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I don't know a ton about crowdfunding... but what could be the downside of using Kickstarter? Seems to me that it comes with free audience and offers some secur

• siong1987 14y ago
  It has no problem to run a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter until Kickstarter disallows you to do that on their platform. SelfStarter was created by the Lockitron team to run their own crowdfunding campaign because Kickstarter didn't allow them to run their campaign on Kickstarter. Eventually, I still see Kickstarter as the main/most important crowdfunding platform. Like many closed platform versus opened platform plays, it seems like most of the closed platforms win eventually. I might be wrong on this but I would like to see example on the opposite case.
  • arkonaut 14y ago
    Wordpress?
• Vekz 14y ago
  Some projects like Lockitron aren't allowed anymore, so that's a big reason for them not using Kickstarter (and app.net I don't think was allowed either). But another reason is that Kickstarter is US/UK-only, and with the Crowdtilt API on the backend of this version it's international. In addition to that, with this wordpress-style version, you get to use your own URL/and customize the branding if you want, the users become your users, it's your credit card processing (so you get that data too for future up-sells or feature purchases), and it saves you from paying the Kickstarter fees (this one is free, and Kickstarter charges up to 10%).