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Re:Show HN: I created an alternative to Crowdfunding for dev... by yodon on Thursday August 29, 2019 @11:41AM (#20830482)
What is the advantage of crowdsourced.io over Kickstarter?
Re:Show HN: I created an alternative to Crowdfunding for dev... by MikeDaniel on Thursday August 29, 2019 @11:53AM (#20830590)
Hey Yodon, here's a list:

1. You don't have to do a massive marketing campaign to raise finance, because you're not raising finance.

2. It's not an everything or nothing roll of the dice.

3. You don't even need to raise finance - the investment of expertise and time by you and your contributors should remove most (most) of what you'd normally spend money on.

4. You don't have take on any financial risk - the risk comes to you and your fellow contributors in the form of wasted time if your product flops.

5. You get help actually building your product - from contributors who you find or find you.

6. It creates an equitable payment structure where you and controbutors get paid based on how much everyone contributes.

Hope this helps to explain the concept a little better.

There's a video here which explains it well I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHHvJzUGpCM

Re:Show HN: I created an alternative to Crowdfunding for dev... by erikig on Thursday August 29, 2019 @11:50AM (#20830571)
I'm not the creator but I think I can answer this.

With Kickstarter you are trying to raise funds usually in exchange for a product or aesthetic cause. With Crowdsourcer you are actually trying to acquire the talent to launch a software project.

Re:Show HN: I created an alternative to Crowdfunding for dev... by MikeDaniel on Thursday August 29, 2019 @11:53AM (#20830593)
Back of the net :)
Re:Show HN: I created an alternative to Crowdfunding for dev... by erikig on Thursday August 29, 2019 @12:09PM (#20830759)
I threw together a quick ProductHunt profile which you should be able to update by logging in with your Twitter profile.

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/crowdsourcer

Re:Show HN: I created an alternative to Crowdfunding for dev... by MikeDaniel on Thursday August 29, 2019 @01:25PM (#20831649)
Oh that’s awesome, thank you. I shall take a look at this when I’m home. That was so good of you :)