If they delivered on the first project to enough people that they’d back more it could have a similar “early investor“ reaction in a ponzi scheme. I’m not suggesting that what the creator is doing but the mentality of the backer. I’ve seen businesses pay for existing projects with funds from new projects out of desperation rather than fraudulent intent. It’s Ponzi like but originating from poor budgeting and folly.
Yeah, they’re not policing these high volume, high yield creators like the rest of us. I’m putting together numbers on a couple of big name campaign mills that I’ll share next week. The sheer number of unfulfilled campaigns these folks leave floating in the ether are bad for the long term reputations and crowdfunding prospects of Kickstarter comics creators in general.
I thought it used to be that Kickstarter wouldn't approve a new campaign unless you had fulfilled your previous one. I guess since the platform has gotten so big, it can't track all that information anymore? It is pretty annoying that this is allowed to go on. I will say that thankfully, most of us indies are legit and do deliver on our projects and are in good communication with our backers on the status of things and reasons for delays.
I think the best thing to do is to honor the creators who are regularly putting out quality work and delivering it to their backers in a reasonable amount of time. Keep the focus on them.
Then I would say they exist in a KS-within-KS of their own and I would wager that most KS users are not even aware of its existence. It's still bad form and a bad look for KS, of course.
I have to wonder who continues to back a creator multiple times without receiving their rewards.
It's mystifying, man. I wonder how much of them are first-timers drawn in from ad-spend and back a few before quitting when nothing arrives.
Perhaps. If so, these fake creators will eventually become known and burn themselves out. I think creators with integrity need to stay the course.
If they delivered on the first project to enough people that they’d back more it could have a similar “early investor“ reaction in a ponzi scheme. I’m not suggesting that what the creator is doing but the mentality of the backer. I’ve seen businesses pay for existing projects with funds from new projects out of desperation rather than fraudulent intent. It’s Ponzi like but originating from poor budgeting and folly.
Makes sense to me. Doesn't seem sustainable when viewed in that context, either.
Agreed!
But are the pledges all real? We have no way to know how many of them errored when the time came to collect.
Yeah, they’re not policing these high volume, high yield creators like the rest of us. I’m putting together numbers on a couple of big name campaign mills that I’ll share next week. The sheer number of unfulfilled campaigns these folks leave floating in the ether are bad for the long term reputations and crowdfunding prospects of Kickstarter comics creators in general.
I thought it used to be that Kickstarter wouldn't approve a new campaign unless you had fulfilled your previous one. I guess since the platform has gotten so big, it can't track all that information anymore? It is pretty annoying that this is allowed to go on. I will say that thankfully, most of us indies are legit and do deliver on our projects and are in good communication with our backers on the status of things and reasons for delays.
What a great piece! Thanks for doing all the research.
Thanks for reading! More to come.
I think the best thing to do is to honor the creators who are regularly putting out quality work and delivering it to their backers in a reasonable amount of time. Keep the focus on them.
Wow. I had no idea. This actually makes me feel better about my current campaign. Thanks for this.
Without naming names, how many of these scoundrels are marketing erotica and porn?
Of the cases I've observed thus far? All of them.
Then I would say they exist in a KS-within-KS of their own and I would wager that most KS users are not even aware of its existence. It's still bad form and a bad look for KS, of course.
I assume your referring to jim noble
At totally rad comics, i sent thousands over and no kickstarter rewards ever sent, nothing but a scammer
That's a new name to me, but I will look it up.