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Disappointed to read, among other exclusions:

- "No self-help material (books, videos, etc). This includes projects that offer (or produce materials that offer) business, emotional, financial, health, medical, sex/seduction, or other self-help advice."

- "Kickstarter cannot be used to fund websites or apps focused on e-commerce, business, and social networking."



IndieGoGo doesn't seem to have such a limitation. You can double-check me: http://www.indiegogo.com/about/terms


Pretty sure you're right, based on some other articles I read. But one consideration:

https://medium.com/p/2a48bc6ffd57

I'm kind of surprised that Kickstarter gets as much discussion in some circles as they do, because they seem to thumb their noses a bit at "us," or at least the "us" in software (hardware and other creative projects are in the clear, of course).




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