Right on. So, how did you get traffic flow to your movie project? What was your monetary goal? Was it all anonymous donations?Originally Posted by Favorite-N
Comic Creator Blog: Pistol-Whip Press, @Twitter
Most of it was self promotion I'd imagine. I know there were some other donations, it seems like when a project is near completion they get some unknown people willing to invest just to see it get its money. But I got a lot of friends and friends of friends telling me they donated so I'd imagine most of the money generated was from self promotion.
Wanted to point you guys to this other site as well called indiegogo
http://www.indiegogo.com/
Its the same exact set up as Kickstarter but the one benefit of indiegogo is that you get the money no matter what. Kickstarter you make your goal and if you don't reach your goal then the investors get their money back and you have to start over. With indiegogo you get whatever money you raise. If you don't reach your goal the site charges an extra 4% on top of the already 7% they take away for services rendered, which is around the same amount you loose with Kickstarter anyway. Maybe we can rename this to Kickstarter & Indiegogo - A Way To Fund Your Project. cbikle, can you do that with your powers?
I've been curious about this myself. I've taken my own money to get my company off the ground and put my first two books together, but was considering using kickstarter or indiegogo to fund additional books. That way I have something I can show as proof of where the series is and that work is being completed.
Are there limitations on these projects? If I start one for Issue 3 of my book, can I start one for Issue 4 later that year, or does it have to have a broader scope?
I'm currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of my graphic novel. I was really surprised how much attention I got from Kickstarter alone. I was immediately added to their staff picks section and was on the front page of the comics section for about a week. That really helped me gain funds in the beginning. I'm almost halfway through it, and I've lost a bit of steam, which seams to be what happens with all Kickstarters. If you're interested in taking a look you can find it here.
Kickstarter has a long list of rules and regulations about what you can and cannot post. You can definitely make two separate Kickstarters for the two issues of your book. The rule is, if you have multiple posts for the same project, each part needs a clear beginning and end.
I've learned a lot about how to do this crowd funding thing over the past twenty odd days, and I wish I could start over with the knowledge I have. The biggest suggestion I have for anyone thinking about going this route. Figure out the minimum amount of money you need to get to make it happen. You can always go over. I didn't do this, and I'm beginning to regret it. It's better to get some money than none at all.
If anyone has any other questions, I'm willing to talk about my experience so far and I can let you all know how it goes when it's all said and done.
Have a couple of buds that have gotten their projects funded, none of which are comics but games and this is what I learned from them.
KNOW YOUR COST. In comic terms lets say you want to get your graphic novel printed at 100 copies. If you KNOW your printing, shipping and handling will be $12 per copy then the minimum you need is $1200.
ASK FOR MORE. So using the above stated price you NEED $1200 so why not ask for $2000, its not stealing or taking someones money because of your next option.
PRIZES. You have to know your prize for offering a set amount of money and still allow yourself to net profit no matter how much they are giving you. OK graphic novel cost you $12 to print and you want to offer the printed GN as a prize. You can not say "if you give $12 pledge then I will ship you a signed copy of the book." You have netted 0 money in this deal, actually you have spent money because of shipping cost to yourself and to them.
THE VIDEO. I didn't believe it at first but the video sells all. It doesn't even matter on the quality of the product (comic book centric here) if the video is good enough to have people take a chance on you. Ive seen some crappy shit get 10k easy.
DO ALL YOU CAN DO. If you have a comic project and you need printing done, well then the comic should be completed. the whole shabang your just waiting on money to print. If you need to pay for coloring then everything else should be done. Ive got projects that I paid for a year ago and havent heard a whisper about whats going on. It turns people off from you as a creator and throws mud in the service allowing you to do this
Yeah does not seem like this is an idea that would work for writers trying to get money to pay artists unless they already have a body of work to show. If you are already off the ground though with a webcomic, it does seem like a great way to bootstrap your way into a paying gig of some kind.
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