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You'll get more backers if you include a link to the project in your post. :)

Could we have another option on the project page where we pay $50 (or an additional $40 for existing backers) and get the record? Would only need 200 backers at that level to reach the goal.

I would love to support you Michael. But not knowing the actual cost for the album and especially postage, I live in London, I'm reluctant to commit.

But I really think the structure of the kickstarter could at least be partially to blame (or maybe there just aren't that many people interested). For the record (pun intended) I have already paid my $10, but I think if you'd gone the more traditional kickstarter route with higher pledges getting more stuff (like a guaranteed copy of the record without any additional unknown costs, perhaps....) you'd have more success. I might be wrong, but I know that was at least my attitude.

my USD $10 (after I had a few glasses of scotch to ignore the exchange rate to MXNs) because I think this is the best chance that something like this, a niche product within a niche market, will ever get to become a reality. I do agree with previous posters that a more expensive but inclusive package would have been more attractive, specially one that included the record and world wide shipping. Based on what I usually pay for new vinyl shipped for the US $50 sounds about the right price for such a package.

The funding should have offered an option to actually receive the finished product. Even at $40, the funding could have been achieved at 250 people.

Charlie

I'm also reluctant to fund a limited edition record where I am not guaranteed a copy of the record. There is nothing in the kickstarter about a copy being reserved to be purchased.

"I really wish I could have paid more???"
For the sake of the project, by all means, please do. I have.

If you continue with this Kickstarter as-is, I predict a lot of unhappy (at best, confused) backers. I think many (most?) will assume they get the record for backing this, like 99% of Kickstarter projects. And when they find out they don't, they won't be happy.

I thought this when I initially read it. Only now, after reading the above comments, do I understand the odd structure. When I first read it, I thought that backers got the record for $10 and others who didn't back it could buy it in the future for $25. This is often how Kickstarters work after all. Backers get it at a discount over it's eventual retail price.

I would back this if it was structured like a normal Kickstarter. I'm guessing that most people who committed $10 would have committed $50, as others suggest. As is, it's just too unknown.

And too high-maintenance. Why make it so hard on the consumer? Just figure out the costs and name your price. (If they can do that with films and full albums and complex games, etc. you can do that for this.) Getting people to pull the trigger to spend money once is hard enough. Why make people make that decision (and effort) twice?

Just some honest, hopefully constructive, feedback.

The entry containing the Kickstarter link and description of the campaign should be kept at the top of the main page until the expiration date. Maximum exposure on this site is key to maximum contribution.

I agree with Mr. Workman, but for $10 I'll take my chances that we can get this funded and that, if we do, there will be enough records for the backers.

I've never used Kickstarter before, so pardon my ignorance...what happens to the donated funds if the project fails to reach the goal? Do backers get refunded?