Never get scammed on Kickstarter again — Crowdfunding with escrow

Creators get paid only after your complete satisfaction.

Who is this for?

All Kickstarter backers/consumers. Probably the #1 problem for Kickstarter backers is the amount of projects bordering on scams that never deliver the project they promised.

How do we stop you from ever getting scammed on Kickstarter again?

A new kind of crowdfunding:

You are still charged upfront. But, the funds are held in escrow.
Creator must deliver project first.
Creator only receives funds after you have received the order and are happy enough to not request a refund.

How do we accomplish the mission?

Full disclosure: “PreorderBlitz”, this website, is a completely new platform. We don’t have any creators on it yet.

The most important part is: we need you to subscribe to the email newsletter (see top of this page). IMPORTANT: be sure to confirm subscription by going to email inbox and clicking “Confirm” on the confirmation email. Otherwise, you will not receive email updates from us.

The game plan is to use this email newsletter audience to attract project creators to host crowdfunding campaigns on PreorderBlitz.com

Who are we?

Let me quickly introduce ourselves so that you know you’re not subscribing to a random email newsletter on the internet.

The product we’re proposing is “PreorderBlitz.com”.

I’m Alex. I’m an alumni of CMU’s School of Computer Science. I founded ProgrammerHat.com which is software company with many existing Shopify apps, Jira plugins, Chrome extensions, and SaaS products.

Conclusion

The idea is still in flux and we are open to feedback. It’s possible there is an even better version of this idea. Email me here: hello@programmerhat.com