Blog

Notes on running your own crowdfunding platform.

Setup guides, payout mechanics, and moderation practices - written for people actually running LaunchCrowdFund, not general marketing copy.

Costs

How much does it cost to build a crowdfunding website?

The honest range, from a few hundred dollars to six figures, and the costs people forget to budget for.

Business model

How crowdfunding platforms make money (and how yours could)

The platform fee model, with the arithmetic, and how much funding you need to earn back your launch cost.

Buying Guide

White label vs. custom build vs. SaaS: which crowdfunding platform should you choose?

How the three routes compare on cost, speed, control and ongoing fees, plus the questions to ask any vendor.

Launch

How to launch a crowdfunding platform in 10 business days

What you provide, what we do each day, what can slow things down, and what happens after you go live.

Buying Guide

A crowdfunding script vs. a custom build: what actually differs

The honest version of this comparison - where a script is genuinely the wrong choice, and where "just build it custom" is expensive advice sold to people who didn't need it.

Payments

Stripe Connect payouts, explained for a self-hosted platform

What Express accounts actually do, why the platform never touches customer funds, and how the fee split settles automatically.

Product

All-or-Nothing vs. Flexible funding: which should your platform default to?

The real tradeoff behind the two funding models, and why the "authorize now, capture on success" pattern matters for trust.

Trust & Safety

Building a moderation queue that doesn't fall behind

Why AI quality screening is a triage layer, not a decision-maker - and what a review workflow actually needs to hold up.