Cost each reward and the campaign
See this course’s project requirements
An unpublished reward-campaign packet with reward terms, costs, funding goal, fulfillment schedule, stress test and backer update.
Keep your working files in your own notebook or software. Save a private description, checklist, and work link in My Proof.
What to include
- A campaign promise and two reward descriptions, including a physical-reward cap.
- A reward and campaign cost model with exclusions labeled. A checked campaign goal and the assumptions that make it feasible.
- A reward-fulfillment schedule with capacity and delay triggers.
- A cost stress test and a documented reserve tradeoff.
- An unpublished campaign packet with a delay update and reasoned launch decision.
Review and revise
Use these criteria to check your work and choose what to improve.
- Calculations reconcile to the supplied records, with units and dates labeled.
- Assumptions and missing information are visible, including the changed scenario.
- The recommendation follows the evidence and explains an important limitation.
- The six lesson outputs form a usable handoff that another learner can check.
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The idea in everyday life
Night Bus plan: 60 digital pledges at $10 and 40 physical at $25. Fixed creation costs $600. Each physical copy costs printing $5, packing $1 and shipping $6. Digital delivery has no additional per-copy cost in this simplified case. Invented combined platform/payment fee is 8% of pledges. Reserve is $150. Tax and creator income are not included.
Every promised reward can add costs. A pledge total needs a fulfillment model behind it.
Cost each reward and the campaign — worked practice
Every promised reward can add costs. A pledge total needs a fulfillment model behind it.
Night Bus plan: 60 digital pledges at $10 and 40 physical at $25. Fixed creation costs $600. Each physical copy costs printing $5, packing $1 and shipping $6. Digital delivery has no additional per-copy cost in this simplified case. Invented combined platform/payment fee is 8% of pledges. Reserve is $150. Tax and creator income are not included.
1. Total pledges
Multiply counts by tier prices.
You should see: Digital $600; physical $1000; total $1600.
Use count and price for each tier.
2. Cost physical rewards
Sum 5 + 1 + 6 and multiply by 40.
You should see: $12 each; $480 total.
Shipping is part of the promise.
3. Calculate fee
Multiply $1600 by 8%.
You should see: Fees $128; net funds $1472.
Gross pledges are not spendable net funds.
4. Compare uses
Add creation 600, rewards 480 and reserve 150.
You should see: Planned uses $1230; remaining $242 before excluded items.
A remainder is not automatically personal profit.
What to finish
A reward and campaign cost model with exclusions labeled.
Watch for this
Counting gross pledges as money available for production.
How can I tell I understand it?
Explain your calculation or classification and reproduce the changed case without copying the worked result.
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Kickstarter for Comics: Rewards and Fulfillment
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Source & access notes · checked 2026-09-12
Inspected all-or-nothing funding and goal planning. Actual platform fees are not used in the exercise.
Access: Public page inspected without a sign-in; linked services may have separate requirements.
Reuse: Link to the original. Free reading does not imply permission to reproduce the page; lessons and fixtures here are original.
Source & access notes · checked 2026-09-12
Inspected production, shipping, packaging, budgeting and backer communication.
Access: Public page inspected without a sign-in; linked services may have separate requirements.
Reuse: Link to the original. Free reading does not imply permission to reproduce the page; lessons and fixtures here are original.
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