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Backers Decide: Autoplay or Not?

Last week I was in the middle of a teleconference when someone brought up a Kickstarter project. I pulled up Kickstarter, searched for the project, and opened the page. Instantly, loud music blared out of my speakers. Damn autoplay. I paused the video and returned to the teleconference, hoping no one else had heard the disturbance. (Note: […]

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8 Current Crowdfunding Projects with Unique Strategies

In this series, I highlight some of the interesting choices current crowdfunders have made regarding their project’s reward levels, stretch goals, and overall campaign design (the projects themselves, not the content or product). This isn’t meant as an endorsement of these projects (these creators did not ask for me to promote their work–I disregard all such requests); rather, […]

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Kickstarter Lesson #152: Shipping Icons

This weekend I’ve been gathering feedback for a project I’m somewhat connected to (Morning Players is our European production partner, and they’re launching their first Kickstarter this week). One person mentioned that they were impressed by the shipping for the project. Morning Players operates a Kickstarter fulfillment service called Ideaspatcher that I use and recommend, […]

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Kickstarter Lesson #151: How Can Backers Change Their Addresses?

True story. A frequent Kickstarter backer (we’ll call her Sally) needed to change her mailing address. So she went from project to project, manually changing it on surveys that enabled address changes and messaging creators on the others. That is, until Kickstarter suspended her account. As they told Sally, “sending the same form letter to multiple creators […]

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