{"id":24425,"date":"2024-12-20T11:55:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T19:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/?p=24425"},"modified":"2025-01-17T11:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T19:48:51","slug":"2024-in-crowdfunding-backerkits-biggest-moments-that-shaped-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/2024-in-crowdfunding-backerkit-biggest-moments-that-shaped-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 in Crowdfunding: BackerKit\u2019s Biggest Moments That Shaped the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the year comes to a close, we look back alongside the many <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/backerkit.com?utm_source=backerkit_blog&amp;utm_medium=wordpress&amp;utm_campaign=product_update_121824&amp;ref=product_update_121824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BackerKit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> creators and backers who made 2024 another banner year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/top-21-backerkit-crowdfunding-stats-of-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like the last<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this year we again saw exponential growth for our creators, backers, and platform. Compared to 2023, BackerKit experienced:<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Over 4x growth in projects launched<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Over 2x growth in funds raised<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b><b><b>70% growth in new users<\/b><\/b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We couldn\u2019t be more thrilled to see our platform continue to grow alongside the talented creators who are bringing their boldest ideas to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/crowdfunding?utm_source=backerkit_blog&amp;utm_medium=wordpress&amp;utm_campaign=product_update_121824&amp;ref=product_update_121824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BackerKit Crowdfunding<\/a> and achieving some of their best and biggest campaigns yet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To celebrate these creators, their fans, and the many milestones we\u2019ve marked together, we\u2019re listing some of the most record-breaking moments, rule-breaking innovations, and groundbreaking collaborations that defined the year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ll also share some of our latest product developments and what\u2019s ahead for 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Collab\">A year of record-breaking creators and campaigns<\/h2>\n<p>From the biggest and most inventive crowdfunding projects to pioneering Collab-Funding campaigns, creators continued to amaze us and their fans in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Below are just some of the boldest creators and and campaigns that shaped the year, and reshaping crowdfunding as we know it.<\/p>\n<h3>Mothership Month Group-Collab by Tuesday Knight Games<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24442 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mothership-month-banner.avif\" alt=\"mothership month banner image\" width=\"1413\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mothership-month-banner.avif 1413w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mothership-month-banner-300x72.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mothership-month-banner-1024x246.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mothership-month-banner-768x185.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1413px) 100vw, 1413px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday Knight Games brought the Mothership fandom to BackerKit with the first-ever <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/collections\/mothership-month?utm_source=backerkit_blog&amp;utm_medium=wordpress&amp;utm_campaign=product_update_121824&amp;ref=product_update_121824\"><b>Mothership Month<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which ran from Nov. 12 to Dec. 10.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launching multiple projects centered on the award-winning Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG by Tuesday Knight Games, Mothership Month was the first of its kind Group-Collab to feature a collaboration between a creator and their third-party publishing (3PP) community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together they promised \u201c30 days of terror\u201d to the tens of thousands of fans and backers who joined in \u2013 and they delivered just that, and so much more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mothership Month collectively raised <\/span><b>$1,001,068<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and now holds the record for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83c\udfc6 #<strong>1 Highest-funded BackerKit Group-Collab\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>#1 First Group-Collab to reach $1 million in funding<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udd25 <strong>#1 Fastest-funded BackerKit Group-Collab<\/strong>, all projects funded in the first 12 hrs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>#1 Longest Overtime Mode on BackerKit<\/strong>, lasting 2 Days and 27 minutes and raising $79,825, expanding the total funds raised by 9%. Mothership Month is also the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> first Group-Collab to extend into Overtime Mode<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24443 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mothership-month-bar-v2.png\" alt=\"mothership month group-collab progress bar image\" width=\"1688\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mothership-month-bar-v2.png 1688w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mothership-month-bar-v2-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mothership-month-bar-v2-1024x315.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mothership-month-bar-v2-768x237.png 768w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mothership-month-bar-v2-1536x473.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1688px) 100vw, 1688px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Wages of Sin<\/em><\/span>, Tuesday Knight Games\u2019 Mothership Month project, also set the following new records for the creator, becoming the:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>#2 Highest-funded Tuesday Knight Games campaign<\/strong> raising $483,428, second only to the Mothership RPG Box Set (2021)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>#2 Highest backer count for Tuesday Knight Games<\/strong> at 6,018 backers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More Mothership Milestones<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> illustrate the pledge-inducing power of the Group-Collab.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>68% net new backer rate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On average about two-thirds (68%) of backers who pledged to a Mothership Month Group-Collab project were brand new to that creator. Just under a third (32%) of backers were part of the creator\u2019s existing email audience.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>45% of backers backed more than one (1) project <\/b>and generated 72% of all total funds raised<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>31% of backers backed five (5) or more projects,<\/b> generating 61% of all funds <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gaining access to the Supply Pod Group-Collab incentive.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>On average, backers pledged to 3.39 projects <\/b>&#8212; <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">over 2x the average amount of projects a backer backs each year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>105 backers backed all projects<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">More 2024 Collab-Funding successes<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/goodman-games-purple-planet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Purple Planet Group-Collab by Goodman Games<\/a>: The first ever BackerKit Group-Collab<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/backerkit-cross-collab-key-crow-studios-and-ultrainfinite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Key &amp; Crow Studios and UltraInfinite Cross-Collab<\/a>: Their #1 Most Funded Projects<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The history-making Words of Radiance Leatherbound by Brandon Sanderson, Dragonsteel<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/brandon-sanderson-2-most-funded-backerkit.png\" alt=\"2nd most funded project by Brandon Sanderson banner image\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/brandon-sanderson-2-most-funded-backerkit.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/brandon-sanderson-2-most-funded-backerkit-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/brandon-sanderson-2-most-funded-backerkit-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/brandon-sanderson-2-most-funded-backerkit-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A campaign so highly anticipated, its gravity before and throughout the campaign was simply inescapable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/brandon-sanderson-2-most-funded-crowdfunding-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Words of Radiance Leatherbound by Brandon Sanderson \/ Dragonsteel Entertainment<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">became the most funded campaign on BackerKit, raising a whopping<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0$23,756,818<\/strong> in funding with the support of <strong>102,089<\/strong> backers.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>#1 Fastest to reach $10m in crowdfunding<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>#1 Biggest Day-1 total in crowdfunding<\/strong> (first 12 hours)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>#2 Most funded crowdfunding project of all time<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>#2 Most engaged backer community of any crowdfunding campaign<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>#3 Highest number of backers of any crowdfunding campaign\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">And more..<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/brandon-sanderson-2-most-funded-crowdfunding-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See all that went behind this historic campaign.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Creators\u2019 Best Project Ever on BackerKit 2024<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below are just some of the dozens of creators who ran a crowdfunding campaign on BackerKit this year and scored their best projects yet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/users\/2125010\/created_projects\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MCDM Productions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; The MCDM RPG ($4,598,045)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/users\/39636\/created_projects\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steve Jackson Games<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Munchkin Big Box ($1,313,127) &gt;&gt; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/munchkin-big-box-backerkit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the case study<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/users\/1612993\/created_projects\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atlas Games<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Ars Magica Definitive Edition ($841,123)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/users\/412582\/created_projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goodman Games<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Caverns of Thracia Legendary Adventure 5E+DCC ($654,928) &gt;&gt; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/caverns-of-thracia-goodman-games-most-funded-crowdfunding-campaign-on-backerkit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the case study<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/users\/2120445\/created_projects\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two Little Mice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Household &#8211; Welcome to the Garden (\u20ac530,124)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/users\/1984427\/created_projects\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RoaminBison<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Weighted Wonders &#8211; Weighted &amp; Warmable Dragon Plush ($525k and climbing!) <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/projects\/roamin-bison-workshop\/weighted-wonders-weighted-dragon-and-hot-cold-plush?ref=bk-discover-user-profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Now live<\/a>\u00a0and on pace to becoming the biggest plushie project of all time.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/users\/2120095\/created_projects\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LittleSofts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Snug-Alongs Plush Backpacks ($306,505)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/users\/2182335\/created_projects\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shadowlands Games<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Scions of the Dark Goddess ($239,250)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/users\/1984685\/created_projects\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jason Furie x Skinner<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Realm Runners ($207,763)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/users\/2441130\/created_projects\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chimera Bunny<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Frog Bag collection + bug stickers ($179,901)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/users\/2119169\/created_projects\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Billie Bust Up<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Billie Bust Up: Orchestra Edition ($169,642)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/users\/2124333\/created_projects\">SugaryCarousel<\/a> &#8211; My emotional support Sugarbell Pals ($150,410)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/customers?utm_source=backerkit_blog&amp;utm_medium=wordpress&amp;utm_campaign=product_update_121824&amp;ref=product_update_121824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discover more record-breaking creators on BackerKit<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>A year of groundbreaking collaboration<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24219 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/backerkit-collab-funding-cross-collab-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/backerkit-collab-funding-cross-collab-1.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/backerkit-collab-funding-cross-collab-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/backerkit-collab-funding-cross-collab-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/backerkit-collab-funding-cross-collab-1-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year we unveiled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/collab-funding?utm_source=backerkit_blog&amp;utm_medium=wordpress&amp;utm_campaign=product_update_121824&amp;ref=product_update_121824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collab-Funding<\/a>\u2013a new way to crowdfund found only on BackerKit. Now you can partner with one or several creators to launch bigger and better campaigns, together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be it through Cross-Collabs, Group-Collabs, or Topias, creators of all types and sizes are launching collaborative crowdfunding campaigns that are consistently seeing outsized returns, like:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>More fans<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Collab-Funding features facilitate and automate cross-promotion and discovery.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> On average about two-thirds (68%) of backers who pledged to a Mothership Month Group-Collab project were brand new to that creator.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>More funds<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Collab-Funding spurs multi-project pledging.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 50% of Pintopia 2024 backers pledge to more than one project, and 31% backed 3 or more. For Cross-Collab projects, the share of overlapping backers pledging to both campaigns have reached as high as 80%.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>And way more fun<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Collab-Funding projects are more likely to fund<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and creators who participate are more likely to Collab-Fund again. Projects that are part of a Topia, Group-Collab, or Cross-Collab exhibit a 95%+ success rate. Half (50%) of all Pintopia 2024 creators are coming back to launch again in Pintopia 2025 this January.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024 also marked the year when Backerkit launched and hosted more <\/span><b>Topias<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than ever before. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pintopia 2024 brought over 100 creators to launch enamel pin projects and collectively raised nearly $1M. We then launched <strong>Comictopia<\/strong> and <strong>Booktopia<\/strong> later in the year which together raised over $800k.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Follow the Topias launching in early 2025<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udc96 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/collections\/pintopia-2025?utm_source=backerkit_blog&amp;utm_medium=wordpress&amp;utm_campaign=product_update_121824&amp;ref=product_update_121824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Pintopia 2025<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is back for a 3rd straight year with nearly 200 enamel pin creators \u2013 the biggest batch of creators so far \u2013 all launching together on <\/span><b>January 25<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Follow Pintopia now.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83c\udfb2 <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/collections\/pocketopia-2024?utm_source=backerkit_blog&amp;utm_medium=wordpress&amp;utm_campaign=product_update_121824&amp;ref=product_update_121824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pocketopia 2025<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the first is our brand new Topia event launching on <\/span><b>March 13<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> centered around portable, easy-to-learn tabletop and TTRPG projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>New Collab-Funding features to try now<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Blog-Image-Cross-Collab.png\" alt=\"Blog Image Cross-Collab Recommendations BackerKit\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Blog-Image-Cross-Collab.png 700w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Blog-Image-Cross-Collab-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working closely with this year\u2019s batch of pioneering creators, we\u2019ve made enhancements in just the past few months that make Collab-Funding easier than ever to try and more powerful to run. Now you can:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Discover and invite recommended creators to Cross-Collab. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve built in the ability to view top recommended creators with whom you can collaborate with based on several criteria \u2013 including backer audience overlap, project category, and more. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you\u2019ve found a creator you like, click the \u201cRequest Collab\u201d button which sends an automated message requesting a collaboration with that creator. When the collaboration is accepted, both creators receive an email with one another\u2019s contact info to kick off their Cross-Collab planning.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Try it now: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BackerKit Crowdfunding creators can click on the <\/span><em><b>Cross-Collab<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tab in the left nav to explore recommended creators. Have yet to sign up? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/admin\/projects\/new?utm_source=backerkit_blog&amp;utm_medium=wordpress&amp;utm_campaign=product_update_121824&amp;ref=product_update_121824\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get your free BackerKit account<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Enable Group-Collab Overtime Mode.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If one project in the Group-Collab goes into Overtime, all projects in the Group-Collab extend past their original end time and keep going as long as backers keep pledging to at least one of the projects without a ten-minute lapse. Mothership Month enabled Overtime Mode and the pledges kept pouring and tipped them into the $1M threshold.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Automate Cross-Collab Emails.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Now give and gain exposure to and from your Cross-Collab partner without ever lifting a finger. BackerKit will now email any backers who pledge to only one of the Cross-Collab projects that features the other Cross-Collab partner project and reminds them of the Cross-Collab incentive they\u2019ll receive if they back the other project.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/collab-funding?utm_source=backerkit_blog&amp;utm_medium=wordpress&amp;utm_campaign=product_update_121824&amp;ref=product_update_121824\">Discover the 3 ways you can try Collab-Funding today.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>A year of rule-breaking innovation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crowdfunding was once a strictly solo endeavor, until we released Collab-Funding and offered creators the ability to crowdfund together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other key features we released this year continued to bend and even break crowdfunding rules, allowing creators to break into their best campaigns yet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are just a few releases that challenged the status quo:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Blog-Image-Mothership-Month-Overtime-Mode.gif\" alt=\"Blog Image - Mothership Month Overtime Mode\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/a-more-collaborative-crowdfunding#Overtime\"><b>Overtime Mode<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extends your campaign past its planned end time if, and only if, your backers keep pledging. The suspenseful end\u00a0 has shown to spike last-minute pledges bringing last-minute backers along for a final runaway Backer Train that climbs to the top of your campaign\u2019s true maximum. Overtime Mode is only available on BackerKit.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mothership Month was the first Group-Collab to extend into overtime spanning 48 hours and 27 minutes and helping the Collab-Fund cross the $1 million mark. Mothership Month now holds the longest Overtime Mode on BackerKit \u2013 a record that was broken three times in 2024 by three different creators.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.backerkit.com\/article\/833-pay-over-time-creators?utm_source=backerkit_email&amp;utm_medium=backerkit_mailchimp&amp;utm_campaign=backerkit_community_newsletter_121824&amp;ref=product_update_121824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Pay Over Time<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0allows backers to stretch their pledge amounts across several months, and unlike other crowdfunding platforms that offer delayed payment options that may charge interest, BackerKit Pay Over Time is 100% interest-free.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve found that projects that have BackerKit Pay Over Time enabled have an average pledge amount 32% higher than projects that don\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today we\u2019re glad to announce that Pay Over Time is now available to set up for any project. Go to the <em>Payment Setup<\/em> tab in the BackerKit dashboard to get started.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/a-more-collaborative-crowdfunding#Trivia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Trivia Challenges and Leaderboards<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gamified your campaign, allowing you to launch a team-based campaign-long trivia battle to keep backer excitement and engagement high throughout the entire project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brandon Sanderson\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Words of Radiance<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> campaign was the first to incorporate this and it\u2019s one of the features that helped them drive the #1 highest-engaged backer community across all Dragonsteel campaigns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/categories\/product-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out our 2024 product updates<\/a> to see all the notable releases this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that\u2019s a wrap on our most exciting year yet. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you for an incredible year of campaigns, collaboration, and creativity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s to everything you\u2019ll create and achieve in 2025! Happy holidays and an inspired new year from all of us at BackerKit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What will you launch next? Let\u2019s take crowdfunding to the next level. \ud83d\ude80<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Launch your next project on BackerKit<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/admin\/projects\/new?utm_source=backerkit_blog&amp;utm_medium=wordpress&amp;utm_campaign=product_update_121824&amp;ref=product_update_121824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up for a BackerKit creator account<\/a>, and get instant access to a suite of offerings that have already set BackerKit apart, including our industry-leading\u00a0<em>BackerKit Pledge Manager<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 the first and premiere pledge management software built for crowdfunding.<\/p>\n<p>As a BackerKit creator, you\u2019ll experience:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easy and frictionless checkout for your backers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/features?utm_source=backerkit_blog&amp;utm_medium=wordpress&amp;utm_campaign=product_update_121824&amp;ref=product_update_121824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robust campaign reporting and backer data<\/a>\u00a0to level up at every stage.<\/li>\n<li>Responsive customer service and support for you and your backers.<\/li>\n<li>An active, supportive creator community\u00a0on Discord and beyond.<\/li>\n<li>Eligibility for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/crowdfunding-ads?utm_source=backerkit_blog&amp;utm_medium=wordpress&amp;utm_campaign=product_update_121824&amp;ref=product_update_121824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BackerKit Marketing<\/a>\u00a0services to boost your campaign.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All you need to make it real.<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the year comes to a close, we look back alongside the many BackerKit creators and backers who made 2024 another banner year.\u00a0 Like the last, this year we again saw exponential growth for our creators, backers, and platform. 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