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Crowdfunding Platform

A Kickstarter-style platform where creators launch campaigns with reward tiers and backers pledge toward funding goals, with all-or-nothing or keep-what-you-raise settlement.

Typically bought by: Founders building niche crowdfunding sites (creative, civic, real estate, community projects)

Standard features

Always included in the base price. Every one is built, tested and delivered working.

Campaign builder: story, video, goal, deadline, reward tiers
Campaign review/approval workflow before going live
Pledge checkout with reward selection (provider-agnostic payments)
All-or-nothing (charge on success) and flexible funding models
Live funding progress, backer counts, and countdowns
Campaign updates feed and backer comments
Backer management and reward fulfillment tracking for creators
Platform fee deduction and creator payouts
Backer surveys for shipping details after success
Search and discovery by category and popularity
Email notifications for pledges, milestones, and campaign end
Admin panel: campaign moderation, refunds, fraud flags, reporting

Popular custom additions

Quoted per feature in the configurator — $50 simple, $150 moderate, $300 complex.

Stretch goals and add-on items at pledge time
Equity or donation-based variants with compliance fields
Referral tracking showing which backers drove pledges
Late pledges / pre-order store after campaign ends
Pledge manager with shipping cost collection
KYC on creators and payout risk holds

Tech stack

Frontend: Next.js + Tailwind CSS
Backend: Node.js (NestJS) with scheduled settlement jobs
Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Integrations: Payment gateway with delayed capture/holds (Stripe/PayPal/other), KYC/identity verification for creators, Transactional email (Resend/SendGrid), Video embedding (YouTube/Vimeo) and object storage