The Back-End for Your Campaign
Keep Your Project On Schedule
Campaign management services can be divided into two categories: “front-end” services that backers interact with such as the back...
Re-thinking Survey Tools
Sending surveys is easy. The hard part is collecting information, getting backers to respond, making sure that everything is accurate, organizing it into useful...
What Happens in the BackerKit Setup Review?
One of the services we provide to project creators is a final setup review before sending out survey emails. Most project creators are able to build fantastic s...
BackerKit Support Statistics
Backer support is one of the major problems that blindsides project creators when they end their first successful campaign. You barely have time to celebrate me...
BackerKit: 1,000 Projects
BackerKit started as a simple searchable list of backers (Kickstarter didn’t have this feature in 2010). We had zero idea if anybody would find it useful, let ...
BackerKit GenCon 2015 Wrap-Up
We’ve returned from our extended weekend at GenCon 2015 where 61,423 passionate tabletop game fans gathered together in Indianapolis, Indiana to see, play, and ...
BackerKit Digital Distribution
We’re happy to announce that we’ve upgraded our BackerKit digital downloads system! The new version makes it easier to upload and distribute digital rewards to ...
BackerKit at GenCon 2015
Yes, BackerKit will be at GenCon this year. What does crowdfunding fulfillment have to do with the largest tabletop gaming convention in North America?
Perfect...
Ask the Creators: Is Cross-Promotion Worth the Effort?
Cross-promotion, when it comes to crowdfunding campaigns, is a form of marketing promotion where a project creator promotes another project to his or her backer...
Getting Started: Crowdbuilding For Your Project
Jessica Feinberg, author, illustrator, and creator of 13 successfully funded Kickstarter projects (and one Indiegogo project), joins us to share her approach to...
Getting Smart With Pre-Orders
If you’re a project creator with a successfully funded campaign, you’ve probably noticed that the steady stream of visitors you’ve built up through social media...
Three Best Ways to Prepare for Your Campaign: DM1 Wallet
In September of 2014, Erik Moon raised $91,893 on a $5,000 goal to create to create a sleek, minimalist aluminum wallet that’s about 1/3 of an inch thick. After...