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The Independent Publication for Crowdfunding Backers

GizmoCrowd is an independent publication covering Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns. We review crowdfunding projects so backers can decide before they pledge, and we update our coverage with warnings when campaigns go wrong.

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How it started

GizmoCrowd was founded in 2019 with a simple premise: crowdfunding was growing fast, but the coverage around it wasn't keeping up. Backers were asked to pledge money months before delivery, with few independent sources to help them judge a campaign.

We built GizmoCrowd to be that source: a publication dedicated to Kickstarter and Indiegogo, with reviews that explain what a campaign offers, how it compares, and what could go wrong.

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Since then, we've covered 300+ campaigns as a fully remote team, across tech, design, games, comics, lifestyle and more.

Why Trust GizmoCrowd

What GizmoCrowd Is (and Isn't)

We are not an advertising agency or a PR firm. We are a publication. Everything we publish is written, edited and fact-checked by our editors and writers, and our reviews are written for backers, not for creators.

 

  • Our editors choose what we review. Creators can submit their campaign, but coverage is never guaranteed.

  • We never take payment for reviews. Some reviews contain affiliate links, and we say so at the top of the article.

  • Sponsored content is labeled. Creators can pay for a Campaign Spotlight, which is clearly marked as sponsored and contains no verdict or rating.

  • We follow up. When a campaign we've covered runs into serious trouble, we add a visible warning to the article.

Meet the Team Behind GizmoCrowd

GizmoCrowd is run by a remote team of editors, writers and reviewers, each covering the categories they know best, from wearables and smart home tech to tabletop games and comics.

Our Vision

Crowdfunding works when backers can trust what they read. We cover projects we find genuinely interesting, we write what we actually think, and we say so when a campaign has problems. That independence is what makes our coverage useful: to backers deciding where to pledge, and to creators whose good projects deserve to be taken seriously.
 

From gadgets and board games to comics and design projects, we help you find the campaigns worth backing, and understand the ones that aren't.

Working on a campaign?

Creators can submit their campaign for editorial review, or request a clearly labeled Campaign Spotlight.

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