(As a "How To" blog you will want to start with the first post and work your way up to this one)

The Start Your Project Button

Ok so you have an account. You have gone to the "Kickstarter School" page and read ALL of it. You have a project in mind and know your budget. You are now ready to hit that Start Your Project button!

Once you hit the button you are taken to a page where they walk you through a few easy questions. Are you over 18, are you in the US or England and a few others.  Once you make it through the questions you will hit your first wall- Taxes and Payments!  Lets take this one at a time.

Taxes: For me this was easy. I own two businesses so I have a Tax ID number. If you have a business then you will use that number. If you are an independent artist then you will be putting in you Social Security Number.  This is hurdle number one.

Payments: All donations are handled by Amazon. This means if you do business with Amazon and already accept Amazon payments you are all good to go. If you only have an account with them to buy things from their site, this is not good enough. You will need to follow the links that Kickstarter provides and answer some questions over at Amazon. The questions are standard but it can take up to 7 days to get approved for payments! They need to verify your bank account, have a credit card on file and a few other requirements. If you plan to launch on a certain date be sure to get the payments issue squared away long before you are ready to launch!