It happened with eBay: established sellers crowded out smaller and casual sellers in all but the most niche categories. This may not happen in Kickstarter, wher

It happened with eBay: established sellers crowded out smaller and casual sellers in all but the most niche categories. This may not happen in Kickstarter, where the projects aren't fungible, but the precedent exists. These are still early days; big projects are still bringing in fresh backers, and the small projects are benefiting from this traffic. What Kickstarter will look like in ten years is impossible to predict right now.