Royal Deer Design » Kickstarter https://www.royaldeerdesign.com Web Design Company Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:08:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Kickstarter Simplifies Checkout with New Payment Service https://www.royaldeerdesign.com/2015/01/kickstarter-simplifies-checkout-with-new-payment-service/ https://www.royaldeerdesign.com/2015/01/kickstarter-simplifies-checkout-with-new-payment-service/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:57:29 +0000 http://www.royaldeerdesign.com/?p=5523 Kickstarter forever changed the way we think about raising money. Starting this month, Kickstarter is changing payment vendors, saying goodbye to Amazon Payments and opting to go with Stripe as their new payment processing service.

Per the Kickstarter blog, Amazon discontinued the payment processing product being used, and Kickstarter reviewed other payment processing options before deciding on Stripe.

While this is good news for Stripe, the change leaves us wondering about the future of Amazon Payments and Paypal, two stable online payment processing services. With new products such as Apple Pay entering the market, is this a sign of the times that Paypal and Amazon Payments will one day go the way of MySpace?

Some of the benefits of Stripe include easier checkout for donors with fewer steps and no website redirect for payment, and project creators do not need to setup an Amazon Payments business account to get started.

Stripe is currently the payment processing system used by Twitter and Facebook, putting Kickstarter in good company.

]]> https://www.royaldeerdesign.com/2015/01/kickstarter-simplifies-checkout-with-new-payment-service/feed/ 0 Kickstarter gains one million supporters https://www.royaldeerdesign.com/2011/10/kickstarter-gains-one-million-supporters/ https://www.royaldeerdesign.com/2011/10/kickstarter-gains-one-million-supporters/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:19:13 +0000 http://coot.arvixe.com/~royald/?p=2011 Are you a musician who needs funding for your next video? What about a starving artist who could use a little help with your next project? Well, surely you’ve heard of Kickstarter.

In the two years since its launch, Kickstarter, an online crowdfunding service, has had one million people sign up and pledge financial support for all sorts of projects: everything from graphic novels to computer software to music recording art. In the past year, Kickstarter has grown over 200%. Of its supporters, 84% have been one-time donors, but 16% have financially supported more than one project. Three quarters of all pledges have been for $50 or less.

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