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I see that no one replied to my "I want to pay my supporters back. I don't know if this is done with Kickstarter, and even if Kickstarter allows it." - -
Monetary rewards and repayment of money support are indeed not permitted with Kickstarter.

Many thanks, sbriggman, just what I needed to know, plus info on other platforms, I'll check them out.
~ beau johnson

I'm beau, new here and thinking about starting a project. If your project is successful and turns into a profit-making business, can you pay back your supports as their reward? My project is quite small, hopefully wouldn't require more than a couple of thousand dollars to launch, and if I ever make ...

Good question, bradAnderson ~ I don't see any general ethical problems. You're asking for one kind of support from someone to whom you've given another kind of support ~ this is how communities succeed. There could be some problematic specifics . . . e.g. backing big projects, which you can see have...

How about making the reward the paying back of the supporters donated funds? My project (not yet launched) will be so small that I'll seek only maybe $3000 funding . . . and if the project ever becomes a business and makes money I want to pay my supporters back. I don't know if this is done with Kic...

I just signed up with the forum, my name is beau . . . I hope I can use the forum even though I haven't launched yet . . in fact, I'm hopefully going to use the forum as part of my learning process about Kickstarter.
Cheers everybody!