You can see how much people spent, kinda. The backer levels give numbers. There was a $3k donation at the 11th hour so the project didn't fail. It's just as likely that the makers had a friend or family member ensure it got funded and then gave them back their money as it is whales funded it. I was struck by the tism and did a breakdown because I've never actually done the numbers on a kickstarter and I'm bored waiting for it to come out. Many things always seem fishy to me about various kickstarters and this just confirmed things.
$10+ - 83
$20+ - 279
$30+ - 72
$50+ - 67
$60+ - 13
$100+ - 13
$101+ - 2
$125+ - 2
$150+ - 3
$150+ - 0
$200+ - 4
$250+ - 7
$251+ - 0
$300+ - 1
$500+ - 1
$1,000+ - 1
$1,810+ - 0
$5,000+ - 0
$100+ - 35
$100+ - 4
$125+ - 4
$500+ - 4
Total = $25,652 (minimum donation for reward amount)
595 backers as listed by rewards
442 backers donated $60 or less to the project. Now granted that is based on the minimum donation to get a reward. The $25k can be explained, rather unconvincingly to me, by overpaying for rewards and whaling. I personally think more likely there was at least some element of the makers taking out loans/using credit cards or getting friends/family to put up money that pushed them over $50k so they could get the other $25K. They still would have been just barely short of the $51,519 they got even if every backer donated double their reward level.
What's interesting to me is the missing 165 missing backers. Does the total backer number at the top include people who have asked for refunds or donate outside of getting rewards? Can you even do that? Hopefully someone who's delved into kickstarters can comment as I've never looked into them. I also archived the completed kickstarter because why not at this point. I also swear there were 5 backers for the second $500+ reward when I started and then it was 4 when I archived it, but who knows.
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