Crowdfunding: Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Ecommerce with CrowdCrux | Crowdfunding Demystified

Today, you're going to hear from a campaign creator who was able to raise more than $60,000 for charity using crowdfunding.

I'm referring to the #FursuitFriday Charity Calendar Indiegogo campaign, which attracted 1,343 backers!

Sponsors

• The Gadget Flow: Their website reaches 28 million people per month! They have a new unboxing series on YouTube where you can get your product unboxed by a tech expert. You can also get feedback for your campaign by using Crowdinsight.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• SendPro Online by Pitney Bowes: Save time and money no matter what you send from letters and packages or overnights and flats.

I spoke with the team behind the The Ultimate Travel Shoe 2.0 - Tropicfeel, which raised €2,063,872 on Kickstarter. They also ran another project for the first version of the shoe which also hit the $2 million mark.

If you've been wondering if you can successfully run a crowdfunding project for an apparel brand, fashion accessory, or a shoe, look no further. This team has experienced mega success on the Kickstarter platform.

Sponsors

• The Gadget Flow: Their website reaches 28 million people per month! They have a new unboxing series on YouTube where you can get your product unboxed by a tech expert. You can also get feedback for your campaign by using Crowdinsight.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• SendPro Online by Pitney Bowes: Save time and money no matter what you send from letters and packages or overnights and flats.

The team behind Backmate was able to raise $148,201 from more than 1,000 backers in the span of 31 days. They came on the podcast to reveal to you how they did it.

I hope you enjoy this podcast episode and see it as inspiration to get started on your own entrepreneurial venture.

Sponsors

• The Gadget Flow: Their website reaches 28 million people per month! They have a new unboxing series on YouTube where you can get your product unboxed by a tech expert. You can also get feedback for your campaign by using Crowdinsight.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• SendPro Online by Pitney Bowes: Save time and money no matter what you send from letters and packages or overnights and flats.

Sounds too good to be true, right?

Can you actually double your funding on Kickstarter?

Yes! You can!

In this episode, I brought on David Silva, the founder of the Beasts of the Mesozoic Kickstarter campaign which raised $351,753 from more than 2,500 backers.

He shared with you how he was able to smash his goal on Kickstarter, along with a secret trick that he used to raise an extra $361,534 in funds.

Today, I spoke with the team behind JourneyQuest 4, a Kickstarter project which raised over $400k from more than 5,000 backers.

This same team has launched a bunch of projects over the years with remarkable success. There have also been some valuable learning lessons along the way.

Sponsors

• The Gadget Flow: Their website reaches 28 million people per month! They have a new unboxing series on YouTube where you can get your product unboxed by a tech expert. You can also get feedback for your campaign by using Crowdinsight.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• SendPro Online by Pitney Bowes: Save time and money no matter what you send from letters and packages or overnights and flats.

This company has launched not one, but two successful Kickstarter campaigns for SmartHalo and SmartHalo 2.

Their first project launched on Kickstarter in 2015 and raised CA$ 538,723 from more than 3,000 backers. This was an incredible crowdfunding success.

Then, they took everything they learned and applied this to their next launch for the SmartHalo 2, which ended up raising CA$ 1,699,530 from more than TEN THOUSAND backers.

Sponsors

• The Gadget Flow: Their website reaches 28 million people per month! They have a new unboxing series on YouTube where you can get your product unboxed by a tech expert. You can also get feedback for your campaign by using Crowdinsight.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• SendPro Online by Pitney Bowes: Save time and money no matter what you send from letters and packages or overnights and flats.

Today, I spoke with an entrepreneur who has raised €192,538 on Kickstarter for LABFRESH, the most advanced stain & odor repellent polo. It's also the #1 backed European apparel project, according to the page.

These guys had a monster project, having attracted more than 2,600 backers in just under 45 days. What a mega launch!

Sponsors

• The Gadget Flow: Their website reaches 28 million people per month! They have a new unboxing series on YouTube where you can get your product unboxed by a tech expert. You can also get feedback for your campaign by using Crowdinsight.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• SendPro Online by Pitney Bowes: Save time and money no matter what you send from letters and packages or overnights and flats.

Fantasy Grounds is a popular system for playing a host of different roleplaying games online by more than 130,000 gamers worldwide. You can use it to play Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, Savage Worlds, Call of Cthulhu, and more.

On this remarkably candid episode of the podcast, you'll hear about the ins and outs of this crowdfunding campaign and how they were so gosh darn successful with their project.

Sponsors

• The Gadget Flow: Their website reaches 28 million people per month! They have a new unboxing series on YouTube where you can get your product unboxed by a tech expert. You can also get feedback for your campaign by using Crowdinsight.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• SendPro Online by Pitney Bowes: Save time and money no matter what you send from letters and packages or overnights and flats.

Even entrepreneurs in different countries, like Germany, can use crowdfunding to launch a business, grow it, and gather a base of raving fans.

You'll hear on todays podcast episode how the team behind the wildly successful Damascus knife series called Germanicum Arminius was able to raise €199,656  on Kickstarter.

Sponsors

• The Gadget Flow: Their website reaches 28 million people per month! They have a new unboxing series on YouTube where you can get your product unboxed by a tech expert. You can also get feedback for your campaign by using Crowdinsight.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• SendPro Online by Pitney Bowes: Save time and money no matter what you send from letters and packages or overnights and flats.

This is a replacement episode (first episode went out incorrectly)

I spoke with the team behind the highly successful Lord of the Chords project, which raised S$ 313,494 on Kickstarter!

They shared EVERYTHING when it comes to how to launch a killer project. This episode has tons of applicable strategies, tips, and advice. Listen carefully.

• The Gadget Flow: Their website reaches 28 million people per month! They have a new unboxing series on YouTube where you can get your product unboxed by a tech expert. You can also get feedback for your campaign by using Crowdinsight.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• SendPro Online by Pitney Bowes: Save time and money no matter what you send from letters and packages or overnights and flats.