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Creating a crowdfunder

A supporter creates their own crowdfunder from the crowdfunding page, in a few quick steps. This page covers what they go through, and the one setup choice it leaves in your hands.

Signing up and starting a page​

When a supporter chooses Start Crowdfunder, a short sign-up opens:

  1. They enter their email address (or phone number). N3O sends them a one-time code — there is no password to create or remember.
  2. They enter the code. This signs them in and confirms the address is really theirs.
  3. If they already have an account with you, it is recognised and they carry straight on with it. If they are new, a fresh account is created for them on the spot, already verified by the code.
  4. They set a goal and name their page. The campaign is already chosen — they started from its page — so this is usually just how much they want to raise and what to call the page. Their crowdfunder is created there and then.
MockupStarting a crowdfunder: the supporter enters an email or phone number, gets a one-time code, and — once it is confirmed — sets their goal. There is no password, and anyone who already has an account with you is recognised automatically.

Your team can also set a crowdfunder up on a supporter's behalf — by inviting them by email (the invitation lasts 90 days, and the page becomes theirs once they accept), or by importing a batch at once, for example when moving from another platform.

The Start Crowdfunder button is one of the platform's embeddable elements, so it need not live only on the crowdfunding page — you can place it wherever it helps supporters step forward, from your home page to a link in an email. See the Start Crowdfunder button element.

What their page raises for​

A crowdfunder always raises money towards one of the campaign's offerings, so what each page is funding is never a mystery — you know exactly where its money is meant to go.

Some offerings can be directed at a particular project, region or purpose. Where that is so, you decide how much say the supporter has:

  • Fix it in advance, so every crowdfunder for the campaign raises for exactly the same thing; or
  • Leave it open, so the supporter chooses as they set up their page — for instance, which of your projects they want to raise money for.

That lets you give supporters a degree of control over what they raise for, or keep it firmly in your own hands, whichever suits the campaign. Where a choice is left open, the supporter makes it in the same step as their goal amount.