Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform.[2] The company’s stated mission is to help bring creative projects to life.[3] Kickstarter claims it has received over $1 billion in pledges from 5.7 million donors to fund 135,000 projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, and food-related projects.[4]
People who back Kickstarter projects are offered tangible rewards and special experiences in exchange for their pledges.[5] This model traces its roots to subscription model of arts patronage, where artists would go directly to their audiences to fund their work. - Wikipedia
I've yet to really utilise Kickstarters tools but I certainly plan to. For those of you who've never used it before or never been on the site, its essentially a place where you are sponsored by the public from all around the world in order to make your dream come true. My aim for when I use Kickstarter is to create a flawless and beautiful art book, thats simple enough, but I need funding in order to make it a mass produced book. I have also set up a reward scheme for people who donate to my cause as follows:
£20 - Free digital copy of the book.
£40 - Free signed digital copy of the book.
£60 - Free hard cover copy of the book.
£80 - Free signed hard cover and digital copy of the book.
£100 - Free signed hard cover and digital copy of the book with a personal mention in the back.
These rewards are yet to be really set in stone but I doubt they will stray very far from the planned reward system I have at the moment.
I'm hoping this book will be set up on Kickstarter at the back end of this year to further my professional indent in the media as well as to cover more ground in my portfolio.
If you have big dreams and aren't sure how to start them I would strongly suggest having a look at Kickstarter, you never know who will be willing to chuck a few pounds towards your cause!
Check out Kickstarted HERE
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