I wonder if there's an option on indiegogo to ask funders where they heard about this promotion. It would be good to know to understand who these donators are and where they come from. I'm hypothesizing it's 90%+ FuckCombustion based on watching the users on here reporting buying. Everyone on here is being awesome about joining in on this.
I agree that we should all work to comment more and try to get to the next page. More attention is always a good thing for a fundraiser.
However I just thought I'd point something out that's on my mind.
I almost feel like getting to the next page on technology won't make that much of a difference. Think about the people looking at the technology section. Most likely only 5-10% of them would be possibly interested in a vaporizer. If you laser target a niche where the majority of people are Cannabis fans from the beginning AND a big portion of them are interested in cool glass paraphernalia and vaporizers, then you have much higher quality potential buyer traffic. That's why I think spreading awareness elsewhere is a better use of energy and something that can really launch this thing further.
If my hypothesis is true about almost all the funders being from FC, then I say don't bother putting in a lot of effort trying to find donators on indiegogo. Indiegogo is mostly a vehicle to collect $$$ for the fundraiser, and may not be the best source of buyers (although it is still a viable channel, so we're all commenting to help). Since your product is very niche based, it won't haul in as many buyers in the tech section on indiegogo as something
like this, which has a much more broad tech demographic. If the site was called FuckCombustionIndiegogo for example, then obviously the VXH campaign would do well because it is more fitted to the demographics.
There's an opportunity cost here. I'd weigh the pros and cons of hoping for indiegogo funders vs targeting people interested in vaporizers. I just talked to my brother the other day about this deal, knowing he likes vaporizers, and he's really considering doing the $500 package. I'd have a lot harder time trying to convince a random techie guy who may or may not like herbal stuff, or vaporizers.
At the end of the day, the people shelling out $500 or $1000 are going to be the people who are already interested in vaporizers, or at least cannabis friendly. Who knows how many people in the tech section fit that criteria.
You guys already have traffic channels with people who fit the criteria that can be utilized right now. For instance, make a youtube video with someone talking and laying out all the details of this indiegogo fundraiser and post it. Your subscribers will see it on their youtube homepage. It might show up when people search "VapeXhale" and etc. Those are really valuable consumers, because they are more likely to be past the phase of "should I get a vaporizer?" -- they're more likely in the consumer phase of "which vaporizer should I get?" -- which is much closer to buying. Indiegogo isn't anywhere near these phases.
These same kind of people can be found on your web site. You even have potential buyers who have made up their minds, wanting to purchase a VXH but see it's sold out. They could be directed to the fundraiser to participate on a deal even better than retail, boosting this campaign.
Also, most forum communities that have an interest in cannabis or vaporizers don't even have a clue that this campaign is going on.
There's a lot of potential here. The campaign is almost half way done so if you want to try to target the criteria I'm talking about, the sooner the better.
