Crowdfunding mit Sciencestarter.de - ein persönlicher Erfahrungsbericht mit einem archäologischen Projekt

Abstract

Until now only smaller projects with a start-up capital of a maximum of 30,000 € to be collected have been successful on the crowdfunding platform sciencestarter.de. This progress report shows which steps the author took to achieve success for his project „Holzkohledatierungen eisenzeitlicher Feldfluren in Schleswig-Holstein” assessed with 6,300 €. Accordingly one should ensure that some sponsor can take over if the project seems likely to fail while already more than half of the Target Amount has been donated. Furthermore, considerable demands are put upon the user: Time-consuming extensive advertising for the project, best achieved by including social networks; a good presentation; a neither amateurish nor a too professional video; continuously maintaining a blog. On the other hand the sciencestarter. de platform itself in some respects could be more user-friendly in particular regarding the group of elderly financially strong supporters.