Amazon Debuts a Dedicated Shop For Kickstarter Products (techcrunch.com) 18
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Today, Amazon announced it's teaming up with Kickstarter to offer those successful Kickstarter products a way to reach more customers through a dedicated section on Amazon's website. Via www.amazon.com/launchpad/kickstarter, the online retailer is now featuring a group of over 300 Kickstarter products across a variety of categories, like electronics, books, home and kitchen, movies and tv, and more. The products can also be browsed by theme, like STEM products, "Always be Learning," "Exquisite Objects," "Inventing the Future," and "Public Benefit," for example. The new Kickstarter section is actually an expansion on Amazon's Launchpad platform, launched a year ago. In July 2015, the retailer debuted a dedicated portal that offered both marketing and sales for hardware and physical goods from younger tech companies. Today, Amazon says it has now worked with over 100 VCs, accelerators and crowdfunders and has helped more than 1,000 launch products across the U.S., the U.K., China, Germany, and France. All startups who participate in Launchpad receive custom product pages, a comprehensive marketing package, and access to Amazon's global fulfillment network, the retailer notes.
How exciting! (Score:2)
Re: How exciting! (Score:1)
Yeah that stuff is too mainstream. Now they are into guys that like to sail and have pet parrots.
so much for Prime (Score:2, Insightful)
Re: (Score:2)
This is for successful Kickstarter products, that is ones that have already shipped to their backers and are ready to start selling the product to others.
All startups who participate in Launchpad receive custom product pages, a comprehensive marketing package, and access to Amazon's global fulfillment network, the retailer notes.
Given that I see no reason why they couldn't be included in prime, and browsing through the page, most of them are.
Unless your post was a joke, in which case: /swoosh.
Shipping? (Score:4, Insightful)
Shipping products all over the world is something that can be quite complex since laws and requirements differs from country to country.
If Amazon can fill the role of shipping partner, it would be a game-changer for a lot of smaller projects.
Re: (Score:3)
Can ? **HAS**. I've been on several KickStarters that used Amazon for fulfillment. They tend to be small items, like card games (both that I've gotten via Amazon fulfillment were third-party "Cards Against Humanity" expansions), with relatively low numbers of orders.
I recall that "Exploding Kittens" ended up creating its' own fulfillment company, but ~240,000 backers would need that. . .
Ah, stores! (Score:2)
I love stores. Nothing beats being informed that I can't purchase products from them because I'm outside the US.
I have an idea (Score:1)
How about before opening new stores, Amazon cleans all the scams and counterfeit garbage out of the store it already has.
Re: (Score:2)
Resistance would be impolite. Please wait to be assimilated.
Gave up on Amazon sales (Score:1)
...once they sent the notice that all must use their fulfillment system or risk delisting And the clusterf*ck system for registering as a seller separately on each major region's amazon (.com,.ca,.co.uk, ...) each is different and confusing. And somehow I was forced into a pro account (monthly $50 fee) to list on .co.uk.
Wait...Kickstarter projects SHIP products? (Score:2)