It saddens me that Kickstarter is US only. I know there are some equivalent european websites, but I haven't heard of any big success stories about them. HN bias? or is Kickstarter-the-brand really that much more successful than Kickstarter-the-concept?
Kickstarter Sets Off $7 Million Stampede for a Watch Not Yet Made
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#22I'm trying to decide if Kickstarter is the blossoming of a new way to do business, or a bubble fueled by a few hits that came at the same time. I'm hoping it's the former, as I've got a campaign going to print a comic book that's close to being funded, and I'm hoping to have it around as a viable option to repeat this stunt to fund future books, and ultimately maybe even support myself this way. The limited duration…
And as for Kickstarter themselves, it's certainly a blossoming startup. They get 5% of every successfully funded project.
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#23Unless I'm missing something, Kickstarter sure seems like the closest thing I've seen to a tool that enables closer-to-perfect price discrimination.
Could you expand on what you mean by closer-to-perfect price discrimination?
You pay however much you are ready to pay.
Traditionally if you price a ware 100$, you'll lose all the money from those who can only afford 10$, and if you price it 10$, you lose all the extra money from those who would have paid 100$.
With Kickstarter, some people pay 10$, some 100$ and some 1000$, and they are all very happy about that.
This is achieved by: Giving nice perks for extra money; Buyers understanding that by paying less they only steal from themself.
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#24It saddens me that Kickstarter is US only. I know there are some equivalent european websites, but I haven't heard of any big success stories about them. HN bias? or is Kickstarter-the-brand really that much more successful than Kickstarter-the-concept?
From my understanding, the US requirement is due to Amazon Payments. It would be great if they could offer an alternative to those who are ineligible for Amazon's service. I'm not sure what incentive there is for Kickstarter to explore other options--they are likely happy to enjoy their current growth and success.
That said, as a backer of many Kickstarter campaigns from north of the border, it would be nice to be able to tap into their momentum with projects of my own.
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#25I'm trying to decide if Kickstarter is the blossoming of a new way to do business, or a bubble fueled by a few hits that came at the same time. I'm hoping it's the former, as I've got a campaign going to print a comic book that's close to being funded, and I'm hoping to have it around as a viable option to repeat this stunt to fund future books, and ultimately maybe even support myself this way. The limited duration…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle - we're halfway up the first bit of the graph. Perhaps a bit more.
I'm confident that the plateau of productivity will be reached, after the inevitable backlash.
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#26It saddens me that Kickstarter is US only. I know there are some equivalent european websites, but I haven't heard of any big success stories about them. HN bias? or is Kickstarter-the-brand really that much more successful than Kickstarter-the-concept?
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
imho Kickstarter is best suited for projects that are essentially finished and ready for manufacturing, but need money to actually do a manufacturing run. A comic book seems like a example of a "good" project in that sense. But basing kickstarter on just a idea seems extremely risky, and that's why I'm not all that interested in game kickstarters. If somebody wanted to kickstart a boxed copy of a finished game, that…
One issue with Kickstarter for games that are ready to play (at least for us) was that we want to give access to play the game the moment that you decide to give us some money. You can't really do that with kickstarter because you don't know if you will really get the money from each supporter. Due to this, and due to the fact that you need to be an American company (which can be gotten around, but is annoying) we de…
"Due to this, and due to the fact that you need to be an American company (which can be gotten around, but is annoying) we decided to go it on our own [...] Using stripe.com for credit card processing"
Don't you have to be in the US to use Stripe?
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#28It saddens me that Kickstarter is US only. I know there are some equivalent european websites, but I haven't heard of any big success stories about them. HN bias? or is Kickstarter-the-brand really that much more successful than Kickstarter-the-concept?
From my understanding, the US requirement is due to Amazon Payments. It would be great if they could offer an alternative to those who are ineligible for Amazon's service. I'm not sure what incentive there is for Kickstarter to explore other options--they are likely happy to enjoy their current growth and success. That said, as a backer of many Kickstarter campaigns from north of the border, it would be nice to be ab…
You can still use Amazon Payments outside the US. Unfortunately, unlike PayPal, they bill you directly in the target currency which means your bank or credit card company may charge you fees - they did for me :(
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Could you expand on what you mean by closer-to-perfect price discrimination?
You pay however much you are ready to pay. Traditionally if you price a ware 100$, you'll lose all the money from those who can only afford 10$, and if you price it 10$, you lose all the extra money from those who would have paid 100$. With Kickstarter, some people pay 10$, some 100$ and some 1000$, and they are all very happy about that. This is achieved by: Giving nice perks for extra money; Buyers understanding th…
That's not that uncommon a pricing model in the arts even pre-Kickstarter. You've got the $10 CD, the $25 limited-edition CD with bonus tracks, the $100 super-limited leatherbound box set signed by the artist, etc.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
You pay however much you are ready to pay. Traditionally if you price a ware 100$, you'll lose all the money from those who can only afford 10$, and if you price it 10$, you lose all the extra money from those who would have paid 100$. With Kickstarter, some people pay 10$, some 100$ and some 1000$, and they are all very happy about that. This is achieved by: Giving nice perks for extra money; Buyers understanding th…
That's not that uncommon a pricing model in the arts even pre-Kickstarter. You've got the $10 CD, the $25 limited-edition CD with bonus tracks, the $100 super-limited leatherbound box set signed by the artist, etc.
I'll argue the incentive is different for goods that already exist.
Also kickstarter takes this to a radical new level with tens of price tiers compared to two or three.