The Crowd Supply Guide: Table of Contents

Welcome to The Crowd Supply Guide. Choose a topic below or, if you’re a creator, you can begin with our overview of the campaign life cycle.

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The Crowd Supply Guide: Table of Contents

For Everyone

• Proclamation of User Rights

For Backers

• Supporting Crowd Supply Projects
• Ordering, Paying, Shipping: All the Details
• How are Backers Protected?

For Creators

Getting Started

• When and How Should I Submit my Project to Crowd Supply?
• The Life Cycle of a Crowd Supply Campaign

Before Your Campaign Launches

• Define Your Community, Write Your User
• Building Your Open Source Community
• Why Open Source?
• Set Funding Goals
• Marketing and PR
• Campaign Photography: Creating Stills and Videos
• Working with Manufacturers
• Understanding CE Certification
• Writing Style Guide

During Your Campaign

• Communicate With Your Backers
• Engage Social Media
• Order Policies & Procedures

After Your Campaign Concludes

• Your Campaign Has Ended, Now What?
• Fulfillment & Logistics
• Solicit Field Reports
• How Are Funds Received?
• When are Funds Received?

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