Kickstarter Reviews

Kickstarter exists to link scammers with victims. Its does not practice any form of financial governance over "makers" pitching outlandish ideas with unrealistic timelines. They basically act like mafia bosses, taking their cut of the money then shielding the maker from being held accountable. The worst are any creator that is based out of any country other than the US or EU. To the point that many fake their location to trick more victims into giving them money. There is no honesty from this company.

I backed up Funland by Urban Toy Lab and it was a scam. Product delayed (probably for backers not be able to contest the transaction with their visa) then there was no more answers and updates by the creator. Kickstarter doesn't take any responsibility, just their share of the money. Don't risk any project on this platform. It's not worth it. Wait to see the project in a store if it successful. The small difference is nothing compare to the risk of losing a lot of money by backing a fake project.

I have used Kickstarter since 2012 back when a friend of mine used to to raise funds for a restaurant opening. This should be the only function of the site - financial support for people YOU KNOW. Do you need a website for that? Of course not. I backed a company called Xenxo back in 2018 and after many ** production emails from the creator and "shipping soon!" messages, the company turned out to be fraudulent. Most frustrating part is that despite the hundreds (maybe closer to 1000+) of complaints about Xenxo directly to Kickstarter, Kickstarter continues to host Xenxo on their platform.

I backed a project from Watermelon games called Paprium which was supposed to be a fund raise for Watermelon games to port Paprium to the consoles. I ordered 3 collectors editions and a specialized joystick. Fast forward a year later past the deadline which was at December 2022 I still never received it. I tried disputing the charge, but Kickstarter "validated" it while pretending they are a "legitimate" business. Worse is that a tweet was made on December 25th which I never noticed at the time, but a backer on Facebook saved it prior to the tweet being deleted. It showed that the developers were admitting to their backers that the project was a scam. This site should be seized by the FBI.

Bought something from Kickstarter and it was actually a scam. Kickstarter didn’t do anything about it. After many complaints they still did nothing about it... So at the end thousands of people got scam… the biggest parts of the scam is that Kickstarter made money on all of us. Such a bad company.

Used credit card to back this project (China). Kickstarter charged my credit card. The “creator” raised over $900,000. Project was never fulfilled. Contacting person involved is fruitless. Kickstarter basically claims they are absolved any wrongdoing. Refuse to refund my money. Using the cover of their “terms” as an excuse. These people should be investigated and put out of business.

Kickstarter is a scam!! I funded a project which turned out to be a giant scam. Kickstarter will not refund the money, they give the money to these scammers without even caring about the project backers. They could easily change their policy and release funds as the project owners prove that they are legit. Kickstarter would rather just take their percentage and run with zero care about the backers who are getting scammed.

I funded a project that turned out to be a million dollar scam and Kickstarter won’t do anything or answer for us as users, on the contrary. The project was ERGOPLAX: The 15-in-1 Smart Ergonomic Sit and Stand Desk. Look for the comments on the project here: (**) I tried many times to ask for Kickstarter to do something or declare the project a scam but they never did. Some of the backers got to ask for a chargeback on their credit cards with their bank but Kickstarter disputed the payment saying that “this is the risk of supporting projects on their site.”

This company doesn’t support the backers and customer because they are greed with money. They mostly support illegal projects and are criminals themselves due to many fraud projects. Hope this company gets sued.

Think twice before you get in to bed with Kickstarter. When you back a project via Kickstarter you at NOT a customer to Kickstarter. Kickstarter will never treat you as a customer nor will they help you in any way when you get ripped off. Kickstarter will always have their customers interest first, and you are just Kickstarters product. I have reported these project scammers to Kickstarter so many times and Kickstarter just don´t care. They have already got their money from the project scammers.