From Funded to Delivered: A Creator's Guide to Fulfillment

Krista Santiago, 7 min read

This lesson is an article published by Kickstarter.

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What you'll get

Kickstarter's guide to what happens after a campaign ends: for overseas-made products it puts the wait from campaign end to last delivery at around twelve months, then covers four fulfillment models, who pays duties and taxes on international rewards, and a pre-launch checklist. It promotes a Kickstarter partner that ships from Asian factories, so treat that part as an ad and use the rest to set a delivery date with room to spare.

Do this week

Build a delivery timeline from the slowest step backward, adding your factory's lead time, freight, customs, warehouse receiving and your farthest shipping region, then add a cushion before you promise a date to anyone.