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by netsharc 2754 days ago
I get a lot of ads on Instagram to products that lead you to Kickstarter/Indiegogo sites.. and they seem to always have 6-digit dollar amounts in backing. What I've read is, that's also fake, like asking your friend to bid on your auction on eBay, they just make a second account, pretend to back the product, and poof, "See, it's a popular product!".

Do the platforms get a percentage from each backing? If so, we can see why they don't care if the product is real or not...

1 comments

Yes. Not sure about IGG but KS takes a 5% cut on funds raised.