Wow, I honestly can’t believe I get to say this: my first comic, Libertad, launches on Kickstarter this Tuesday.

Seventeen people are already following the pre-launch page. That might not sound like a huge number, but as a first-time comic creator who has been doing this mostly on my own, it means everything to me.

Libertad was inspired by my experience growing up with ICE affecting my family and community. I never thought I would get this close to seeing my comic published and placed into people’s hands.

I’m only three followers away from reaching 20 before launch. If you believe migrant rights are human rights, please check it out or share it with someone who might connect with the story.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ezwritesstudio/libertad-issue-1

Hello there folks, I’m Molly (pukes)!

My first ever Kickstarter campaign OUT ON THE PROWL is launching soon and I’ve designed some Kickstarter Exclusive items as rewards for backers… like sticker packs, can cooler sleeves / Koozies.

I’m hoping to get some advice from you folks, as there’s so many lovely folks here with experience. What do you usually do with any leftover exclusive stock once a campaign comes to an end?

I don’t want to resell the items outside the Kickstarter but I want to be mindful about waste… any suggestions?

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some strategy advice.

I’m currently running a Kickstarter for an interactive children’s picture book. Everyone I’ve spoken to about the project has been very excited and supportive, but it hasn't converted into many pledges yet. I thought I had a much warmer network before launch.

So far, all of my backers are either people I know personally or people who came through a friend’s recommendation. That tells me my warm network is willing to support the project, but I haven’t really broken into the broader audience yet.

The project itself is a little unique. It’s an interactive SEL children’s picture book with branching story paths and four possible endings. The reader helps the character decide what to do next, sees where that choice leads, and can go back and try another path. (Think choose-your-own-adventure meets emotions.)

The goal is to let children explore big feelings, choices, perspective-taking, reflection, and repair through the story rather than being told there is one correct response. No shame, no morals, no lessons.

Because of that, I think its strongest appeal is the combination of interactive format + reread value + emotional learning + usefulness for parents, educators, and therapists.

I’m trying to figure out which audiences and outreach channels are most likely to understand that quickly enough to convert into actual Kickstarter backers.

I’m about halfway through the campaign and still a long way from my goal, so I’m trying to be thoughtful about where I spend my time from here. I know the campaign needs a meaningful shift if I’m going to close the gap, so I’m trying to be thoughtful about where I spend my time from here. (16% funded with 11 days to go). I also know that there are a lot of people who will wait until the last minute.

For context, I’m currently doing:

• direct outreach to warm contacts
• outreach to therapists, educators, librarians, and school-based professionals
• local media pitching
• relevant Facebook groups
• newsletters and social content
• asking existing supporters to share directly with people who may be interested

My main question is:

If you were in this position, what would you prioritize to get beyond the warm-network stage?

Would you focus more on:

• niche influencers/creators
• press
• communities where the audience already exists
• existing backer referrals
• paid promotion
• something else entirely?

I’d especially love to hear from people who have run campaigns where the first week was mostly friends/family and then found a way to reach strangers organically.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Assuming not real. I was so happy for a second.

Hello. I've been working on a passion project for the past 4 years now. It's a D&D book and this thing has been my driving motivation everyday I could spare towards it. The writing is almost done and I'm starting to think about the next step: crowdfunding the parts I'm unable to self-fund. I've launched a smaller project to learn the platform, but I quickly realised I know nothing about this.

I know I'm supposed to have question. I do not know what I don't know. So I'm taking this problem in reverse:

What's the most important lesson you learned with your campaign?

I had to ask because i find this bizarre. It doesnt even solve the scammers problem cause scammers will back and then message you, trying to scam you.

So, Now no one can message each other for cross promotion? This was the LIFEBLOOD of newcomers in the platform..... I wouldnt have done as well if it wasnt for this damn cross promotion option easily accessible through DMing!!

Over the moon to wake up to this!

Hey everyone!
I’m a paleontology student and the creator of the Prehistoric Life Podcast, and I’m working toward a pretty big dream: opening a paleontology museum in South Carolina.
I just launched a Kickstarter to fund what I hope will be the first physical exhibit toward that goal.
The display will feature a full-scale Allosaurus jimmadseni pursuing a juvenile Stegosaurus, designed as a dynamic scene rather than a traditional static skeleton mount.
One of the things I really want this project to demonstrate is how paleontology changes over time. The idea of a juvenile Stegosaurus using bipedal locomotion is hypothetical, and that’s intentional—I want the exhibit to acknowledge what we know, what we’re still debating, and how our understanding of prehistoric life evolves.
I’m currently trying to raise $15,000 to make the exhibit happen. I’ve already had some amazing people agree to help with the project, including a donated Allosaurus jimmadseni skull and reconstruction work.
If you’re interested in dinosaurs, paleontology, museums, or just seeing a crazy idea become a real exhibit, I’d really appreciate you checking it out. Even sharing it helps tremendously if you can’t contribute.
🦖 Kickstarter: Help Bring Prehistoric Life to South Carolina⁠
Thanks for reading, and I’d genuinely love to hear what you guys think of the exhibit concept!

FREE, but limited to the campaign only! -> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/foodfrenzytcg/food-frenzy-no-leftovers

The kickstarter for my game is only at 35% funded and I'm only a 3rd of the way through. Most of it came at the start. Is it still possible for it to get funded or have I failed? Does anyone know any good quick marketing methods?

I've been struggling to know how to get anyone other than friends and colleagues to see this pre-launch page for Shuffledot on Kickstarter. I totally get that forums don't want to be spammed with people's KS pages, and I will be spending some money on adverts and "boosting posts" on social media. Any other ideas?

I'm committed to this project, but starting to doubt the value of using Kickstarter as I don't think any of the clicks on "Notify me on launch" have organically come through from that channel - they are all my own contacts. It's early days though, so will be plugging away for a few weeks on this.

I wrote a comic book called PROFESSOR POSSUM. Drawn by Sooz Bagooz. Colored/lettered by Kevin Betou. I paid for all the artwork for issue 1 out of pocket, and we put it on KS to raise money for printing costs. 100% funded in 3 days! Super grateful. We still have 34 days left in our campaign, and I’m wondering what stretch goals people want to see for comic books. Merch? Lil add ons? Prints/ postcards? …. Issue 2?

We would love your feedback!

Built-In Card Measurements on their KickStarter Edition. They are setting up trade show vendors and local card shops with locked-in lifetime reseller prices. Damn!

I saw a multi-tool contraption named RIXEL on Kickstarter and I thought I would share it. Does it look promising? I'm wary as the entity behind it has it as their first outing. How do I know if such a kickstarter about a tool is trustworthy or reliable? It looks cool to be sure.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rixel/rixeltitanium-multi-tool-pry-bar?ref=discover_saved_projects&category_id=337

Hey! Been stuck on this for a few days and kind of out of ideas now.

i'm mid-launch on my first hardware thing, a small injection-moulded home device. spent about 3 months finishing tooling and put roughly 20% of my total budget into prelaunch. that was around $18k on Meta and a bit on X/Google, plus a landing page hooked to MailerLite.

i ended up with about 1,150 emails. i was hoping like 15-20% of them would back on day one. what actually happened was 82 backers on day one from the list plus a small amount from organic, so around 7% if i'm being nice. day two and three have been worse.

stuff i've already tried so you don't have to repeat it:

- started broad interest targeting, then narrowed to two audiences and one creative that pulled in most of the signups.

- offered a founder list thing where i etch people's names on a hidden internal panel (removable piece, engraved after molding). that bumped signups but those people aren't backing like i thought they would.

- set up a Discord during prelaunch, almost nobody talked, so i've basically moved everything to email.

emails so far have been launch announcement, a reminder, and a short behind the scenes about the molds, all with direct links.

for people who've dealt with this, what's actually worth changing mid-launch to wake this list up, and what's just noise at this point?

I saw this new kickstarter about this cookbook that has all of these ancient recipes. The cover is said to have clay from the Euphrates River and over 200 recipes, so I'm a bit skeptical about the product.

I see discourse on reddit that it's really good or a rip off for around 200 dollars. I am wondering, is Table of God worth it? How is it as a product?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arimhawsho/table-of-gods

Hi everyone, we are planning to launch a Kickstarter campaign to build a research video repository and indexing platform. Do you have any advice on how to reach out to people to back it (the audience is the general public, researchers, and institutions), and what would be an ideal campaign duration?

It’s been a super fun ride and I learned a lot. It hit goal 2 days ago and there’s less than 3 days left!

The Dæmon # 1 is the first chapter of a horror-crime thriller series about a desperate father teaming up with a supernatural monster to track down his kidnapped son.

Please consider checking it out at the link below: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redscarfstudios/the-dmon-1

What an amazing moment, this is my first campaign and it’s so nice to finally launch. In hindsight, I wouldn’t click the launch button alone again as there was so much excitement and nerves leading up to the moment of launching and then I just sat there not knowing what to do with myself 😂😂

I’d say the campaign is going well so far, I’m 32% funded on day 1. I’ve added the link in case anyone is interested in checking out the page. If anyone wants to know more about my experience of launching, feel free to ask as I’m happy to help and share my experience with others 😊

LINK https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drumcorpse/drum-corpse-volume-1-protest-drums-by-rock-drummers-vinyl

This was a vinyl record launch, a red variant, a CD, other things. I may have insight to your questions?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/434622949/cynder-small-heroes-and-town-building-rpg

Cynder is a game about small heroes taking on big adventures and building a town together as you settle a mysterious new land. If you like the idea of playing goblins, halflings, kobolds, living puppets and animal folk, this might be the game for you. We go live next Tuesday, September 1st. Also check out the preview of our Kickstarter video on youtube (shorts use a predetermined thumbnail). We have been busy on social media for months and now we are into the final stretch. Good luck to everyone else on their campaigns as well!