Crowdfunding Platform

Commerce & MarketplacesLarge system

A Kickstarter-style platform where creators launch campaigns with reward tiers and backers pledge toward funding goals, with all-or-nothing or keep-what-you-raise settlement.

Typically bought by: Founders building niche crowdfunding sites (creative, civic, real estate, community projects)

Standard features — always included

✓Campaign builder: story, video, goal, deadline, reward tiers
✓Campaign review/approval workflow before going live
✓Pledge checkout with reward selection (provider-agnostic payments)
✓All-or-nothing (charge on success) and flexible funding models
✓Live funding progress, backer counts, and countdowns
✓Campaign updates feed and backer comments
✓Backer management and reward fulfillment tracking for creators
✓Platform fee deduction and creator payouts
✓Backer surveys for shipping details after success
✓Search and discovery by category and popularity
✓Email notifications for pledges, milestones, and campaign end
✓Admin panel: campaign moderation, refunds, fraud flags, reporting

Popular custom additions

Quoted per feature in the configurator — typically $50–$300 each.

+Stretch goals and add-on items at pledge time
+Equity or donation-based variants with compliance fields
+Referral tracking showing which backers drove pledges
+Late pledges / pre-order store after campaign ends
+Pledge manager with shipping cost collection
+KYC on creators and payout risk holds

Tech stack

Frontend: Next.js + Tailwind CSS
Backend: Node.js (NestJS) with scheduled settlement jobs
Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Integrations: Payment gateway with delayed capture/holds (Stripe/PayPal/other), KYC/identity verification for creators, Transactional email (Resend/SendGrid), Video embedding (YouTube/Vimeo) and object storage