Kickstarter is open to backers all over the world. Nearly anyone, from anywhere, can support a project as long as they have a major debit or credit card and a Kickstarter account.
In order to launch a project on Kickstarter, a creator will need to meet the requirements for one of the following countries:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Once verified, you can choose to set your project’s location to a city in a country that best describes where your project is based. You can do this on the Basics tab of your project editor. However, the physical address on your verification documents must be in one of the above countries.
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You may still be able to launch a project now by establishing a business where we are open, like by doing so with Stripe Atlas in the US.
The following requirements must also be met by a creator to launch on Kickstarter:
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Requirement |
Additional qualifications |
| All individuals must be 18 years of age or older. | Individuals under 18 may participate in the creation of the project under the supervision of the project creator. |
| If raising funds as an individual, you must be a resident of the country where you launch your project. |
You also need a government issued ID from that same country. If your project country is in the European Union, government issued IDs from other European Union countries are acceptable. |
| If raising funds as an entity (business or nonprofit), you must launch your project in the country where the entity is registered. The individual setting up the project on the entity’s behalf must be an owner or executive of the entity, and have authorization to represent it. |
All beneficial owners of the entity, and directors as requested, must also be disclosed and verified. You need government issued IDs and tax documents for the primary entity raising funds for the project as well as for all individuals and other entities you verify. |
| You need a supported bank account located in the same country you set up your project. This account must be owned by and in the name of the individual or entity raising funds. |
The bank account must be a current account that supports direct deposits in the currency in which the funds are being raised. European projects raising funds in euros have the option to use an IBAN from another country*. While an IBAN can be used from a country we are not open in, it is important to keep in mind that the project’s country, and all other verification documents, must be for one of our accepted countries. |
| You have a major credit or debit card registered to the individual or entity (or entity’s owner) raising funds for this project, and in their name. |
Canadian projects can only use credit cards. |
*Please note: If you are a creator launching a project from one of the European countries we are open in, and your funds will be in euros, you may use an IBAN from one of these listed countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
However, you will need to have a home address and acceptable documents for ID verification for the country you are launching from. For example, a creator can launch from France with a Portuguese IBAN, but they will need to verify that they are a resident of France.