ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone: Review, Funding & Stats
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arkydforeveryone/arkyd-a-space-telescope-for-everyone-0Hyperstarter Score
36%
Good
Goal Status
Backers
17,614
Pledge Amount
$1,505,366.6
of $1,000,000
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Marketing & Backlinks
Popular Sites
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 List of highest-funded crowdfunding projects - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org|High Traffic Planetary Resources (2013-06-30). "ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone" . Kickstarter |
 Ancient Plants, a Cosmic Fund-Raiser, Atoms in Motion and More - The New York Times May 3, 2019|www.nytimes.com what you get in exchange for a $25 contribution to a $1 million fund-raising effort to build a private space telescope. As of Monday, the |
 Kickstarter's biggest hits - why crowdfunding now sets the trends | Kickstarter | The Guardian www.theguardian.com|High Traffic for everyone," according to the Kickstarter listing for this project. Planetary Resources raised $1.5m from 17,614 backers in July 2013 for its ambitious plans |
 ARKYD Space Telescope Closes Crowdfunding, Zooms Past Original Goal, Hits $1.5 Million Stretch - Crowdfunding Planning | Your Complete Solution for CrowdFunding |Planning for CrowdFunding the Smart Way May 9, 2020|sites.google.com amazing $325,000 on their first day, has closed their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter with well over their initial $1,000,000 target. The project called |
 'Planetary Resources' Telescope Venture, Funded Via Kickstarter, To Put Personal Photos In Space | HuffPost Impact www.huffpost.com|High Traffic To learn more about the Planetary Resources crowdfunding campaign visit: ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone |
General Sites
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 Kickstart my heart <3 | Page 7 | Home Theater Forum Sep 1, 2017|www.hometheaterforum.com http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1458134548/arkyd-a-space-telescope-for-everyone-0 |
 Wikizero - Planetary Resources Dec 7, 2020|www.wikizero.com Lewicki, Chris. "ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone Final Update and FULL Refund" .Kickstarter |
 New Era in Space Exploration? Planetary Resources Crowdfunded Arkyd Space Telescope Reaches Goal - AmericaSpace www.americaspace.com goal on Sunday, June 30 of raising $1.5 million through crowdfunding . The money, pledged by 17,600 supporters through the Kickstarter |
 Facebook/Twitter repostings - Part 10 - | Page 18 | ScubaBoard scubaboard.com ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone by Planetary Resources ? Kickstarter |
 Show Posts - Ze_PilOt Sep 6, 2020|www.theflatearthsociety.org http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1458134548/arkyd-a-space-telescope-for-everyone-0 |
ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone: Campaign Review & Analysis
Campaign Page Overview
Detailed breakdown and suggestions for improvement
Hyperstarter Score Breakdown
 4 | The title has a good length, but could more text be added?TITLE: 37 Add more characters to the title, perhaps add specific niche keywords? Look at adding more words by researching your closest competitors and use what they wrote for their headlines. |
 5 | Excellent, the description is just right!DESCRIPTION: 122 The number of words in the description is just right to capture attention and bring them into your project. |
 1 | There are no wordsWORD COUNT: 0 This campaign needs more text on the page. Think about what questions potential backers will have on their minds, answer them through imagery and detailed descriptive text. |
 5 | Not PresentLINK COUNT: 0 Having a small number of outbound links to other sites showing reports, company sites etc., can help build trust. |
 1 | Not presentNUMBER OF IMAGES: 0 Consider adding more such as more product images including people, a features list including text and icons, timeline, photos of the people involved in the project and/or images of where you have been mentioned. |
Suggested Improvements
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