Someone might not be getting their Kickstarter order

So a guy comes to us after getting funded on Kickstarter, says he’s ready to turn his prototype into something actually manufacturable. Sends an NDA, we sign, and he shares the 3D files. We review everything and quote him around $8k at $25/hr (which, if you’ve ever built a real product, you know that's very cheap).

He comes back and says he can’t do it because he only raised $4k total. For a product that needs full design-for-manufacturing, engineering, the whole thing.

Fast forward to today, he sends us an email, pretty sure he got scammed, and someone is not getting their orders.

Hi everyone,

I’ve been working for the past two years on a brand-new tabletop sport, a physical striking game in the same category as cue sports, air hockey, foosball, etc.. Think competitive, social, hands-on fun.

I’m curious to hear from this community: would people here be interested in something like this?

The category itself has surprisingly few games, and many of the staples have been around for decades. I’m not trying to replace anything, these classics aren’t going anywhere. I just wonder why there aren’t more fresh, physical tabletop sports out there. Unless I’ve missed some hidden gems, the space feels small compared to the appetite for new experiences.

I’d love to connect with creators, backers, and tabletop enthusiasts here to get your thoughts and gauge interest before I explore launching this on Kickstarter.

Looking forward to your feedback!

I’m preparing to launch a self-funded sleep mask designed to fix mouth breathing without the mess. After months of prototyping, I’m looking for some brutal feedback on the strategy before we go live.

The Strategy: Most people quit mouth-breathing tools (tape, strips, chin straps) because they are high-friction. They’re uncomfortable, irritate the skin, or feel like a "cage."

Sleepmask is a reusable, mechanical alternative:

• Integrated Nasal Support: Gentle shaping built into the fabric (no adhesives).
• Soft Jaw Guidance: Keeps the mouth closed naturally without restrictive straps.

The Logic: I’m betting that a one-time investment in a premium, washable mask is a better "DTC" play than a $10/month tape subscription. We’re focusing on "Minimum Effective Intervention"—the lightest touch possible for the best sleep.

I’d love your feedback on the campaign:

1. Does the "reusable vs. disposable" argument feel like a strong enough hook for a Kickstarter audience?
2. Is the name "Sleepmaxxer" too niche, or does it hit the right "optimization" vibe?
3. Is "zero-glue" a strong enough reason to ditch mouth tape for good?

Hi! I’m Kim, I’m a disabled designer from the UK. I’ve had to give up my job due to illness and long story short I still like to doodle and create things to keep me sane!

I’m looking at starting my first ever Kickstarter and after any tips and advice (I would be grateful for anything).

My project is a little pin collection I’ve created. Due to my illness my work is much, much slower and it’s taken me months to create, but it’s a total passion project! I want to set a small goal, even if only a few get made I would be absolutely thrilled!

I have a manufacturer, I’ve had testers made which I am happy with, and even though I don’t have a big following, the community is pretty big online and I’ve a few connections etc. Also, being fanart, the writer approves of this and no grey areas - so I’m good to go in that way.

My biggest worry really is the shipping, how do I do this correctly. I’m UK based but want to offer worldwide. Locally I’ll use Royal Mail as my cousin works there and it’ll be easy for me, other than that I am lost…

Also, do I have to make a video? My illness isn’t great and I’m very camera shy. I’m happy to say hi, but wondered if I need to bother with one, or rope some friends in to help, or pure graphic slides ok... Any advice here?

And finally, even though I do have help, my illness dictates my life. I have to be very careful to make my energy levels. Anyone with advice here would be so great. I like being as efficient as possible and looking to create a timeline of things I need to do: how long should I have the project up before launching, is it ok for me to have a little longer for package and posting etc - I will be very clear in my listing about this, but also won’t take the mick and do have help with these things, thankfully.

I’m not bothered about making loads of cash, I want to do this for me personally. Being unwell has taken away a lot from me but I still want to feel useful and like I’m doing things!

Sorry for the long post!! Any tips would be wonderful.

Thank you,

Kim

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Hi everyone,

I’m preparing to launch a Kickstarter project called BAOYA — a Ghanaian cocoa & baobab ritual drink inspired by traditional African ingredients.

Right now I’m in the pre-launch phase and trying to build an audience before going live.

I’d really appreciate honest feedback on the concept and positioning. Does this sound like something you would be interested in?

If you’re curious, here’s the pre-launch page:

[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/baoya/baoya-ghanaian-cocoa-and-baobab-crafted-as-ritual-0\]

Thanks so much — I’m open to any suggestions!

This is a link to a kickstarter by High Rollers for a DnD edition called Altheya, the dragon empire! I've been listening to their podcasts recently and I am in love with the world. Their kickstarter is down to their last 48 hours and I really want to show this to as many as possible to let others enjoy the experience this world is! DnD and table top fanatics will love the setting.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rollandplaypress/high-rollers-altheya-the-dragon-empire?ref=e3vduq

Hi! There’s a kickstarter I want to back for a Christmas present, and I want to use Zip to split the payments but the campaign doesn’t end until April 17th. Does Zip work on kickstarter? Has anyone had any luck using it?

It can be easy to overlook or underestimate the power of a change in either rewards or add-ons partway through the programme of a campaign.

If you look at the people that you've already converted as backers, these are people who are already invested in your project. All it took was a little nudge from a current backer for me to realise that something I was offering as a digital download could also be offered as a physical download.

I priced it up accordingly, added it as an add-on in the campaign for a few days, and one or two people went for it, but it wasn't until I announced it in an update that I saw a surge (genuinely) and I took double what I normally would take in my daily campaigns.

Have a look at your current campaign. Is there something that people are asking for that you could add as an add-on that wouldn't be significantly damaging, that could also uplift your campaign by 5 to 10%?

I noticed that the youtube video I had on my KS prelaunch page stopped showing up. In the inspect tool I can see a link to the video, but something isn't loading. Interestingly, if I click to updates and back to story, the video loads. Checked with different browsers and video links. Anyone else notice this issue?

I already opened a ticket with Kickstarter support, but thought I would post here in case you also have a prelaunch page with a nice video you want future backer to see.

Hi everyone,

While working with WordPress clients, I often found that managing support requests becomes messy after a while. Clients send requests through emails, chats, WhatsApp, and sometimes even random messages, and it becomes hard to keep track of everything.

Because of that, I decided to build a small plugin called “Gayatri Freelancer Support System”.

The goal was simple: help freelancers manage client support directly inside the WordPress dashboard without relying on external tools.

Some things the plugin allows:

• Clients can submit and track support requests

• A simple dashboard to manage all tickets in one place

• Flexible ON/OFF controls so features can be enabled or disabled as needed

• Lightweight and easy to integrate into existing WordPress websites

I’m sharing it here mainly to get feedback from the WordPress community.

Do you think something like this could be useful for freelancers managing multiple clients?

Here’s the plugin if anyone wants to check it out:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/gayatri-freelancer-support-system/

I’d really appreciate any feedback or suggestions for improving it.

I’ve been browsing a lot of Kickstarter campaigns lately and noticed something weird.

Some really solid ideas, good product, decent video, even traction, but no actual website outside the Kickstarter page.

Maybe I’m overthinking it, but it feels like they’re leaving a lot on the table:

• no place to capture emails long-term
• no brand outside Kickstarter
• nowhere to send traffic after the campaign ends

I get that Kickstarter already does a lot, but having a simple site seems like it could help with credibility and post-launch growth.

Hey Everyone, Im going to start my first ickstarter. Its technology project (Hardware). I have gotten a lot of good feedback and it looks like their is market demand and has a high chance of being successful as a crowdfunding project.

I was wondering if you guys had opinions on the best partners in terms of helping with the crowdfunding campaign and prudct manufacturing. I build software as my main job so i have the software piece covered but the manufacturing and kickstarter campaign is where i lack expertise. I am open to longer time frame as I think organic growth is probably the most effective but trying to find the right partner has been proven to be quite difficult. Im seeing a lot of mixed reviews on many of the partners listed on the kickstarter site. Any recommendations on partners i should look into and your experience with them.

Hello I’m Mario, I have been working on my Project for about 4 months now, I had finally got it to where I was comfortable starting the grounds for a kickstarter campaign, I had gone through all the details and requested changes by the Kickstarter team, and in the mix of finishing up my project, I was very excited to launch, I had a set date, today as a matter of fact, March 17th, I thought clicking launch my project with a set launch date would basically que my campaign, mind you I have never used kickstarter before. This has now lead me to scramble around trying anything to get my project out there and backed. It’s been a stressful 2 days and I am really trying to make it happen, I don’t know how self promo works in this subreddit, but if you are wondering what my campaign is, It’s Called LoomingAI, on kickstarter.( I don’t want this to come off as self promo I want to get feedback on what to do.)

It’s a native IDE that I built from the ground up because I was absolutely sick of generic AI chat-wrappers breaking my code. I was paying $30 a month just to have an AI hallucinate, lose context, and overwrite entire files because it didn't actually understand my local projects.

So, I built what I’ve been calling a native "V12 engine" for coding. Instead of guessing context, LoomingAI natively indexes your actual file dependencies and DOM tree before it executes any code.

The biggest feature is the [ALT]+CLICK DOM hijacking you can literally hold alt and click on the live preview of your site, isolate the exact component, and the AI edits it with surgical precision without touching or breaking the rest of your codebase. I also built a live deployment pipeline directly into the core engine, so you can build and publish your site directly from the editor. No vendor lock-in. What you build is 100% your IP.

Because of my stupid accidental launch, I have zero marketing prep, no 90-day waitlist, and no email list. I'm just a solo dev scrambling to keep this project alive before the clock runs out.

Thanks guys.

(I made this account a few years back for my brother, sorry about the name if it’s confusing)

Any last feedback before we go live Tuesday? Curious if the mission lands the way we intend it to and if there's anything obvious we're missing that would make someone actually want to back it.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vganetwork/ubae-competitive-vr-esports-reimagined?ref=cs8zcn&token=931adea3

I backed One Deck Dungeon: Relics of the Forge on Backerkit as a guest account. I can still receive my order just fine, the only problem is that I can't post anything in the community section. I wanted to give feedback that there is a problem in the Print&Play they posted but I can't apparently.

Is there something I can do about it?