>Kickstarter won’t allow crowd-funding of political parties from what I can gather.
Kickstarter cannot be used to raise money for causes, whether it’s the Red Cross or a scholarship, or for “fund my life” projects, like tuition or bills.
Indiegogo has no problem with it though.
Does anyone know why that's the case? Why would Kickstarter be so restrictive?
Kickstarter also requires each project team to sign up for their own Amazon payments account. Why wouldn't Kickstarter just collect the money and then wire it / cut a check to the funding recipient?
Also, why does Indiegogo charge upfront while Kickstarter waits until the campaign is successful.
The whole crowdfunding space seems to operate pretty illogically. Are there legal complexities that aren't apparent to an outsider that force their hand?
That's true, some of the Indiegogo campaigns I've seen do sort of have an "off-brand" feel to them.
Still, I wonder why Kickstarter has each project set up their own Amazon Payments account and not collect the money themselves? Could it be a legal or tax reason? And how do they extract their 5% if the payment is processed with the campaign owner's Amazon account?
Kickstarter cannot be used to raise money for causes, whether it’s the Red Cross or a scholarship, or for “fund my life” projects, like tuition or bills.
Indiegogo has no problem with it though.
Does anyone know why that's the case? Why would Kickstarter be so restrictive?
Kickstarter also requires each project team to sign up for their own Amazon payments account. Why wouldn't Kickstarter just collect the money and then wire it / cut a check to the funding recipient?
Also, why does Indiegogo charge upfront while Kickstarter waits until the campaign is successful.
The whole crowdfunding space seems to operate pretty illogically. Are there legal complexities that aren't apparent to an outsider that force their hand?