Talk:Comparison of crowdfunding services

Semi-protected edit request on 18 November 2016
Under the Donations and/or Rewards, inside of the table, would like to add:

Thrinacia Reach || KiA or AoN || Allows a broad range of projects || Canada ||Completely free to use. Also lets you embed your campaign on existing websites.

Kyle.thrinacia (talk) 21:12, 18 November 2016 (UTC)


 * The organization does not appear to meet Wikipedia's notability criteria for organizations and companies—please see Notability (organizations and companies). -- Laser brain  (talk)  21:45, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

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Defunct Sites
I removed lots of defunct sites, sites like Beacon_Reader. I made sure they all connect to Category:Crowdfunding_platforms_(defunct)Brinerustle (talk) 16:36, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Donations and/or Rewards =

There are two basic models provided for – some sites offer a choice between them:


 * All or Nothing (AoN) – When the fund-raising period is over, money is only collected from the contributors if a pre-determined minimum amount of money has been pledged. If the goal is not met, no money is collected.
 * Keep it All (KiA) – Whether the project goal is met or not, all of the funds collected (minus commission) are handed over to the entrepreneur. If he or she has insufficient funds to meet the objectives, then it is up to the recipient to refund them to the contributors.


 * Donations only

Some services invite people to donate to projects for the pleasure of giving. Philanthropy based services usually have other benefits such as tax credits or rebates.


 * Money for business ventures

Crowdfunding can be used to raise capital (equity) or borrow money. While organized informally, they typically involve large numbers of small investors or lenders:
 * Equity crowdfunding – Investors receive equity in the company or entrepreneur that is raising funds.
 * Debt crowdfunding – The entrepreneur or company borrows money and must repay it (typically, with interest).
 * Property crowdfunding - Investors receive interest in the property from an owner who is raising funds.
 * Other crowdfunding – There are a number of other schemes in use which are generally unique to particular services, e.g., perks, publication, or rewards.

Some services allow for a continuous funding model as opposed to a one-time donation. These tend to apply to, but are not limited to, art projects such as music, YouTube videos, podcasts, web-comics, etc. — anyone who makes content on a regular basis. They differ mainly in the frequency in which payments are charged to the funders.
 * Continuous funding


 * Post-creation services

Some services invite people to reward creators after they already published their work.

-- Jytdog (talk) 22:56, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Article title is a lie
This is clearly not a comparison of crowdfunding services, but a comparison of use, models, variables, etc. Not a single service, e.g. Kickstarter, is compared to another service. If such a comparison is supposed to be somewhere else on Wikipedia, then it's missing from the See also section and/or hatnote. --143.176.30.65 (talk) 16:26, 6 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Agreed - the majority of the content should be merged with the main Crowdfunding page. I will attempt to reinstate a minimal table before that change. StacksofHoy (talk) 23:36, 21 February 2021 (UTC)


 * I agree that when I see a Wikipedia article title beginning with "Comparison of...", I usually see lots of specific things compared to each other.
 * It appears this article once had a surprisingly long list of crowdfunding services, including Kickstarter, in a format that attempted to support side-by-side comparisons, but that list was removed in this edit -- see Talk:Comparison of crowdfunding services.
 * Does anyone have any Reliable sources with any of this information you asked for? --DavidCary (talk) 02:00, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yep, Jytdog could be quite brutal, and that edit of him basically defied the purpose and eventually destroyed the article. Merging to Crowdfunding, as StacksofHoy has proposed, feels like the most sensible option. If later someone would wish to recreate an actual comparison article, old versions from edit history will certainly be of help. — kashmīrī  TALK  13:13, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I came here looking for details on a crowdfunding platform that I considered using but hadn't heard of before. The article as it is now is completely pointless, it doesn't compare anything. User Jytdog was banned 3 years ago. If there is no consensus to revert his gutting of this article, the article would better be deleted so that in a distant future someone can feel free to write a new one.--2.204.228.254 (talk) 09:49, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I do not want to comment in detail on Jytdog's actions or motivation as they are not around to respond but it seems to me that most objections to the article could be resolved by simply calling it List of Crowd Funding Services. This is what it really was before Jytdog took an ax to it. Such a list might be useful. The main Crowdfunding page is already long enough without adding lists. The cut material could be restored (and edited). Sourcing would need some work.Orenburg1 (talk) 18:13, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I came here to consider whether this was a viable merge target for Loudsauce, I concur with all that's been said. – Teratix ₵ 13:07, 14 April 2024 (UTC)