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Re:The Economics of a Kickstarter Project by DatBear on Thursday May 15, 2014 @04:37PM (#7752082)
He would have been able to print the posters, but had he only raised 10,000, he would still be in the hole for:

Less shipping supplies ($5,811)

Less storage lease for 5 months ($690)

Less postage ($4,701)

Less temporary help ($741)

Less charity: water contribution ($2,000)

$13,943 in addition to his $15,000 loan, as well as Kickstarter taking 5% and the 5% merchant fee, which would have come out to ~$1000. I don't think people would have received the poster.

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Re:The Economics of a Kickstarter Project by egypturnash on Thursday May 15, 2014 @05:04PM (#7752230)
He also probably would have done a smaller print run, and spent less on shipping and postage. Might not have needed help shipping either.
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Re:The Economics of a Kickstarter Project by cameronmoll on Thursday May 15, 2014 @05:21PM (#7752320)
Most likely, yes. This is what I've done with my two previous posters (smaller run).
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Re:The Economics of a Kickstarter Project by simonk on Thursday May 15, 2014 @04:59PM (#7752205)
All those numbers would of been much smaller if he had only raised $10k though. Still about $2k, which ruins his original budget as well.
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