Die of the Dead

[therearerules]

It means I can pay myself way way below minimum wage, or as happened in that case, afford the increased shipping costs and not be able to afford to get a reprint.

[Captain Kelsten]

Damn, so it’s not necessarily all that lucrative, then?? 
 

It’s crazy to me when stuff like Zombicide or Frosthaven makes actual millions on Kickstarter. 

[therearerules]

Just now, Captain Kelsten said:

Damn, so it’s not necessarily all that lucrative, then?? 
 

It’s crazy to me when stuff like Zombicide or Frosthaven makes actual millions on Kickstarter. 

When you get that high it is, but at the lower end your fighting economies of scale and fixed marketing costs. A lot of crowdfunded games don't see a profit, even if they fund, mainly because shipping and postage now take significant chunks out of everything and margins are squeezed. At the upper end there's a general expectation to pay over $100 then another $30 I shipping, even though that wouldn't stand lower down.

[Skykid]

On 22/09/2022 at 17:58, Captain Kelsten said:

I've often wondered this and since you're the only person I know who has ever done a kickstarter I shall ask you: let's say you put a target of £7k, with stretch goals up to £12k, like you did, and then you make £30k+...do you just get to keep all the extra money?

 

Kickstarter is uncapped - whatever someone is able to raise they then collect, which sometimes works well and is sometimes problematic - e.g. if it nets someone an order of magnitude more commitments than they were expecting.

 

There's nothing in the Kickstarter platform to support stretch goals - they're just milestones made up by the project creators, mostly on the hoof, to persuade backers to share the projects.

 

 

[Skykid]

@therearerules What's the reason you went back to Kickstarter for this? Would you have gone for Gamefound if it wasn't for the backers on the previous?

[therearerules]

1 hour ago, Skykid said:

@therearerules What's the reason you went back to Kickstarter for this? Would you have gone for Gamefound if it wasn't for the backers on the previous?

Because that's where the base game funded, so that's where most backers already are for the expansion. If Damask did above expectations on Gamefound I might have stayed there, but there's still an issue of taking previous backers with you. I know, from experience, that once you've backed something by a creator KS hastles you when they launch their next thing, so hopefully I can benefit from that.

[therearerules]

This is it, one more night and then we go live. Always a bloody anxious time.

[therearerules]

And we are live! A massive thanks to any support people can give, I know it's a tough time at the moment so honestly just helping to share and get the word out is massively appreciated.

Reminder that the K in the corner is the one that actually takes you to the Kickstarter page!

[revlob]

Backed. Good luck with the campaign, TAR!

[therearerules]

1 hour ago, revlob said:

Backed. Good luck with the campaign, TAR!

Thanks! Still have no idea how it's doing. Obviously on a $/hr basis it's great, but in the last Die of the Dead campaign everything after the first day was 1/8th of that first day, and that was funding in the first 12 hours. I'm pricing much more sensibly, just crossing my fingers that's enough to fund!

[moosegrinder]

41 minutes ago, therearerules said:

Thanks! Still have no idea how it's doing. Obviously on a $/hr basis it's great, but in the last Die of the Dead campaign everything after the first day was 1/8th of that first day, and that was funding in the first 12 hours. I'm pricing much more sensibly, just crossing my fingers that's enough to fund!

 

I'm an idiot so the postage pricing confused me a little. Is it £5 each for the expansions if you get both?

[therearerules]

Shouldn't be, should just be around £5 for both.

[Lujin]

Backed. Best of luck!

[jonnyalpha]

@therearerules Looks like you've just funded! Well done again.

[therearerules]

1 hour ago, jonnyalpha said:

@therearerules Looks like you've just funded! Well done again.

Thanks! A bit longer than the last but we had a higher goal. Just hope we hit that stretch goal now!

[Danster]

Well done on hitting the stretch goal!

 

[therearerules]

Thanks, we appear to be doing really well! It's hard to tell because it's measured in momentum, and at any point it feels like it could just stop. But not yet!