schneeland
Hero
Yeah, if there's one thing that soured the deal on many crowdfundings for me, it's the increased costs of shipping - especially international shipping. When I started backing projects about 10 years ago, it was still perfectly reasonable to back US-based campaigns. These days, either the creators do not ship to Europe right away, or shipping costs are prohibitively high. And even those with EU-friendly shipping easily get into 15-20€ territory, which is not exactly favourable to "impulse backing". And a lot more stuff is hit by customs/taxes these days, too (both because of Brexit and lowered thresholds for import taxes).Freight and shipping costs have skyrocketed - so a lot of creators think they need to go with the cheapest shipping option available to not scare away / anger backers. This results in more problems with shipping.
I guess this is hitting the creators equally, since they potentially lose a lot of international backers or see them pledge only for digital versions.