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KICKSTARTER

#5
Obscura is using kickstarter as a place to "pre-order" the album they are releasing. Pretty cool idea. Depending on the size of the gift you give, they give you better and better pre-order packages. I think its a cool idea as a site, but I have never used it myself. Probably will in the future to pay for album releases and the like though.
 
#8
Theres a great Ska Band called five iron frenzy that broke up around 2003 and they have recently decided to get back together and start touring again and started making an album. they used kickstarter to raise funds and raised over $30,000 in less than an hour and over $150,000 in under two weeks. given they have dedicated fanbase that has been waiting for this moment since they broke up but if a major band like them is using it i'm pretty sure its legit and isn't gonna scam you
 
#10
A buddy of mine is using it to raise dosh for an upcoming tour.

It's a great idea. You pledge what you want to pledge. If enough donors pledge, and they make their goal, great.

If the user fails to make their goal, NO ONE is charged. It's all or nothing.

As a user, it's great. If you don't make it, there's no questions about "where did the money go".
 
#13
bolophonic said:
Most people I know seem to regard kickstarter as a form of panhandling.
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That's about as simplistic as it is ignorant... :eyebrow:

Kickstarter, IndieGoGo and the other crowdsourcing sites strongly suggest that the fundraisers who use their sites employ a quid pro quo model - in which donors receive something in return for their contributions. A wise fundraiser will heed that advice. :hmm:

Panhandlers offer nothing in return...

MM
 
#14
MysticMichael said:
That's about as simplistic as it is ignorant... :eyebrow:

Kickstarter, IndieGoGo and the other crowdsourcing sites strongly suggest that the fundraisers who use their sites employ a quid pro quo model - in which donors receive something in return for their contributions. A wise fundraiser will heed that advice. :hmm:

Panhandlers offer nothing in return...

MM
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I had the same thought. Very important to offer some kind of incentive for folks to donate, like a free copy of the album (have to budget for that) and/or merch, or what have you. Professional fundraisers usually offer a graded system, as in you receive x for donating this amount, y for that amount. Food for thought. Does anyone know what was offered in return for donations toward the campaigns referred to in this thread?
 
#16
Definitely not a scam. My band did it, and got almost $2000 to finish recording and replicating our album. It's a lot of work, but it's a good way to get some quick money that you would have gotten otherwise, and seems more legit than fans just "preordering" by giving you money.

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#18
TBrett said:
Does anyone know what was offered in return for donations toward the campaigns referred to in this thread?
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For Obscura's, the offered anything from Digital downloads, a copy of the album on release day, T-shirts, all the way up to autographed items, special thanks in the liner notes of the album, and dinner with the band. They had many things offered, from $5 pledges given all the way up to $2k gifts. A lot of it was very cool, it made it worth it to give larger amounts for sure! As I am typing this, they have 34 days left, and have raised 180% of their goal.
 
#19
IbanezBass69 said:
For Obscura's, the offered anything from Digital downloads, a copy of the album on release day, T-shirts, all the way up to autographed items, special thanks in the liner notes of the album, and dinner with the band. They had many things offered, from $5 pledges given all the way up to $2k gifts. A lot of it was very cool, it made it worth it to give larger amounts for sure! As I am typing this, they have 34 days left, and have raised 180% of their goal.
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Hmmm... Very interesting, indeed. Thanks for this. Lots of possibilities.
 
#20
My band also had good success with kickstarter. We offers many tiers of incentives, $5,10, 25...up to $500 . The bulk of our 40 or so donors went for the $25 one(download, disc, t shirt ) One aspect that helped us I think is that we as a band had already put in as much cash As we were asking for. We only turned to kickstarter once the band fund was exhausted, which showed our commitment.
 

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