My Kickstarter is down to 10 days left and has only gotten 1 new backer in the past couple weeks. I understand that my launch, must not have been strong enough. But I've also continuously pushed throughout the campaign and received nothing from it. My Kickstarter is for my debut children's book. Ive contacted local newspapers, book stores, community groups and pages, I've ran promotions, posted a lot! I dont know what went wrong. I know its just a book but I was very confident with it in the beginning after watching so many other campaigns that seemed to fund in 10 minutes or less. How do you all remain confident when your project doesn't fund?

Hi everyone,

I'm currently developing my own card game and hoping to launch it on Kickstarter in early 2027.

I've been working on the game, artwork and physical components for quite a while now, but the marketing side is honestly what worries me most.

I'm doing this independently, without a big marketing budget, and I'm struggling to work out how people actually build an audience before launching.

For anyone who's successfully launched a tabletop game, how did you get your first followers and backers? Was it mainly social media, Reddit, conventions, or something else?

I'd be interested to hear what actually worked for you, especially if you started with basically no audience.

I have 20 something days left in my Kickstarter and just getting kicked in the teeth. Two backers. I believe the concept is great. It's a large amount to tackle but it's for the building and build out. I'm trying to open an indoor/outdoor dog park in Arizona. Something Arizona really needs. I run a successful pooper scooper business for the last seven years. I've tried ads. Have made videos with my own dogs. Just wondering what un orthodox ways have worked.

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Hi everyone!

I'm the founder of CLEAMEAT, a food preparation product currently being developed for meat and poultry.

Over the past few years, I've been investing my own money into developing this concept, working with professional food research facilities in Belgium.

We've already completed initial development and processing trials, and we're now working toward further testing, packaging and commercial production.

I've recently launched our Kickstarter pre-launch page, with a funding goal of €30,000 to help bring CLEAMEAT closer to market.

This is my first Kickstarter campaign, and I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from people with crowdfunding experience.

My question: What would you recommend improving on a Kickstarter pre-launch page to build trust and attract early followers before launching?

Here's our project preview:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/32253428/cleameat-from-development-to-production

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts!

Since lunch Kickstarter and developing a product are two different animals I believe someone who knows Kickstarter might be able to run an awesome campaign. I’ve got the product figured out, but I wanna explore hiring a campaign manager

I’ve always loved indie games, and it’s rough seeing a really cool project miss its Kickstarter goal. I’ve been thinking about a different approach and want honest feedback from players before I build anything. (No link, nothing to sell, just researching.)

The idea: instead of donating to a game’s crowdfunding campaign, you could invest in it. If the game sells well, you’d get a small share of its revenue for a set time (say, until you’ve earned back 2x what you put in, or 5 years, whichever comes first). If the game flops, you could lose some or all of what you invested, just like any investment.

I’m curious what players actually think:

1. Would you invest in an upcoming indie game you’re excited about? Why or why not?
2. How much would you realistically put in? ($5? $25? $100+?)
3. Would you still want normal backer rewards (a copy of the game, credits, etc.) on top of the revenue share?
4. What would make you trust a game enough to invest: a playable demo, a dev’s past games, regular updates, something else?
5. What would stop you from investing: risk of losing money, confusing paperwork, not trusting devs, something else?
6. Have you ever backed a game on Kickstarter? Did it turn out how you hoped?

Tear it apart if you need to. I’d rather hear the problems now than after I build it.

I am close to my Kickstarter goal for my board game series Dual Fires, with a week to go. Do you all ever see games run any promotions or bonuses to encourage people to pledge before the deadline? I toyed with the idea of some sort of discount or bonus thrown in the last week, but I don't want to frustrate those who supported me early on. Any thoughts or recommendations?

It’s been about a week since we launched and we’re stuck at 25%, I’m trying to figure out other ways to get more people to see our KickStarter campaign… any ideas?

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I am running my first kickstarter, however it has not launched yet. Before it does I need to know if $2,000 is too much for a first kickstarter campaign?

For those who’ve received the KCF, firstly congrats. But how soon after going live did you receive the pledge? We were informed we were successful about 2 weeks prior to launch. But are now wondering when the pledge will be made.

That boost to campaign traction in the first day or 2 would be immensely helpful 😅

For my "Secret Soviet Armored Program" campaign, I’m planning to include a printable PDF assembly manual for each model. These will feature some historical background, archival photos, and camouflage suggestions—all designed with a Soviet aesthetic to stay true to the theme.

Do you find this aesthetic appealing?

Would you prefer separate manuals for each model, or one single, comprehensive manual?

Do you think this adds value for collectors?

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Hello everyone. Back in august I got an email. as a super backer I could sign up for a chance to get one of 300 super backer beanies. To my surprise, I got one. Funnily I had to hunt down the original email as I forgot I even signed up for it lol. Does kickstarter do things like this often for its super backers? I did read they let us test stuff and what not before it goes live, despite not having seen that yet. This was the first time Ive seen something special for superbackers in the few years Ive been one.

I really hope they do more like this, as I do think its cool.

Hello from Japan! This is my first time launching a Kickstarter campaign for my indie game!
For those of you who have experience with Kickstarter, what advice would you give a first-time creator like me? What should I prepare for, and what do you wish you had known before launching your first campaign?

Hi all,

Tomorrow at 15:00 Madrid time (9:00 a.m. ET), my wife and I launch our first Kickstarter. We’re a two-person studio in Madrid making hand-illustrated rubber stamp kits for drawing tabletop RPG maps. Our goal: 4000€, each kit is 40€ and there are three kits to mix and match so you can get 2 for 75€ or all 3 for 110€.

We’ve been building toward this for about a month and we’re at 239 followers. Interestingly, we just lost a follower for the first time, going from 240 to 239. Kickstarter staff got in touch to see how things were going and suggested that waiting until we had around 500 followers would give us a better chance. We decided to keep the date, because we’d already announced it in a lot of places and moving it felt like it would hurt more than help.

So, for those of you who have been through it:

• What made the biggest difference in your first 48 hours?
• Is there anything you wish you’d done the day before launch?
• If you launched with a smaller following than you wanted, what did you do during the campaign to make up for it?

Any advice is very welcome. Thanks for all the help this sub has given us over the last few weeks.