Before contributing
- Explore crowdfunding campaigns by categories & sub categories of interest
There are different filter options available
- By location (State/ City/ town; India/ International),
- By crowdfunding models (Fixed/ All or Nothing and Flexible/ Keep What You Get),
- By those which accept foreign funds,
- By those with tax benefit for Indians
You can also sort by Crowdfunding Campaigns that are -
- Popular
- Most funded
- Newest
- Ending soon
- Staff picks
- Star crowdfunding campaigns (those which have crossed 100% of their Funding goal)
- Clicking on any of the campaigns will open the campaign pages. Here's what you will find there (with screenshot, with pointers):
- Below the Campaign Title, you'll find the Campaign Owner - clicking on that you get to see their detailed profile. You can also click & see the profile of the team members running the campaign.
- Below the team member profiles, is the current CrowdRating of the crowdfunding campaign. This is an aggregated measure of what this Campaign's Funders feel about it.
- On the right, is the current status of the campaign. Just above the Contribute button, you will know if the crowdfunding Campaign accepts funds from outside India or only from within India.
- The Campaign tab contains the detailed story or pitch. At the end of which you will find the Challenges, FAQs, any external links and the gallery of images related to the campaign.
- On the right are all the Rewards that are being offered to Funders, at different contribution levels. The Rewards are described in detail (with images, if available); please note their expected delivery dates.
- The Comments tab is an open forum for all Funders to leave their comments behind. Funders can also ask any queries & Campaign owners can reply transparently.
- In the Updates tab, you will find the frequency of updates that the crowdfunding Campaign owner has committed to, AFTER the campaign is successful. All Funders can expect progress updates at that frequency.
- In the Funders tab, all the Funders are listed with their contributions & their ratings. Clicking on any of them, takes you to their profiles - this is a transparent platform for all Campaign owners & Funders.
- On the right edge of the page, you will find buttons to Share the campaign on different social media - the more one spreads the word, the campaign improves its chances to find more Funders & meet its funding goal
- If you want need some time before deciding to contribute, here are some useful features.
- Above the four key tabs, you can click to Follow the Campaign and track its progress.
- You can also contact the Campaign owner to send any message or queries.
