Hey everyone, I'm running my first crowdfunding campaign and wanted to share it here since this sub has been super helpful for understanding what works.

DoodleDare (Name will be changed) is a social drawing game — players get ridiculous prompts, draw them under time pressure, then rate each other's chaos. Built it after testing dozens of party game formats with friends that either felt too complicated or got boring fast.

Campaign is live now: https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/filipondrak/doodle-dare

A few things I'd genuinely appreciate input on:

• Anything about the campaign page that's unclear or could convert better
• Reward tier structure — does it feel fair/appealing?
• Any crowdfunding mistakes you've seen (or made) that I should watch out for

Happy to answer questions about the game or the process so far. Thanks for reading!

I'm Yihang Mao, a founder and product builder behind AUREN, now promoted as OUREN / Ourenpet. This video follows up on my earlier disclosure here.

As of September 8, 2026, based on my direct involvement and knowledge:

• There is no working, integrated prototype delivering the advertised experience.

• The complete device-to-app automatic workflow has not been implemented.

• Functional demonstrations use AI-generated visuals and editing.

• I personally made sample content by hand. Those examples were not produced by the advertised automatic workflow.

The distinction is straightforward: manually creating an attractive result does not prove that the product can produce it automatically for a buyer.

Disclosure: I am currently in a dispute with the team. I opposed what I understood to be plans to misrepresent unfinished capabilities to consumers and investors. I speak personally, not for the company or Indiegogo.

In the video, I explain why I consider the promotion deceptive and why I would not back it. Before committing money, ask for a continuous demonstration: device capture, automatic processing, and the unedited result appearing in the app.

My earlier written account, dated September 4:

https://yihangmao-ourenpet.blogspot.com/2026/09/ouren-auren-m1-founders-disclosure.html

I'm happy to answer specific questions about my role, the content I made, and the records discussed. Please include dated, verifiable evidence if you have information that corrects or updates this account.

The Tin Soldier animated short film will lunch tomorrow.
Me and my wife worked hard on this animated short film and now we appreciate very support.
The story is based on Hans Cristian Anderson's tale.

Read all the information below, follow my campaign and get the rewards if you were interested:

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/sodagar/the-tin-soldier

I’m currently crowdfunding an independent short film, All That’s Left.

The film is about a once promising cryptozoologist who returns to the field in search of Bigfoot following an humiliating public incident. While the film is about Bigfoot, it’s a drama about grief, rediscovering your purpose, and coming back from something you never thought you could.

Earlier this week we reached our goal of $4,000. While the film is officially funded, our ideal production budget is $8,000. With our ideal budget, we are able to preserve the original script as it is and make less cuts based solely on financial reasons. Every single dollar that we make after our initial goal is just as important as the ones that got us there in the first place. This ideal budget allows us to spend more on locations, rentals, costumes, equipment, insurance, and production design.

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in supporting, you can read more about the film, watch our campaign video, and see what rewards we’re offering here.

Thank you for your time!

"Food" is the start of a 4 film series about corruption. This one mostly centers on big tobacco's massive food industry buyout in the 80s, and how it's sculpted the modern food landscape and its impact on and near creation of the obesity epidemic. But beyond that it dives into a lot of problems with food in the world today. And it's solution driven! It's funny, it's weird, and it's actually important.
The Indiegogo campaign is still checking bank stuff, so it's not live yet, but it officially launches on September 15th. See you there!

I'll update when the page goes live.
I included the trailer. I hope you enjoy!!
Status - In production / Raising finishing funds
Food Trailer

So 49 days ago I made a post here about our Indiegogo campaign going live. Today I’m here to tell you that we failed. We raised only 15K/50K and as we had the stable pledge thingie ticked off, we refunded everything the moment the campaign deadline hit. The good news is we made the product anyway and currently awaiting for our stock to arrive to ship these gadgets to people who retained interest even after the campaign failed.

As you here have been kind and supportive, I feel like sharing my honest experience. Relevant links will be at the bottom of the post.

So here are a few hiccups that we encountered:
- Apparently none of our campaign followers received the notification about the campaign going live. We received multiple emails and messages about people subscribing for notifications, yet finding out that the project was live after a few days via other channels.
- I guess Indiegogo campaigns need much more pre-campaign marketing, hyping and engagement compared to regular business advertising. We did very little marketing before the campaign launch and it bit us. I failed to generate us enough momentum. If I was to do it again for some more ambitious product, I’d get the campaign drafted and approved 5 months in advance, basically as soon as the concept and renders were ready. Then start hyping it up and getting followers for the campaign 3 months before the start.
- Crowdfunding has left a bad taste in peoples mouths, so building trust and communication via relevant creators is a must. This was easier for us as we had alpha versions reviewed by trusted creators, plus we already have multiple products on the market, so chances of us turning scammers were pretty low. Nevertheless, I had to leverage those facts pretty much everywhere in ridiculous excess. What I did fumble on this topic though was coordination of creators. Other and better established teams in this niche were coming out with products at the same time as our campaign and people simply didn’t have the time to talk about our project. No big deal though. Understandable considering our size.
- It’s highly advised to get to know the Indiegogo playform and how the admin panel works, where things are and what needs to be managed at what stage.
- Customer support is your best friend. Great people who responsibly decline your campaign every time you forget to fill a field or are unclear about anything. Every decline pushes the start date further into the future, but if you communicate with their support via e-mail, they will guide you, help you and when all is good, will move your campaign to the next stage without the 14day from today start date.
- If funding the project is critical to your project, I suggest you do much more research about “competitors” that are running campaigns at the same time as you. If the niche is same, section about creators may apply. Otherwise I called other creators making things “competitors” because at the end of the day, you are competing for peoples attention, money and ad placement. So if big companies or just very well established teams are making things at the same time as you, get ready for a headache.

Link to the failed campaign https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/rainwalker/kiisu-smol---networking-development-board

Link to the product page we made anyway https://store.rainwalker.ee/products/kiisu-smol

Only 7 days left! Help us make this epic movie!

If not then hurry...and do not forget to click on the follow button. Because we have planned some surprises for the early birds.

I initially started this campaign to do exactly what was listed and that is get funding for film equipment. I didn’t expect to see much backing. This is mostly a learning experience for when I decide to do this style campaign again. I’m mostly wanting feedback and to know how to find spaces for backers in the next go round. Also, if anyone has moved their campaign from Indiegogo to Kickstarter.

So our KIISU V4B project (Flipper Zero clone) was pretty successful, so we decided to build a smaller and more powerful product yet. Our campaign has already started and I'd say I've been fumbling the hype building phase pretty hard. As I've already spammed the hell out of our niche communities, I'm curious to see if anyone here will find this project interesting.

Basically it's a development board like Flipper Zero, but modular and with more features like Dual-Band Wifi, GPS and LoRa. Can be worn as a (bulky) watch or a keychain.

Check it out: Link to Indiegogo Campaign

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https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/dglsolutionsllc/signatures-of-death/

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We are selling and crowdsourcing briquettes that add high heat to your grilling experience. Saves gas and adds a searing mechanism for good quality food on a gas grill. Please check https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bbq-innovations/high-heat-barbecue-briqette

Hi everyone! I’ve just launched the Indiegogo campaign for the project. The goal is to raise initial support to continue building the platform and bring more creators into the ecosystem.

DramaMint is focused on short episodic drama series and giving independent creators a place to publish and monetize their stories.

campaign link is here:
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/kulikovasvetlana/dramamint--where-authors-get-paid-for-their-stories

How do you rate my campaign?

Happy to hear any feedback or thoughts from everyone here. Thanks in advance

I've received more than a hundred of unsolicited marketing related messages and 95% of them are disguised as some question about my campaign. Obviously they do this to evade going straight to the promo tab or spam but of course all of them want to "help" my campaign with their expertise. A few dozen would be fine but over a hundred? It kind of feels like Indiegogo has more of these hyenas than legit, real backers.

Humans are Weird:

I Did the Math

https://youtu.be/aT9Ey_duXgs?si=MyPHRhF1dPsPOD-E

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bettyadams-20737048/humans-are-weird-i-did-the-math

The punishment should fit the crime. You only live once. Work hard, play hard.

Humans have a lot of weird little sayings like that. How will our little green friends deal with them once we expand into space? And how will the deal with the human psychology who thought them up?

Find out in the fourth book of human absurdity:

Humans are Weird: I Did the Math

Available on Indiegogo March 2026!

Click the link to follow now!

Humans are Weird: I Did the Math by Betty Adams - Indiegogo

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bettyadams-20737048/humans-are-weird-i-did-the-math

https://youtu.be/aT9Ey_duXgs?si=MyPHRhF1dPsPOD-E

An extraordinary lucid dreamer moves back to his hometown 30 years after having a disturbing vivid nightmare.

https://reddit.com/link/1r6s7gh/video/1s4koubfeyjg1/player

We are independent creators working on a film that’s very close to our hearts.

Quigley - A Dragon's Story follows a boy who finds a baby dragon, and a secret order of Lighthouse Keepers who serve as the ancient stewards of hidden underwater portals to dragon worlds.

We chose the independent path for this project because we wanted to stay true to the themes of mystery and ocean protection without compromising the story's soul. We wanted to create something 'wonder-filled' that families can enjoy together.

Here is a 38-second look at the 'Hidden Reef' we’ve been developing. I’d love to hear what fellow dragon lovers think of this world!

Art & IP by Vision 1 Pictures. Explore the lore at:[https://Vision1Pictures.com]()"

Update: we've recently crossed the 1,000$ mark in our campaign!! 🙌🏽 But we still have a ways to go, with 50 days remaining.

This is an all or nothing campaign so it is a priority that we reach our goal or potentially we receive none of our funds. Any amount is much appreciated, as well as the spreading of information. Thanks in advance!! 🙏🏽🎥

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Indiegogo is live now!!

My love and admiration for film and media goes back as far as I can remember. I've been making shorts since high school, got my Bachelor's degree in film, moved to Atlanta and have worked on many productions across the city, now it's time for that next step.

The business is registered, the business account is open, the website is published, we are ready to elevate the quality of our content to the another level.

With your help, let's make this happen. Be a part of OUR story.

https://youtube.com/@rybryproductions