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My initial reaction to this was that this was dumb because Kickstarter gives you something very important: a large userbase. But Craigstarter makes a good poin

• debacle 6y ago
  For certain types of funding, kickstarter could be seen as negative signalling.
• ValentineC 6y ago
  > But Craigstarter makes a good point - > if you already have a community built up, and have communication channels in place (via a newsletter, for example), and already run an online shop, then Kickstarter can be unnecessarily cumbersome. I think the above mainly applies for projects that are looking for minimum viable funding (for example, to fulfill a minimum order quantity). For projects that are looking to sell as much as possible, Kickstarter's value comes from the discovery they provide, including them emailing a user's followers whenever the user backs something.