{"id":23846,"date":"2024-05-15T10:34:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T17:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/?p=23846"},"modified":"2024-05-22T07:30:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T14:30:54","slug":"a-more-collaborative-crowdfunding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/a-more-collaborative-crowdfunding","title":{"rendered":"A More Collaborative Crowdfunding: Cross-Collab Campaigns, Comictopia, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The past few months have been some of the biggest and most eventful at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/\">BackerKit<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March was a particularly notable month of extremes on BackerKit in which we hosted both one of the <strong>biggest creators and campaigns in crowdfunding history<\/strong> as well as the <strong>largest cohort of enamel pin creators<\/strong> launching and running over 120 campaigns at the same time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These unprecedented breakout campaigns and events proved BackerKit was built for creators of all types and sizes to not only launch some of their best and most memorable campaigns yet but also build their creative audiences, network, and future with each new project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These breakout moments led to new broken records, key milestones, and even more pioneering features <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/backerkit-features-new-crowdfunding\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">since our last product update in January<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a quick summary:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Pintopia 2024:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0BackerKit\u2019s annual collaborative crowdfunding event for enamel pin designs, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><b><a href=\"#Pintopia\">Pintopia<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ran between March 28 to April 18 of this year and featured over 120+ pin creators who together generated nearly $1m in total funding \u2013 over 14x more than the inaugural Pintopia in 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Cross-Collab Campaigns:<\/strong> We launched brand new features for Pintopia, simultaneously tested by Pintopia creators and their thousands of backers, which has led to more explorations around a more collaborative approach and our newest feature beta \u2013 <\/span><b><a href=\"#Cross-Collab\">Cross-Collab Campaigns<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 100+ creators have already applied to take part in our beta, which is still open for submissions. See details below.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>Brandon Sanderson \/ Words of Radiance:<\/strong> In early March, the biggest crowdfunding creator <strong><a href=\"#Sanderson\">Brandon Sanderson<\/a><\/strong> launched his massive campaign <b><\/b><em>Words of Radiance Leatherbound<\/em> on BackerKit. It raised a whopping $23,756,818 in funding with the support of 102,089 backers \u2013 making it the #2 Most funded crowdfunding project of all time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/brandon-sanderson-2-most-funded-crowdfunding-project\">Read our full case study<\/a> of this meteoric project and the numerous broken records it left in its wake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowing we\u2019d be hosting the highest volume of projects, creators, and backers ever on BackerKit, we took it as the perfect opportunity to develop and test new capabilities at scale, including these new crowdfunding features you\u2019ll only find on BackerKit:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"#Cross-Collab\">Cross-Collab Campaigns (Beta)<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"#Flair\">Pintopia Flair Board<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"#Pay\">Pay Over Time (Beta)<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"#Overtime\">Overtime Mode<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><b><b><a href=\"#Trivia\">Trivia Challenges and Leaderboards<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, we\u2019re excited to announce <\/span><b><a href=\"#Comictopia\">Comictopia 2024 launching this July!<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ll be diving into all of these and more in this product update. Please feel free to click on any link above to jump straight to that section. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But for those who want to start from the top, let\u2019s begin with one of the most exciting product developments and explorations yet\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Pintopia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pintopia: A case for Collaborative Crowdfunding \ud83e\udd1d<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Crowdfunding has primarily been a solo endeavor:<b style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> 1 creator<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> launches <\/span><b style=\"font-size: 16px;\">1 project<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and runs it <\/span><b style=\"font-size: 16px;\">alone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But is that the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">only<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> way?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We at BackerKit have been testing another way \u2013 a more collaborative way \u2013 that changes the rules of crowdfunding and has helped creators expand their fanbase, funding potential, and creative network. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some creators say it can be way more fun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This new way is built on the belief that collaboration can be transformative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A belief formed from having worked closely with creators for over a decade and seeing firsthand how they often learned best from one another, how open they were to sharing the tools of the trade, and how eager they were to partner up to launch bigger and better campaigns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We wanted to make those moments between creators happen more often and with more intention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So we launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/collections\/pintopia-2024\">Pintopia<\/a> as our pilot in communal and <\/span><b>collaborative crowdfunding<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And unlike other crowdfunding events that only gather creators to launch projects around a central theme or category, Pintopia went further to design a collaborative crowdfunding experience around individual, partner, and communal funding goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23877\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23877\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/backerkit-pintopia-collaborative-crowdfunding-goals-1024x223.png\" alt=\"BackerKit Pintopia Collaborative Crowdfunding goals incentive pins\" width=\"1024\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/backerkit-pintopia-collaborative-crowdfunding-goals-1024x223.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/backerkit-pintopia-collaborative-crowdfunding-goals-300x65.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/backerkit-pintopia-collaborative-crowdfunding-goals-768x167.png 768w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/backerkit-pintopia-collaborative-crowdfunding-goals-1536x334.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/backerkit-pintopia-collaborative-crowdfunding-goals-2048x445.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pintopia communal crowdfunding goals: Backers who pledged to five (5) or more projects earned the Gold Pintopia 2024 pin.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These goals empowered creators to partner creatively on cross-collab reward designs and cross-promote each other\u2019s projects, which then encouraged their backers to discover and pledge to multiple campaigns, which then unlocked even more rewards for backers to enjoy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Bigger and better, together<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pintopia 2023\u2019s intimate cohort of 20 creators proved the concept of collaborative crowdfunding, with all projects successfully funding and raising over $68.5k and supported by 2.6k pledges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Pintopia 2, we wanted to go even bigger \u2013 and the results surprised even us. Compared to Pintopia 1, this year\u2019s Pintopia 2 generated:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Over 6x more projects:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 121 pin projects launched<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Over 14x more funding:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> nearly $1 million in total funding ($973,492)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><b>Nearly 9x more pledges:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 23,140 pledges<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But beyond these funding milestones, Pintopia creators shared the intangible benefit they valued just as much, if not more \u2013 the ability to experience the roller coaster ride of crowdfunding, together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pintopia-creator-quotes-1-1024x901.png\" alt=\"BackerKit Pintopia 2024 creator quotes\" width=\"1024\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pintopia-creator-quotes-1-1024x901.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pintopia-creator-quotes-1-300x264.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pintopia-creator-quotes-1-768x675.png 768w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pintopia-creator-quotes-1-1536x1351.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pintopia-creator-quotes-1.png 1842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pintopia proved how more creators, more projects, and more backers \u2013 all working towards shared goals \u2013 can generate bigger, better, and funner campaigns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to shared goals, we also introduced two new impactful features that helped drive discovery, demand, and some of the highest shares of pledges during Pintopia across the 120+ concurrent projects: Cross-Collab Campaigns and the Pintopia Flair Board.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And one of those features \u2013 Cross-Collab Campaigns \u2013 is among our newest features now available in beta to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1VcjSl9JvKr5mnmUBJgTi_yEtf3c45HmABj9rJ3tRflM\/edit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">qualifying creators who apply here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Learn more below.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Cross-Collab\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introducing Cross-Collab Campaigns \u2728<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/backerkit-cross-collab-campaigns-beta-example.png\" alt=\"BackerKit Cross Collab Campaigns example\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/backerkit-cross-collab-campaigns-beta-example.png 700w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/backerkit-cross-collab-campaigns-beta-example-300x129.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introducing <\/span><b>Cross-Collab Campaigns<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Crowdfunding campaigns where two (2) creators launch two (2) separate projects concurrently, each with its own independent concept and funding goal, but collaborate on an incentive (eg. an exclusive cross-collab reward) as well as project experiences (eg. collaborative livestreams) to cross-promote both projects across their combined backer audience. Backers must back both projects to earn the coveted cross-collab reward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each Cross-Collab Campaign creator so far has earned:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>More fans. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get instant exposure with your partner\u2019s backer audience and vice versa. One Cross-Collab pair saw up to <strong>80%<\/strong> of their combined backers pledging to both projects.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>More funds.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cross-promotion among Cross-Collab creators can help boost funding. One creator gained an extra <strong>33%<\/strong> in total funds raised from their partner\u2019s backer audience.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>And <\/b><b><i>way<\/i><\/b><b> more fun<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This is your chance to partner with a creator that you admire to make something unique to you both, run a project side-by-side, and experience the roller coaster ride of a crowdfunding campaign, together.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI&#8217;ve been doing this for over three years now, and I&#8217;ve never had so much fun with a crowdfunding campaign before; the cross collabs have really made this small world feel so much more like a community!\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Odessa Johnsen-Dearing, Key &amp; Crow Studios<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cross-Collab Campaigns are a first of its kind in crowdfunding \u2013 and we\u2019re looking for innovative creators to be part of its beta.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1VcjSl9JvKr5mnmUBJgTi_yEtf3c45HmABj9rJ3tRflM\/edit\"><b>Take 5 minutes to apply here<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be among the first to run a Cross-Collab Campaign on BackerKit. 100+ creators have already applied to join our beta.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Flair\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New BackerKit Flair Board \ud83d\udc7e<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pintopia-2-flair-board-1-1024x465.png\" alt=\"BackerKit Pintopia Flair Board\" width=\"1024\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pintopia-2-flair-board-1-1024x465.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pintopia-2-flair-board-1-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pintopia-2-flair-board-1-768x349.png 768w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pintopia-2-flair-board-1-1536x698.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pintopia-2-flair-board-1.png 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With over 5x more projects and creators participating in Pintopia 2, we needed to find a fun way to encourage discovery across all campaigns.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Pintopia Flair Board<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> showcased the diversity of designs from 125+ creators so backers could view all pins at a glance or choose from the dropdown menu of aesthetic categories. Be it #Kawaii, #Fantasy, #NatureCore, #Casual Goth, or all of the above \u2013 whatever the vibe, the Pintopia flair board had all the pins to express it and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each visit and page refresh randomized the pin display to ensure each project would get equal and adequate exposure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I think almost half of my backers were from the Flair Board, a whole new audience I wouldn&#8217;t have gotten on my own.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Ash, Flea Circus Designs<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Flair Board generated significant backer engagement and pledges to Pintopia campaigns, and our team is currently exploring ways to offer this new and highly effective discovery experience on the BackerKit platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pintopia 2024 has ended, but you can still <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/collections\/pintopia-2024\/flair\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">explore the Flair Board here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Comictopia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Announcing Comictopia 2024! Launching in July \ud83d\ude80<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23881\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BackerKit-comictopia-2024-1024x240.png\" alt=\"BackerKit Comictopia 2024 banner logo\" width=\"1024\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BackerKit-comictopia-2024-1024x240.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BackerKit-comictopia-2024-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BackerKit-comictopia-2024-768x180.png 768w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BackerKit-comictopia-2024.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By popular demand, and right on the heels of Pitopia 2\u2019s success, we are expanding the BackerKit brand of collaborative crowdfunding events into the wonderful world of comics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comictopia will be the next and newest Topia to launch this July \u2013 less than a few months away! And we already have an amazing lineup of comics artists and authors participating in the first ever Comictopia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/newsletter\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign up for our Community Newsletter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to stay updated on Comictopia news and important dates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brandon Sanderson &amp; Words of Radiance Leatherbound: Key Features from the #2 Most Funded Crowdfunding Campaign <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udc09<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Beyond setting the record with #2 biggest crowdfunding project of all time \u2013 Brandon Sanderson\u2019s Words of Radiance campaign also hit new backer engagement records, namely:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#2 Most engaged backer community of any crowdfunding campaign<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#3 Highest number of backers of any crowdfunding campaign<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fueling that backer engagement were a number of newly launched BackerKit features tested by Sanderson\u2019s 100k-strong backer audience. Below are just a few of those features which you can learn more about in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/brandon-sanderson-2-most-funded-crowdfunding-project\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">full Brandon Sanderson campaign recap<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"Pay\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pay Over Time: Give backers choice and flexibility when pledging \ud83c\udf31<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pay-over-time-backerkit-1024x417.png\" alt=\"Pay Over Time BackerKit feature screenshot\" width=\"1024\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pay-over-time-backerkit-1024x417.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pay-over-time-backerkit-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pay-over-time-backerkit-768x313.png 768w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pay-over-time-backerkit.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Pay Over Time<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is BackerKit\u2019s flexible pledging option that spreads pledge payments across several months. Unlike other flexible pledging options in crowdfunding, BackerKit\u2019s Pay Over Time is completely interest-free for backers and available at no additional cost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pay Over Time is currently in beta and available for campaigns with pledge tiers valued at $150 or more. If you would like to offer Pay Over Time in your next BackerKit campaign, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/help.backerkit.com\/article\/833-pay-over-time-creators\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">go here to learn more about Pay Over Time and how to join our beta<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"Overtime\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overtime Mode: A fun, fund-boosting twist to end your campaign \ud83d\udd25<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23869\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BackerKit_overtime.gif\" alt=\"BackerKit Overtime Mode feature animation gif\" width=\"379\" height=\"389\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Overtime Mode <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extends your campaign past its original end time to give backers a final chance to make their pledge and adds an exciting twist to the end of your campaign.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How long will it extend? That\u2019s entirely up to your backers: Your campaign will keep going for an additional 10 minutes as long as pledges keep coming in \u2013 a chain of back-to-back pledges we call the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backer Train<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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