Get backed.
Pay only if you fund.
We run your first Kickstarter end to end. Try the check we run before every launch: put in your pre-launch numbers.
What lands in your inbox in 3 working days
One page. Your numbers. Five fixes.
This is a real audit format on a made-up project. Free, no contract, no card.
| Check | Theirs | Target | Status |
|---|
| Pre-launch followers | 410 | 1,500 | Short |
| $1 reservations | 95 | 200 | Short |
| Launch-week pledges | $7,430 | $9,000 | Gate not met |
| Ad cost per lead | $4.20 | $1 to $3 | High |
| Reward tiers | 6 | 2 or 3 | Too many |
| Shipping by region | No | Yes | Missing |
Follower target: 25 per $500 of goal, a creator rule of thumb (source).
How we get you funded
One team runs the whole campaign. Software drafts, a senior campaign reviewer approves every page, reward table and ad set.
- 1
Free audit
Send your pre-launch page or prototype deck. Your gate numbers and top 5 fixes in 3 working days.
- 2
Pre-launch list
Your ad budget sits in your own ad account. We run the ads that collect followers and $1 reservations.
- 3
Go or no-go
We launch when projected launch-week pledges reach 30% of goal. Missed after 8 weeks? We part ways, you owe nothing.
- 4
Launch to last day
Page, rewards, pricing, updates and ads for all 30 days. Then pledge manager and late pledges.
The money promise
10%
of funds raised, only if your campaign funds.
- No fund, no fee
- $2,500 minimum when funded
- Ad spend at cost, no markup
- 10% of late pledges for 90 days
How billing works, in writing
- Before any work you e-sign one fee agreement: the 10%, the minimum, the late pledge share and the gate exit with nothing owed. A contracts lawyer reviews it before our first signing.
- At signing you save a bank debit or card with our payment processor for the fee on its due date.
- After close we invoice on day 1, on the net amount actually collected, due on day 30. Kickstarter pays creators about 14 days after the deadline.
Compare: LaunchBoom charges $4,000 to $12,000 up front per launch (source). Full-service agencies often charge $25,000 or more plus 5% to 15% (source). Payout timing: Kickstarter.
Where the gate numbers come from.
About 29% of a campaign's money typically arrives on day one, so we launch at 30%. Every input is a number you already own.
followers x 31%+reservations x 40%xavg pledge≥30% of goal
- 31%
Kickstarter followers
Read weekly from your creator dashboard with collaborator access. 31% is Kickstarter's own average for followers who back (source).
- 40%
$1 reservations
From our reservation page, paid into your own Stripe account. 40% is the midpoint of the 30% to 50% agency range (source).
- CSV
Email list and cost per lead
Exported weekly from your email tool and ad account.
- $
Average pledge
From the reward table we set with you.
Kickstarter has no public API, so numbers are uploaded weekly, not pulled live.
Tabletop first.
80%of 6,646 Kickstarter tabletop launches funded in 2024, the highest rate in 15 years. $220M pledged to funded projects.
What first-timers get wrong, and what we do
- Goal set from hope
- We build it from a landed cost quote, about 8% to 10% platform and payment fees, shipping and our fee.
- Too many tiers
- 2 or 3 core pledges, extras as add-ons in the pledge manager.
- Too few followers at launch
- We run the gate and wait until the crowd is there.
- Shipping and VAT left to the end
- Fulfilment regions are priced before launch.
Projects we are proud to run
A working prototype, a quoted landed unit cost, honest delivery dates and a goal from $15,000 to $150,000. Things we would back ourselves.
Projects we turn down
Hardware without a prototype, health or safety claims, IP you do not hold, goals set below real cost, or anything that hides shipping risk.
Tabletop figures: Kickstarter. Fee share: LaunchBoom.
Where this goes
One platform now. Three lanes by Year 3.
Tabletop campaigns raised about $324M across Kickstarter, Gamefound and BackerKit in 2024 (source).
- Year 120
funded campaigns, Kickstarter tabletop
- Year 255
funded campaigns, adds Gamefound tabletop
- Year 3120
80 Kickstarter tabletop, 25 Gamefound tabletop, 15 product design
Projections, not results. Year 3 is about $6M raised, under 2% of 2024 tabletop funding alone.
Send us your page. Get your gate numbers.
Pre-launch page link or prototype deck. One-page audit in 3 working days. No contract, no card.
We also send unasked audits to creators on Kickstarter "Launching soon" tabletop pages and BoardGameGeek design forums, built from their public numbers.