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The Honest Kickstarter.

The book I wish I'd read before I launched Lifelong on Kickstarter.

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The
Honest
Kickstarter

The book I wish I'd read before I launched Lifelong.

Adam Webb

adamwebb.pro

Kickstarter Projects We Love

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The Book

€9

The Honest Kickstarter — full PDF

All 24 chapters in one PDF. Instant download. Includes free updates as I revise. Less than most Kickstarter courses charge for one lesson.

  • 24 chapters · ~40,000 words
  • Instant PDF · read anywhere
  • Free lifetime updates
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The Course

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The Honest Kickstarter Course

64 video lessons. Everything in the book plus 55 more lessons and worked examples — including 10 lessons on fulfilment no other course teaches.

  • 64 video lessons · 7 modules · ~7 hours
  • Instant access · lessons drop weekly for 3 weeks
  • Lifetime access + all future updates
Buy the course — £199

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3

Personal campaigns launched

30+

Clients coached to launch

£3.5M+

Raised across those campaigns

1

Live campaign in prep (REEFill, Mar 2027)

What's in the book

25 chapters. First few are out. New ones every week.

I'm writing the book in public, one chapter at a time. Every subscriber gets the finished PDF as it grows. Here's what's coming.

Should you even launch?

Available now

Honest economics — the maths agencies skip

Available now

3

Twelve weeks — the honest pre-launch timeline

Drafting

4

The email list — the single biggest lever

Coming

5

Setting your goal — the Maradona rule

Coming

6

Why 48 hours decides the campaign

Coming

7

The reservation funnel — the £10k agency trick

Coming

8

The swipe file — study 20 funded campaigns

Coming

9

Make your page pop — GIFs, not walls of text

Coming

10

The video

Coming

11

Story arc — why now, why you, why Kickstarter

Coming

12

Rewards and pricing

Coming

13

Add-ons — the 30% nobody talks about

Drafting

14

Launch day

Coming

15

Projects We Love + Kickstarter editorial

Coming

16

First 48 hours — tactical execution

Coming

17

Day 14 rescue

Coming

18

Updates + backer comms

Coming

19

Paid ads

Coming

20

Fulfilment

Coming

21

International operator's edition — VAT, IOSS, cross-border freight

Coming

22

Campaign to brand

Coming

23

Teardowns — Pnut, Canairi, FLYTE, Coolest, Lifelong

Coming

24

Why campaigns fail

Coming

25

When not to launch

Coming

Why this one is different

Every other Kickstarter book was written by someone selling you an agency.

It's written by someone who actually launched a campaign this year. Not an ex-agency guru whose last hands-on launch was 2019. I'm mid-prep on my fourth Kickstarter (REEFill, March 2027). Every mistake in this book is live-fire, current, mine.

It's global — with the details other guides skip. Most Kickstarter guides pretend the world is US-Amazon-Stripe-USD. This one covers what actually happens when you're launching from London, Berlin, Sydney, Toronto or anywhere else — VAT, IOSS, cross-border shipping, multi-currency Stripe, EU thresholds — right alongside the core playbook.

It says "don't launch" when that's the honest answer. Chapter 1 tries to talk you out of it. If you're still in after reading it, the rest is the playbook. If not, you've saved yourself six months and £15,000.

The funnel is on the tin. Yes, there's an upsell path — free Chapter 1, €9 full book, £199 course, then higher-ticket consulting. That's it. Every price is public, nothing is behind a discovery call, and if Chapter 1 is all you ever need, you never pay a penny. The dishonest bit isn't running a funnel — it's hiding one behind fake "free strategy calls".

FAQ

A few honest questions.

Is the book really free?+

Chapter 1 is genuinely free. No credit card, no upsell, no discovery call. Sign up, the PDF lands in your inbox. New chapters land the same way as I finish them.

How much does the full book cost?+

The complete PDF is €9 — one-time payment, instant download. Every future revision is included free. You can also read it chapter by chapter for free by subscribing to the email list — but if you want the whole thing today, €9 gets it in your hands in seconds.

Who is this book for?+

First-time Kickstarter creators launching a physical product, anywhere in the world. It covers the core playbook every campaign needs, plus the international details — VAT, IOSS, cross-border shipping, multi-currency Stripe — that most US-focused guides quietly skip.

How often will I get emails?+

Roughly one email a week — a new chapter, or an honest field note from the campaign I am currently prepping (Lifelong REEFill, March 2027). No sequences, no drip funnels, no upsell blasts. Unsubscribe with one click any time.

Are you actually a Kickstarter consultant?+

Yes. Official Kickstarter Expert Partner. Three campaigns launched myself (£500k+ raised), 30+ more consulted on (£3M+ raised). Full detail at adamwebb.pro/hire-kickstarter-consultant.

Chapter 1 is free. Start there.

The first chapter asks the question most Kickstarter books won't — should you even launch. Read it before you commit to six months and £15,000 of pre-launch spend.

Send me Chapter 1

Or, if you'd rather skip the book and talk to me directly — book a £60 strategy call.