What Is Crowdfunding and Can You Trust a Kickstarter Campaign?

You've heard of crowdfunding, but what is it? How do you get involved to help creators, what do you get out of it, and how do you spot scams on Kickstarter and other crowdfunding sites?

Show Notes

Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Unbound, Blurb... the opportunities for crowdfunding campaigns are massive these days. But if you've never backed a project on Kickstarter and don't really know what crowdfunding is - or if you have concerns over their reliability - we're here to help you out.

Shownotes

Here are this week's links for everything we discuss in the show.

• 3 Things to Consider Before Backing a Kickstarter
• Kickstarter Asks Creators to Be More Honest
• Tips for Running Your Own Crowdfunding Campaign
• Bets Alternatives to Patreon
• Crowdfund Without a Crowndfunding Website
• Crowdfunder Producer Discusses Brian Blessed Casting
• Sitcom Geeks

Christian Cawley and Gavin Philips host this week's show. Contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin.

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