From Surveyed to Shipped: The BackerKit Project Lifecycle
Visualizing the lifecycle of a crowdfunding campaign can prove difficult for first-time creators. This is particularly the case for the post-campaign phase, whi...
Surveys
How to Deal with Survey Stragglers
So you’ve sent out a BackerKit survey. Now what?
It’s a common misconception that all project creators need to do is wait until the responses roll in. While mo...
Sending Out Surveys Doesn’t Have to Be Scary
Sending out surveys can be daunting, especially if your project has a large number of backers. Even the smallest of mistakes can generate confusion and spark a ...
Dealing with Failed Payments
Failed payments are a common but frustrating part of any crowdfunding campaign.
Supporting Your Backers: Tips for Creators
Fielding thorny questions from backers can flummox first-time project creators and veterans alike.
Six Tips from BackerKit’s Creator Success Team
A member from our Creator Success team shares some tips on how to use BackerKit effectively.
Why You Should Post Regular Updates and How to Write a Good One
Your campaign has been successfully funded, congratulations! Your backers, curious and excited as they are, are going to start asking you a lot of questions. He...
Best Practices: Survey Add-on Items
Studying the Best Sellers
We studied sales data from 1,568 projects with 15,525 different add-on items to determine the best practices creators should follow w...
Managing InDemand Backers with BackerKit
Handling Backers from InDemand
We’ve supported InDemand for Indiegogo campaigns since it first launched, but late last year we noticed that a few of our Kickst...
Alternative Uses for BackerKit
Using BackerKit without a Campaign
BackerKit had a fantastic 2015 by all measures. We helped 711 projects create surveys and manage pledges for 1,258,564 backe...
The Back-End for Your Campaign
Keep Your Project On Schedule
Campaign management services can be divided into two categories: “front-end” services that backers interact with such as the back...
Re-thinking Survey Tools
Sending surveys is easy. The hard part is collecting information, getting backers to respond, making sure that everything is accurate, organizing it into useful...