{"id":24535,"date":"2025-04-18T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/?p=24535"},"modified":"2025-04-22T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:44:00","slug":"introducing-the-backerkit-tariff-manager-for-crowdfunding-request-beta-access-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/backerkit-tariff-manager-for-crowdfunding","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the BackerKit Tariff Manager for Crowdfunding \u2013 Request Beta Access Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are excited to announce that today we are releasing a new beta feature that aims to help crowdfunding creators manage and mitigate the financial impact the recent global tariff increases will have on their campaigns, businesses, and backers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new<\/span><b> Tariff Manager<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enables BackerKit creators \u2013 those who use BackerKit Crowdfunding or BackerKit Pledge Manager \u2013 to apply a <\/span><b>tariff fee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a separate line item into their backer\u2019s carts upon checkout as well as clearly communicate the reason for the fee with their backers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tariff fee applied to each item or SKU is determined by the <\/span><b>tariff profile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> creators set up. Through tariff profiles, creators can specify the tariff percentage to be applied to the appropriate SKUs based on the tariff rate for that country or geographic region. Creators can charge different tariff fees for different SKUs within the same campaign by setting up multiple tariff profiles. <a href=\"#FAQ\">See our FAQs below to learn how.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For transparency and accountability, we will ask that all creators include a <\/span><b>tariff description<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which backers can view on the tariff fee line item upon checkout. Our FAQs below lists more recommendations for creators when considering and enabling this feature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24569 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BackerKit-Tariff-Manager-Feature-1-1024x298.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BackerKit-Tariff-Manager-Feature-1-1024x298.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BackerKit-Tariff-Manager-Feature-1-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BackerKit-Tariff-Manager-Feature-1-768x223.png 768w, https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BackerKit-Tariff-Manager-Feature-1.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Request Beta Access Today<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All BackerKit creators are welcome to request access to the Tariff Manager Beta by emailing our team at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:hello@backerkit.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hello@backerkit.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Please include a link to the relevant project to which an additional tariff fee will be applied. Not yet a BackerKit creator? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/admin\/projects\/new?ref=tariff_manager_blog_post\">Sign up now<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information about the BackerKit Tariff Manager and general guidance and considerations on applying tariff fees, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"#FAQ\">please view our FAQs below<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helping our creators manage and navigate the sweeping and fast-changing tariff increases became our top priority at BackerKit when <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/were-committed-to-our-creators-take-the-tariff-survey-by-backerkit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we announced two weeks ago<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> our commitment to offer new tools creators can use immediately.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are so proud to have been able to deliver on that promise which would not be possible without you, our community, and the contribution of over 500 creators who responded to our <strong>Tariff Survey<\/strong>. Aside from learning that this feature would offer the biggest and most immediate impact for creators, we also learned a few insights. <a href=\"#Survey\">View the findings of our Tariff Survey. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"FAQ\"><strong>BackerKit Tariff Manager FAQs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"cb-highlight\" style=\"background-color:#ffd508\"> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Creator FAQs<\/span> <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>Is the BackerKit Tariff Manager available for all creators?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All BackerKit creators \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/crowdfunding\">BackerKit Crowdfunding<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/features\">BackerKit Pledge Manager<\/a> customers \u2013\u00a0 are welcome to request access to our Tariff Manager. Pending approval from our team, creators can be granted access as early as next week. As with all our new features\u2013but especially for this feature which has a financial impact to both creators and backers\u2014we are closely reviewing as well as learning from the creators who will be implementing this first so that we can quickly improve and iterate on the offering as needed and as quickly as possible. If you have yet to create a BackerKit creator account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/admin\/projects\/new?ref=tariff_manager_blog_post\">you can sign up now<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>Can I charge different tariff fees across different items within one campaign?\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. You can do this by setting up multiple tariff profiles. Here is a common example that helps illustrate how a creator would do this:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am a creator who manufactures my game in China, and then I manufacture the swag that I included in my campaign in Mexico. I fulfill all of my products out of the U.S., meaning I have to ship both the swag and the game to the U.S. first before shipping them to my customers. This is how I would set up my tariff profiles:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>My first tariff profile would only apply to my game SKUs.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I will set my game SKU custom values to the cost of goods sold, which is $10. Then I will set up a region including all countries and set that percentage to 158%. This will add $15.80 for every game SKU to each backer with any game SKUs in their order, and display it in their cart as a \u201cTariff\u201d fee.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>My second tariff profile would apply to all my swag SKUs. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will set up all of my swag SKU customs values to the cost of goods sold. Then I will set up a region including all countries, and set that percentage to 25%. This will add 25% of the cost of goods sold for each included swag SKU.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>How do I best communicate this tariff fee with my backers?\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When asking your backers for more money than they anticipated, it\u2019s important to overcommunicate. Your backers are excited to support you, want you to keep creating, and understand that creators are currently under extenuating circumstances. By keeping them in the loop, you can minimize any confusion or frustration about new charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from ensuring your tariff fee description is ample and accurate, we recommend the following to ensure the best customer experience for their backers:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charge additional tariff fees as close as possible to when you are importing your product to minimize the need for future adjustments and subsequent communications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add a new section in your Project FAQ that explains the new tariff fee.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Send an update to your backers informing them of the added tariff fee. This can be a reiteration of the new FAQ section.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>What should I include in my tariff fee description?\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure your tariff description includes the essential information your backers would benefit knowing. Here is a template you can use:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This fee reflects the estimated additional tariff cost to produce and import this item following the recent tariff increases declared by the U.S. government for goods manufactured in [COUNTRY\/REGION]. Please visit our FAQ page for more details.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>What happens if the tariff changes after I\u2019ve charged my backers? What if I charge too high or too little?\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We highly recommend creators charge additional tariff fees as close as possible to when they are importing their product to help ensure that you are charging backers the most up-to-date rate. However, if tariffs change after you\u2019ve charged backers a tariff fee and you\u2019ve determined a tariff fee adjustment is necessary, you will be able to make that adjustment as a refund or added charge and are required to explain that adjustment to your backers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>Outside of enabling the feature for creators, can BackerKit offer any additional guidance or support around charging a tariff fee?\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our team will be doing our best to support all creators who plan to request access to this new feature, including offering guidance on how and when to add the charge based on their campaign and fulfillment stage (e.g. Pre-Survey, Post-Charging, Pre-Fulfillment, etc.) and best practices on how to communicate tariff charges to backers. As the changes in tariff rates have been a fast-evolving, we will not be able to make any recommendations on the precise tariff fees or percentage creators apply to an item or tariff profile, but at this moment we will be reviewing every campaign tariff fee profile and tariff fee description to ensure the tariff charges are fair and within reason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"cb-highlight\" style=\"background-color:#ffd508\"> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Backer FAQs<\/span> <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>How will BackerKit ensure these charges are fair and legitimate?\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are currently requiring creators to request access to this feature and will be evaluating how creators will be implementing the charge. Rest assured that all tariff fees that have been enabled by our team have gone through a review process similar to how we apply a review process across all campaigns launched on BackerKit. This review will also be incorporated into our standard campaign review process which all campaigns undergo on BackerKit<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>Will I be able to opt out of these tariff charges?\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No, backers will not be able to opt out of paying the tariff fees. As with all commercial goods that will be impacted by these tariff increases \u2013 whether produced by small businesses or crowdfunding creators \u2013 tariff hikes will increase their cost of production. Like many business owners, the creators you\u2019ve backed are now in the position where they must collect extra funds in order to fulfill their project and continue creating. We are asking creators to only charge a tariff fee when and where it is entirely necessary, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we are reviewing all creators\u2019 proposed tariff fee charges to ensure fairness. If you believe a tariff fee requires a second review from our team, please email us at hello@backerkit.com. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Survey\"><strong>Insights from the BackerKit Tariff Survey<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We reached out to a wide range of creators to understand how recent import tariffs are affecting their projects. *Note that the data is heavily skewed toward those anticipating the most impact from tariffs, as they were more likely to respond to the survey, and does not represent the general crowdfunding creator population.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among those who responded to the survey, here\u2019s what we learned:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\ud83c\udfafProject Category: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What category is your project?*<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Tabletop Game and Role Playing Game<\/strong> creators represented the largest group, making up <strong>57%<\/strong> of respondents.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">29.2% Tabletop Games<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16% Tabletop Games and RPGs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11.5%\u00a0 RPGs\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next largest segments were <strong>Enamel Pin<\/strong> creators at over 20% of respondents, <strong>Plushies and Toys<\/strong> at over 11%, and <strong>Writing &amp; Publishing<\/strong> (Non-RPG) at over 7%. Other categories represented include Comics, Design &amp; Tech, Fashion, Video Games, and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Some creators selected more than one category.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u23f3Project Stage: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What stage is your current project in?*<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Respondents reported their projects were at different stages across their crowdfunding campaign lifecycle, with a little over a third (35.9%) stating at least one current project was in a <strong>Pre-Launch stage<\/strong> and about a quarter (25.9%) stating they had already <strong>charged backers post-survey, but had yet to fulfill<\/strong> one of their current projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is the breakdown of responses.*<em>Some creators selected more than one project stage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">35.9 Pre-Launch phase<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9.5% Currently funding<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22.2% Post funding, pre-pledge manager<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16.8% Pledge manager surveys sent, not charged<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25.9% Pledge manager surveys charged, not fulfilling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24.7% Currently Fulfilling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.8% Other<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\ud83d\udce6 Estimated Impact: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What amount of the products you are offering are impacted by the recently imposed tariffs?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>78%<\/strong> say that the majority of their products (50% or more) will be impacted by the recently imposed tariffs.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">63.6% said all or almost all of their products (75\u2013100%) will be impacted<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13.8% said most of their products (50\u201375%) will be affected<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6.1% estimate only some products (25% &#8211; 50%) will be impacted; 3% believe just few products (under 25%) will be\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1% aren\u2019t sure yet, and 2.5% expect no impact<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce that today we are releasing a new beta feature that aims to help crowdfunding creators manage and mitigate the financial impact the recent global tariff increases will have on their campaigns, businesses, and backers.\u00a0 The new Tariff Manager enables BackerKit creators \u2013 those who use BackerKit Crowdfunding or BackerKit Pledge 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