You can list "Project Location" as anywhere. The funding target (individual or entity) has to be in US/UK/Canada/Australia/NZ. Basically your bank account has

You can list "Project Location" as anywhere. The funding target (individual or entity) has to be in US/UK/Canada/Australia/NZ. Basically your bank account has to have a US billing address, you as project creator can live anywhere. You can do this by having an account in the US, or commonly having a "middle-man" who is (usually) part of your project team who is receiving the funds. The reason for this is that these are the only countries where Kickstarter is authorized to legally disburse funds to individuals or companies. They send out possibly large amounts of money, so they need to make sure they close all the legal ends. You can get a clue of how complicated it is for them looking at their Payments FAQ, where they have a separate one for each country they're allowing creators to operate from: https://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/creator+questions?ref=faq_nav#PaymUs https://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/creator+questions?ref=f... They need to jump a bunch of legal hurdles anywhere or risk getting in trouble, being prevented from holding up their end of the deal, pay a large fine, get bad press/rep, etc. It's more complicated than just being authorized to do business in the country.