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TopJimmyCooks:
Congratulations on the nice exposure.    Couldn't of happened to a better design for this type of projects.  The Ace ticks off a lot of boxes for civilians and newcomers/returnees to the hobby. 

Woodshop Flunky:
Well, this Kickstarter project is about wrapped up, and it didn't reach the funding goal.

Since I know there are others interested in Kickstarter... I'll run down a few things I learned from this experience.  (These may seem obvious :))

1. Kickstarter states that most of the pledges received are in the $25 range.  I think this is a valuable point.  Backers are really rolling the dice when they pledge, so the higher the price... you get it. :)
2. Publicity is rough!  Getting noticed is much more challenging than I would have imagined.  I told a friend that it was like trying to strike a match in a hurricane.  If you have any social network... use it.  The attention span on the internet is BRIEF.
3. Have others you trust examine your site before you launch.  I got a lot of questions that seemed to be covered in my project body.  It was interesting the lack of knowledge surrounding a project like this one.  Anyhow, have some (brutal) friends review your project before you launch to help make sure things are a clear as possible.
4. Make sure you have others that can help our with something like this.  I only had a little over 20 backers, but there was more email traffic with related questions than I expected.  I can't imagine how some projects with hundreds or thousands of backer handle that sort of thing.  Anyhow, if you're successful... be ready for it. :)

Okay... a little peak under the hood for those that haven't seen this sort of thing before...

Kickstarter provides a "Dashboard" view of your project.  It provides analysis data.  In my case it wasn't that useful, but with a project that has a large number of backers, I can imagine it would help communicating with backers in mass, and staying aware of what's working with regards to driving backers to your project.

Anyhow, this was a very interesting process, and I still think Kickstarter is a great idea for the right kind of project.

The whole thing was educational, and I also made several contacts that I wouldn't have otherwise, so I'm happy I tried.   :cheers:

Well Fed Games:
Hmm, very interesting. Thanks for the "postmortem" thoughts!


--- Quote from: Woodshop Flunky on May 18, 2012, 04:48:12 pm ---
The whole thing was educational, and I also made several contacts that I wouldn't have otherwise, so I'm happy I tried.   :cheers:

--- End quote ---

Awesome!  :applaud:

Mental:
Thanks for posting the summary. I was very curious about how this would go for you. It was a great idea, and maybe can live on in a new direction.

Vigo:
Sorry your kickstarter didn't quite fly. I am glad you take it in stride because your cabinet is amazing and I can tell you put in a ton of work trying to bring it to the world. Also, thanks for the insight into your experience, I am glad you still received some benefit from your effort.  :cheers:

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