Category Archives of : Kickstarter

I wish I knew why Kickstarter doesn’t like HiLO Lens. After the initial rejection I asked for some clarification. Here is what I received : Thanks for writing in, and I’m happy to clarify. Kickstarter is a platform designed for the funding of focused and finite creative projects. We try to focus primarily on the arts. [...]

While going through the process of submitting the project to Kickstarter there were a couple of red flags. It was not so clear if we needed an Amazon Payments account or to fulfill Kickstarter’s interpretation of what is required for a valid Amazon Payments account. Typically Amazon Payments accounts have a verified Credit Card from [...]

After some inevitable fax problems, Amazon validated our bank account and we now have an Amazon Payments account. I wonder why an internet company is demanding fax. Continuing the exercise in jumping through hoops, next leap will be to register our Amazon Payments account with Kickstarter…

After Inc’ing in the USA the next step is to create a bank account. We now have an account with Wells Fargo Bank.  They require a deposit of a couple of hundred dollars (100 for checking account and 100 for savings account) and the wire has just gone through. Next step is to link this account with [...]

Some time ago I mentioned a desire to try crowdfunding the first production run of HiLO Lens. Our preference was for the Kickstarter platform because they have a number of successful iPhone related projects. After looking into Kickstarter I learnt that you need to have an Amazon Payments account to be able to receive funds [...]