Leading crowd-funding platform Kickstarter is coming to Canada.
They say new projects will go live on September 9, 2013.
It’s taken three years but it looks like Canadian filmmakers and other creative folk have no more excuses. It used to be that you needed a bank account and address in the States to list on Kickstarter. Now Canada joins the US and the UK.
Need help with your campaign? See Kickstarter and crowd-funding advice from someone who work(s/ed) for one of their competitors.
My take: sure you can raise funds on Kickstarter but more valuable is the audience you’re building. In a sense, you’re pre-selling your film to hundreds, maybe thousands, of viewers. Just remember to budget enough time!
You hit it on the head, Michael –– it’s all about community engagement; the money raised is a byproduct of that. However, more than pre-sales, crowdfunding is about experience, so campaigns need to supply more than just merch nowadays.
And for the record, Sir, Canada’s never had any excuses; the country has been raising funds through Indiegogo since we began back in 2008 🙂