The platform's new Pledge Manager introduces tools for shipping products, collecting taxes, and managing tariff charges.

Kickstarter is adding a new tool to account for President Trump’s endless tariffs. This will allow creators to tack on ...

If a creator’s project is affected by tariffs, they can submit a request through Kickstarter and then apply per-item ...

That fee will appear as a surcharge in addition to existing payments made by supporters, and will be clearly labeled as a ...

A Kickstarter Tariff Manager has been introduced. This will allow creators to manage better fees caused by the volatile ...

Creators attempting to fund projects on Kickstarter will soon be able to address rising shipping costs and delayed timelines ...

“At 54%, I had a plan,” Covert tells Fast Company, referring to a tariff rate on imports from China imposed by the Trump administration in early April. That rate has nearly tripled since. His reponse: ...

“The tariffs make it impossible to import anything,” he says. Covert isn’t alone. In recent weeks, numerous Kickstarter creators have used the platform to warn backers about shipping ...