of backers, meant reaching out to BackerKit. OYO Fitness had used the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/features\/survey?utm_source=marketing&amp;utm_medium=oyonova__blog_091120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BackerKit Pledge Manager<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to streamline the fulfillment process during their first campaign in 2017. They were happy with the results and planned on using the Pledge Manager again for the new campaign.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After speaking with BackerKit Account Executive Yung Choi, they learned about some of BackerKit\u2019s new services. Because of their campaign goals, Choi believed that they\u2019d be a good fit for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/crowdfunding-ads?utm_source=marketing&amp;utm_medium=oyonova__blog_091120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BackerKit Marketing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 a performance marketing service, designed explicitly for crowdfunding that drives prospective backers to a creator\u2019s campaign page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The OYO Fitness team already had funds allocated to use on ads, so it was a pleasant surprise to learn that BackerKit had an ad service in addition to the Pledge Manager. The creators behind the most successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/most-successful-kickstarter-projects-of-all-time-2016-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kickstarter projects of all time<\/a> know that in order to scale, they need to develop a strategy and seek out partners that would help them increase their marketing efforts and optimize post-campaign fulfillment. They decided to use Pledge Manager and Ads to help achieve these two intertwined goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toning up OYO Fitness\u2019 marketing: choosing an experienced ad agency<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/neilpatel.com\/blog\/deep-dive-facebook-advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook Ads<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are a paid marketing tool that can give your organic \u2014\u00a0or unpaid \u2014 marketing techniques, like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/kickstarter-build-email-list?utm_source=marketing&amp;utm_medium=oyonova__blog_091120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">email marketing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0a boost. Running Facebook Ads during your crowdfunding campaign brings more exposure to your project and can ultimately drive more pledges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OYO Fitness used Facebook Ads during their first campaign. However, when trying this technique out at that time, they partnered up with an agency that didn\u2019t have experience working with Kickstarter projects. \u201cWe didn\u2019t get the return on ad spend that we wanted,\u201d says Ripple. \u201cThe first three days of a campaign tend to bring the most support. And I think that we really missed out on that. We did not come out strong out of the gate, and I think that affected how much we raised.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn\u2019t until they started using a Kickstarter ad agency that things turned around for them. Finding a partner who understood crowdfunding was a major contributor to their first project\u2019s success, and it was something they knew they would need to repeat during their second campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaborating with multiple ad agencies<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Targeting is a critical part of running a successful ad campaign. If you aren\u2019t targeting the right audience with your ads, you\u2019re essentially throwing away your money. This is why it\u2019s so important to work with an agency that understands how to optimize campaigns for crowdfunding campaigns. BackerKit uses custom audiences to reach over a million crowdfunding enthusiasts. This ensures that a project gets in front of people who are most likely to convert and become backers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second piece to OYO Fitness\u2019s paid marketing strategy was working with multiple ad partners. This is something that BackerKit encouraged. Backers convert in different ways. One agency may have a piece of the puzzle that another one doesn\u2019t \u2014 they may have access to different audiences or have different marketing techniques.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For this reason, it\u2019s best to stick with agencies that understand the benefits of this type of collaboration. An agency that genuinely wants you to have the most successful Kickstarter campaign possible isn\u2019t going to force you to sign any kind of exclusivity agreements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Achieving peak ad performance: $561K raised with BackerKit<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The OYO Fitness team ended up working with four ad partners, including BackerKit. To keep all of these ad campaigns on track and ensure they were making the most of their marketing budget, Ripple, who was the primary strategist and project manager on OYO Fitness\u2019s side, closely monitored return on ad spend (ROAS) for each of the ad partners. \u201cThis allowed me to allocate resources to them based on their performance,\u201d he says. \u201cWe wanted to reward the partners that had found our target market.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A creator\u2019s target ROAS is determined by dividing the average pledge value by the average cost per pledge. With an accurate ROAS target, creators make money while spending. So while Ripple was tracking ROAS to determine how to divvy up funds, BackerKit Creator Marketing Account Manager Chris Rojas was also monitoring performance, making sure that they were adjusting the daily budget and ads to hit those ROAS targets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe had a weekly call with Chris. We were regularly having a dialogue about how the ads were performing,\u201d Ripple says. \u201cWe would see if there were tweaks that could be made to either assets that we were giving him or the campaign page itself. It was a very collaborative process, and we felt very supported by the BackerKit team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18708\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18708\" class=\"wp-image-18708 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-nova-most-successful-kickstarter-marketing-min-1024x504.png\" alt=\"most successful kickstarter\" width=\"1024\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-nova-most-successful-kickstarter-marketing-min-1024x504.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-nova-most-successful-kickstarter-marketing-min-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-nova-most-successful-kickstarter-marketing-min-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-nova-most-successful-kickstarter-marketing-min.png 1397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top-performing ad assets<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the end, this collaboration with BackerKit yielded $561,000 for the OYO NOVA Gym campaign.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reaching more than 500K backers<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The OYO team needed to connect with as many qualified leads \u2014 that\u2019s is, prospects that could become actual backers \u2014 as possible. This would primarily be achieved through ads and more grassroots marketing efforts \u2014 they were sure to get their fan base excited for the OYO NOVA Gym campaign before their launch date to set the momentum for their campaign. But as BackerKit users, they had one more marketing tool at their disposal: The BackerKit Newsletter, which reaches over 500,00 opted-in backers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 1px 1px 1px 1px; color: #555555; background-color: ##ffffff; border: #ffd508 2px solid;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18723 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-most-successful-kickstarter-bk-newsletter-min-1024x600.png\" alt=\"oyo nova newsletter\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-most-successful-kickstarter-bk-newsletter-min-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-most-successful-kickstarter-bk-newsletter-min-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-most-successful-kickstarter-bk-newsletter-min-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-most-successful-kickstarter-bk-newsletter-min.png 1089w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BackerKit newsletter is a real boon for budget-conscious creators because fees are based on results. To track performance in real-time, the OYO team could monitor an online dashboard. The newsletter gave their project more exposure \u2014 which is always a good thing \u2014 and brought them even closer to their funding goal. They raised over $28,000 through their newsletter feature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe mix of the Newsletter and the Ads that BackerKit provides is such a potent combination,\u201d Ripple says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The journey to $1 million<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The OYO NOVA Gym campaign launched during the first few months of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/categories\/covid-19-crowdfunding?utm_source=marketing&amp;utm_medium=oyonova__blog_091120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COVID-19 pandemic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Initially, the team was concerned about what effect<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/launch-crowdfunding-coronavirus?utm_source=marketing&amp;utm_medium=oyonova__blog_091120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that would have on their campaign and crowdfunding in general<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But, as they saw the way the project was trending over the course of their fifty-one-day campaign, it was clear that this portable gym was particularly well suited for a time when people had to shelter in place and were working out from their homes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18710 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-NOVA-most-successful-kickstarter-image-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"most successful kickstarter\" width=\"654\" height=\"479\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their marketing efforts allowed them to connect with thousands of people who needed a fitness product like the OYO NOVA Gym \u2014 both those who were likely to be interested in the product under any circumstances as well as this new audience of people who were dealing with the realities of quarantine. The project\u2019s timing mixed with the preparation they\u2019d done led to success far beyond what the team could have imagined.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They surpassed their $30,000 goal on the first day of their campaign, raising over $175,000 from 1,200 backers. The OYO NOVA Gym was on its way to landing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/discover\/most-funded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kickstarter most-funded<\/a> list.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$4 million+ raised: Becoming the most successful fitness product on Kickstarter\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like many of the other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/10-kickstarter-products-that-raised-the-most-money-2017-06-22-10883052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kickstarter products that have raised the most money<\/a> in their categories and campaigns that appear on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_highest-funded_crowdfunding_projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">highest-funded crowdfunding projects list<\/a>, the OYO NOVA Gym brought in a lot of early pledges. They hit their one-million-dollar internal goal in six days. But the team didn\u2019t stop there. They made sure to keep the momentum going by utilizing stretch goals throughout the campaign, offering new color options for the OYO NOVA Gym and fitness accessories. By the time the campaign ended, they\u2019d raised $4,411,495 and had 26,199 backers. They\u2019d become the most successful fitness product in Kickstarter history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 1px 1px 1px 1px; color: #555555; background-color: ##ffffff; border: #ffd508 2px solid;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18711 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-NOVA-most-successful-kickstarter-min-1024x485.png\" alt=\"most successful kickstarter\" width=\"1024\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-NOVA-most-successful-kickstarter-min-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-NOVA-most-successful-kickstarter-min-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-NOVA-most-successful-kickstarter-min-768x363.png 768w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-NOVA-most-successful-kickstarter-min-1536x727.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-NOVA-most-successful-kickstarter-min-2048x969.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe expected to raise as much as we did in 2017, and were hoping to double it and raise past the one-million-dollar mark if we could. But we did not expect the level of support we received. It\u2019s overwhelming and such a cool experience,\u201d Ripple says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26K backers \u2014 now what?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The excitement of having just run one of the most successful Kickstarter projects hasn\u2019t worn off. They had 26,199 backers \u2014 it\u2019s a staggering number. And while OYO Fitness couldn\u2019t be more pleased with their results, a larger backer count means order management flow during fulfillment can be cumbersome. Who wants to manually sort through spreadsheets with more than 26,000 backers\u2019 information? From the get-go, the team knew they would need a survey and fulfillment solution that was more robust than what Kickstarter had to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18716 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OYO-most-successful-kickstarter-survey-min-840x1024.png\" alt=\"oyo survey backerkit\" width=\"447\" height=\"580\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OYO Fitness is currently in the middle of the fulfillment process. The BackerKit Pledge Manager is making it possible for them to survey their backers to collect their information and then keep all of their backer data organized. They\u2019re also charging for shipping in BackerKit, charging <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/help.backerkit.com\/article\/589-how-to-set-up-tax-rules?utm_source=marketing&amp;utm_medium=oyonova__blog_091120\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VAT<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for their EU backers, and raising additional funds through add-on sales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBackerKit is doing such a good job of helping a campaign get the exposure that it deserves and needs through Ads and the Newsletter,\u201d Ripple says. \u201cAnd then on the back end, they\u2019re basically not only helping with fulfillment but also giving creators an opportunity for more sales, whether that\u2019s using the pre-order store or using add-ons through the survey. It just makes so much sense to use BackerKit because of the holistic ecosystem that they\u2019ve built.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When launching a crowdfunding project, it\u2019s important to consider the entire road ahead. What can you do to set yourself up for success at each stage of your journey? Which tools or partners can help maximize your project\u2019s potential along the way? Answering these questions becomes especially important when you\u2019re launching a bigger project. With BackerKit\u2019s help, OYO Fitness not only surpassed their funding goal but is also now able to manage the post-campaign logistics that come with being the most-funded fitness project on Kickstarter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019d like to learn more about how BackerKit works with the most successful Kickstarter creators like OYO Fitness on Facebook Ads, check out our upcoming webinar, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdcast.io\/e\/performance-marketing\/registerprofile?utm_source=marketing&amp;utm_medium=oyonova__blog_091120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performance Marketing Secrets of Million Dollar Kickstarter Projects<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you planning to launch a crowdfunding campaign soon, and want to get started with BackerKit Marketing? Click below to see if your project is a good fit for the service.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/admins\/sign_up?onboarding_kind=ads&amp;utm_source=marketing&amp;utm_medium=oyonova__blog_091120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19488 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/backerkit-marketing.png\" alt=\"backerkit marketing\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/backerkit-marketing.png 400w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/backerkit-marketing-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OYO Fitness launched their first product, the DoubleFlex Black, on Kickstarter in 2017. 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