How do I receive funds on BackerKit Crowdfunding and in BackerKit Pledge Manager?

BackerKit uses Stripe to process payments from backers. A Stripe account is required to launch on BackerKit Crowdfunding (Stripe Express) and for use of BackerKit's Pledge Manager (Stripe Connect).

PayPal is a secondary option, available for the pledge manager only, if you have a PayPal Premier or Business Account. Both Stripe and PayPal handle credit card processing and securely transfer your backers’ payments directly to you.

Stripe and PayPal support a growing list of currencies and a variety of payment types:

Check to see if Stripe is supported for your country: Global availability.
Check to see if PayPal is available in your country: Country Worldwide.

BackerKit Crowdfunding: Stripe Express

Note: Only the account owner can set up Stripe payments.

Create or connect your Stripe Express account to process pledges

On your crowdfunding dashboard, navigate to Payment Setup on the left hand side.
Click 'Connect to Stripe'
Follow instructions in Stripe Portal and enter required information to create account
Subsequent projects launched on BackerKit Crowdfunding will automatically transfer this account
Verify the currency is correct.

BackerKit Pledge Manager: Stripe Connect

Note: Only the primary admin can set up payments.

Create or connect your Stripe account to process payments

To link your Stripe Connect account to your BackerKit project:

On the menu on the left, click Set Up Payments
Click Connect with Stripe.
If you already have a Stripe account, click the Sign in link in the top right corner.
If you don’t have a Stripe account, enter the information required by Stripe and create your account.
Verify the currency is correct.

[Optional] Set up PayPal to process payments

PayPal is only available as a secondary payment method; Stripe is required

To connect PayPal to your BackerKit project :

On the menu on the left, click Set Up Payments.
Click Connect with PayPal.

Note: There are some inherent risks associated with using PayPal for crowdfunding. Please read about these here to decide if using PayPal is right for your project.

How do I access funds after charging?

Click here for info on receiving pledge funds from the original campaign.
Click here for info on receiving post-campaign funds from the pledge manager (money raised from add-on sales, shipping, etc).