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The term Crowdfunding comes from the combination of two words: Crowd & funding. Now you can explain it for yourself what does it mean?
Crowdfunding is a method where you asking people to invest some amounts of money in your project. Till now, we were familiar with the practice where a project was supported by few investors with huge amount of money. Crowdfunding overturns this idea into new one, where Internet stands as a main reason to exist. Here you can have thousands, even million investors, ready to put their money into an idea.
How does it work?
Well, the man with the idea opens an account to such a site, where he describes and publishes his project in order to be visible for many others. The channels that are used here could be many and different, depending on the available resources. The main goal here is to get as mush as possible money for the realization of the idea. Of course, the owner of the idea could put limits on the amount he want to collect. But as much he gets, the best results he can achieve with the money.
There is three different types of Crowdfunding: Donation / Loan / Shares
Crowdfund / Donation
People invest money in the project, because they believe in the cause. Like the idea or just want to be part of t. The returns are not material. There could be given away gifts (often given as a thanks for the Crowdfunding), like event tickets, albums, other presents and etc. Basically, donors have social or personal reason to invest the money into the project, and do not expect anything in return. The real benefit here is the feeling of doing something good and helping out the project.
Crowdfund / Loan
The investors return their money with a dividends. It is also know as P2P (partner to partner) lending. Investing money bypassing banks and other financial organization. The returns are financial.
Crowdfund / Shares
We all know what is all about here. People invest some money in the project and they get a share of it. As simple as that. The amount of money refers to the % of the share. Of course they owner of the idea says what are the terms and conditions here. Like normal shares, the price goes up when the idea is successful and everything goes just find, and the price drops if the idea is not going so well.
Different Crowdfund sites could have different goals and methods, but the idea is simple - just publishing your project to a group of users or/and potential investors, that will invest in your idea. They need to be interested in what you offer.
You can try Crowdfund for free. You will be charged only if your project collect the amount you need or reaches the full amount of money. You will lose nothing. You will see is your idea interesting for people and will you make the buzz.
Crowdfunding is a method where you asking people to invest some amounts of money in your project. Till now, we were familiar with the practice where a project was supported by few investors with huge amount of money. Crowdfunding overturns this idea into new one, where Internet stands as a main reason to exist. Here you can have thousands, even million investors, ready to put their money into an idea.
How does it work?
Well, the man with the idea opens an account to such a site, where he describes and publishes his project in order to be visible for many others. The channels that are used here could be many and different, depending on the available resources. The main goal here is to get as mush as possible money for the realization of the idea. Of course, the owner of the idea could put limits on the amount he want to collect. But as much he gets, the best results he can achieve with the money.
There is three different types of Crowdfunding: Donation / Loan / Shares
Crowdfund / Donation
People invest money in the project, because they believe in the cause. Like the idea or just want to be part of t. The returns are not material. There could be given away gifts (often given as a thanks for the Crowdfunding), like event tickets, albums, other presents and etc. Basically, donors have social or personal reason to invest the money into the project, and do not expect anything in return. The real benefit here is the feeling of doing something good and helping out the project.
Crowdfund / Loan
The investors return their money with a dividends. It is also know as P2P (partner to partner) lending. Investing money bypassing banks and other financial organization. The returns are financial.
Crowdfund / Shares
We all know what is all about here. People invest some money in the project and they get a share of it. As simple as that. The amount of money refers to the % of the share. Of course they owner of the idea says what are the terms and conditions here. Like normal shares, the price goes up when the idea is successful and everything goes just find, and the price drops if the idea is not going so well.
Different Crowdfund sites could have different goals and methods, but the idea is simple - just publishing your project to a group of users or/and potential investors, that will invest in your idea. They need to be interested in what you offer.
You can try Crowdfund for free. You will be charged only if your project collect the amount you need or reaches the full amount of money. You will lose nothing. You will see is your idea interesting for people and will you make the buzz.
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