Changes

[http://www.indiegogo.com/ Indiegogo]<uspan id="docs-internal-guid-bdcacc51-e1e3-af9c-456d-a3d1fb673192">&nbsp<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;</uwhite-space: pre-wrap;">Indiegogo is an online, crowdfunding platform. It hosts funding campaigns Campaigns range from all over the worldhumanitarian efforts, to art projects, to new and exciting tech projects. Anyone with a valid bank &nbsp;account can set up a fundraising campaign on Indiegogo.&nbsp;With the combination of a crowdfunding platform and a marketplace for successful campaigns, Indiegogo is the go-to platform for creators that realise their ideas and want to bring them to people. According to Indiegogo, “[its] mission is to empower people to unite around ideas that matter to them and together make those ideas come to life.”</span></span>

<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-bdcacc51-e1e3-af9c-456d-a3d1fb673192"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the years since its founding in 2008, over $1 billion dollars have been raised in more than 11 million separate contributions to almost 300,000 unique campaigns. Indiegogo charges a fee for fundraising has been used by more than 15 million people across the world. There have been campaigns that are done on its platformlaunched in 223 countries, currently 4&nbsp; percent with 30% of fundraised amount&nbsp; if your fundraising goal is met or 9 percent campaigns starting outside of the&nbsp; fundraised&nbsp; amount if your goal is not metUnited States. Other costs that arise include 3 percent third party processing fees Nearly 50% of Indiegogo campaigns are run by women, and $ 25 for international wire&nbsp; transfer feesapproximately 19,000 new campaigns are launched per month.</span></span>

This platform <br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-bdcacc51-e1e3-af9c-456d-a3d1fb673192"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Starting a campaign is free, but Indiegogo charges a 5% fee on all funds raised (actual contributions not goal). In addition, the credit card processor charges a great resource 3% + $0.30 fee for entreorenuers who have each transaction. There is also a solid idea and are ready to venture forth$25 fee for international wire transfers. </span></span> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [[File:Indiegogo.jpeg|frame]]

Indiegogo exists <span id="docs-internal-guid-bdcacc51-e1e9-7d65-7bae-1acb866283f9"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Our mission is to help empower people to unite around ideas that matter to them and together make those who need ideas come to raise funds for enteprises, projects or social causeslife.”</span></span>

Unlike many other resources, <span id="docs-internal-guid-bdcacc51-e1eb-0cb6-8957-6305394e0195"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Indiegogo is unique because it is a funding crowdfunding platform, crowd fundingthat raises money and creates awareness of your campaign and at the same time offers a marketplace for successful campaigns to keep on flourishing. It accepts any fundraiser allows you to get a start on its platform not just those directly&nbsp; geered towards entreprenuership your campaign and innovationexpand your network by people connecting to your stories. Indiegogo has access to millions of people worldwide that will help you build a strong community for you campaign. Its accessibility But Indiegogo also gives you support in strategies, “as well Indiegogo’s exclusive manufacturing, fulfillment and use retail partners”. Indiegogo is as easy as setting up&nbsp; your fundraising campaign on its the platform although for you to get your campaign's success will mostly rely on spreading the wordstarted and keep it going.</span></span>

Some campaigns have been able <span id="docs-internal-guid-bdcacc51-e1eb-738e-e8ec-ca363a7d4bda"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because Indiegogo is worldwide the impact of your campaign will reach many people. Having Indiegogo is beneficial to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars you because people on the here care for change and will contribute to your idea. This platform. These campaigns have included product designs such as a salt shooting shortgun has many ideas and products that people can support and there will be many who will contribute to kill flies, disaster recovery effort such as the rebuilding of Joplin Mosquein Joplin Missouri following a fireyour cause.</span></span>

This resource <span id="docs-internal-guid-bdcacc51-e1ec-4d33-2fdb-5acd8681dc7c"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To have your Campaign on Indiegogo, you will first need to have a valid bank account. You should be aware that if you want to start a project there will be a 5% platform fee. If you are fundraising for a cause then there is available no platform fee. You will need to anyone who create an account with them; once that is ready completed the rest of the steps are simple to fundraise via crowd funding mechanism, and with internet accessfollow. Teams or individuals on campus need only be aware of this resource</span></fundraising option.span>

For questions about the site, please visit<span id="docs-internal-guid-bdcacc51-e1ec-b203-3a46-ebda5b2ca39f"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space:&nbsppre-wrap;">There is an online database with helpful information available at </span>[httphttps://wwwsupport.indiegogo.com/contact/questions http<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://wwwsupport.indiegogo.com</contact/questionsspan>]. IndieGogo's&nbsp;<span style="colorfont-size: rgb(89, 89, 89)11pt; font-familyvariant-numeric: arial, sansnormal; font-variant-east-serifasian: normal; fontvertical-sizealign: 13pxbaseline; linewhite-heightspace: 16.00299835205078pxpre-wrap;">Customer Happiness team . You can be reached 7 days search for a specific article or view commonly viewed topics. If the answer to your questions are not available in the help center there is a week and will responsd within 24 hourslink to submit a request at the bottom of the page.Requesting additional help does require an Indiegogo account.</span></span>   = Contributors = <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">[[Curtis Harrison|Curtis Harrison]]</span> [[Julian Sotscheck]] [[Brenda_Flores-Reyes|Brenda Flores-Reyes]] 

[[Category:ResourcesOrganizations]]