Well yes, there's a few that go way over their goal, but 1000% over a 500$ goal isn't a whole lot lol. I've been following KS designs campaigns and it just feels like support is getting weaker, too many repeat product types etc. There's always the one or two really innovative idea's that gain tracti...
lol. Pebble et al. are exceptions though, they ride on their previous campaigns successes, and more power to them. But I've just scanned through pages and pages of design projects from the "popular" list on KS and there aren't too many that have hit it big. I see many many projects that I...
I've noticed on kickstarter lately that it seems like there are less and less projects that are getting "big" amounts of funding and I see many good projects that seem to be getting a lot less funding than I would have expected. I think the whole scene is getting a little saturated.
I agree with everything G&C says. I would pledge, but just not my thing. Keep us posted on your progress. I would however be interested in a trading social shares for my pre-launch gizmo. Let me know if you're interested and I'll share your link on my FB, Twitter etc.
Tim congrats on the success. Just curious, how did you build things up prior to launch, what marketing and advertising channels did you use? I take it you've had a pretty big following to start with...
Oh for sure, honestly I think crowdfunding sites should start to break up the categories just because there is so much stuff out there, have a Design/EDC, or Design/under 100$ section. Stuff like that. I see alot of projects on kickstarter et al that just really are hobby projects, even what I'm try...
I have stopped backing campaigns for a while, now I give feedback. I have found that many projects are weak and backing people is not worth as much as solid feedback. You can unlike my FB page if you don't find this useful greg Lol. Putting out a call like this, I bet you've been swamped! I just ha...