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What happens if you don't deliver on Kickstarter?
Vigo:
I think most accurately, it is a pledge drive service. The rewards are not necessarily the product. For example, you could pledge $25 to a musician to make an album, and rather than promising you an album, he could promise you that he will write a song about you and post it on youtube.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on June 15, 2012, 06:14:13 am ---Why is that better than getting a pre-order the usual way?
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Also, and this could be better or worse depending on how you look at it, but the usual way of getting a pre-order is you pre-order an item that has already been made and is on the verge of release. In the case of Kickstarter, you're placing a pre-order on an idea rolling around in someone's head. It's an idea that may never be realized even after the person takes your money, hence the risk that doesn't exist with a typical pre-order. And it's an idea that likely won't ever be realized if the artist or whoever can't find some funding, which I suppose is where the pledgee's reward comes in--the benefit of having helped someone realize an idea that you would like to see realized and that probably otherwise would not.
Mysterioii:
--- Quote from: Vigo on June 15, 2012, 07:40:11 am ---I think most accurately, it is a pledge drive service. The rewards are not necessarily the product. For example, you could pledge $25 to a musician to make an album, and rather than promising you an album, he could promise you that he will write a song about you and post it on youtube.
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Agreed. It's not exactly a pre-order engine. People can list whatever reward tiers they want.
"I'm trying to make a movie, for $5 you can have a copy of the script, for $50 you'll get a dvd of the movie when it's done, for $1000 I'll put you in the background as an extra."
"I'm an artist and I want to reprint some books of my webcomic. For $25 you can have a book. For $50 you can have a signed copy. For $100 I'll sketch you a basic illustration and sign it. For $2500 you can have all the books and I'll draw you in as a cameo sometime this year."
To me it's a "patron of the arts" sort of thing. Like when public television asks for donations and offers stuff like coffee mugs, dvds, books and whatever. Some people might pledge because for some reason they really want a $50 coffee mug. Others may pledge because they like the shows they're currently running and want them to order the next season. Others may pledge because they just like public television in general.
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