Your intention is to launch a project yourself? Fund it through the crowd! wemakeit, a platform sporting one of the highest success rates worldwide, is the exact right place for this. We know how to do crowdfunding – and we will tell you, too.
- CHF 42.4 mTotal amount of backings
- 3,580Successful projects
- 278,853Community Member
- 61%Success rate
How you benefit from wemakeit
Network
Community
wemakeit is the right place to strengthen your network and to convince our community to root for you – we keep our 150,000 newsletter subscribers in the loop about exciting projects and they soon will be among your fans, too.
Partnerships
Benefit from our cooperations with companies, foundations and media partners who will support and back your project financially.
Multilingual
Start your wemakeit campaign in up to four languages (en/de/fr/it) – in Swiss francs or in Euro – this allows you to reach an international audience.
Feedback
Consulting
Word of honor: We remain at your side for the entire duration of your campaign, providing you with online feedback and tips. For personalized coaching, individual communication strategies and in order to promote your project, we offer our wemakeit packages.
In good company
Success is contagious: Almost 70% of all crowdfunding campaigns on wemakeit come to a successful close; more than on any other platform. Yours could be the next one.
Open-door policy
Our help center is included in our service fee. Whenever you or your backers have a question – we are available 24/7.
Finances
You may trust us
We are the only platform to debit financial contributions immediately. This guarantees that you will get all of the funds collected and the amount of your funding goal will not be diminished by declined credit card payments. We will pay out to you the funds you collect quickly and reliably within 10 days.
Transparent Costs
If your project concludes successfully, we deduct 6% in service and 4% in payment fees of the total amount. Not more and not less. If you shouldn’t make it, you will not incur any costs at all.
Market Testing & Pre-sale
Your wemakeit campaign will tell you whether people care about your idea and at the same time you can carry out a pre-sale of your product free of risk. You will be able to connect with customers ready to spend it and roll out your product with necessary funds safely secured.
Our success stories
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- Agriculture
- Architecture
- Art
- Comics
- Community
- Dance
- Design
- Education
- Environment
- Exhibition
- Fair Trade
- Fashion
- Festival
- Film
- Food
- Games
- Journalism
- Kids / Youth
- Literature
- Music
- Performing Arts
- Photography
- Politics
- Publishing
- Science
- Sport
- Startup
- Technology
- Tourism
Agriculture
Are you in need of a new machine for your farm? Or are you dedicated through and through to developing a new cheese specialty or cultivating a different kind of tomato? Here you will find the people to buy it from you!
«The wemakeit campaign allowed us to spread the word about our book long before it was printed. In that sense, it didn't merely provide financial support, but also PR.»
markta
Britos-Granja La Orientala
Le vin des origines
Architecture
Are you designing an urban development project, the renovation of your venue or the publication of an architecture guide? We will help you turn yourself into a builder and find the partners you need for it.
«The campaign with wemakeit gave my book project the boost it needed. I don't know how else I could have managed to secure the necessary funds.»
Innovation Space in Basel
Metropolis East
Defining Criteria
Art
You need to expand your palette of tools, you want to stage an exhibition or sell a limited edition? By presenting your oeuvre on wemakeit, it will find an art-loving audience.
Biohack Retreat Klöntal 2017
Damien Hirst for Sale
H107 – Lieu pour la création
Comics
Bang! Boom! Ouch! Whichever super powers your heroes may boast of – share your comic books! We help you find collectors for it.
«We met many wonderful people thanks to the wemakeit campaign, were invited to show our projects on various occasions and the media got wind of us, too.»
The Maître Original
La Torche 2.0
LDH - Liga deutscher Helden
Community
You want to do good for society, either through a humanitarian or a neighborhood initiative? Tell us all about it! Your first allies are waiting to join your ranks!
«The wemakeit campaign allowed us to find out whether Switzerland was up for supporting a new model of integrating refugees. The answer was yes!»
THES – Raum für Bildung
Fans werden Hauptsponsor
Die fehlende Lunge
Dance
You're pirouetting, step dancing, into hip hop or tango. In any case, on wemakeit, you dictate the rhythm; finding students as well as an audience.
Design
You designed a ground-breaking new product and now you want to manufacture its first edition? Or are you interested in marketing your own label? Fill new fans with enthusiasm!
«We used the wemakeit campaign as a market test as well as to do a pre-sale. Bottom line: It was short and strong - just like a good espresso! We are wide awake now and ready to take the next steps.»
Kawoom
Pin-Up Girl Pokerkarten
Save A Legendary Printshop
Education
Your cause is all about learning and passing on knowledge – for old and young, in schools and in daily life. Here you can share your wisdom and find backers who will support your project.
THES – Raum für Bildung
Sommerwoche für Flüchtlinge
Fablab Onl'Fait
Environment
You have a trailblazing idea, tomorrow's world needs you: be it a zero waste store, a film about best practices or sustainable clothing – meet your backers here.
«Our wemakeit campaign was simply perfect: We found many new fans for our project «WildnisKultur» and this wonderful feeling of being very close to our crowd stayed with us until today.»
Atout Vrac
Pfeffer – König der Gewürze
Le vin des origines
Exhibition
Your aim is to present your paintings, send a traveling exhibition on tour or set up a biennial? Your very first visitors are waiting already!
«For photography and book projects, wemakeit is exactly the right place. I managed to do the exhibition catalogue, which turned out to be a truly unique contemporary document. »
Genève sur toute la ligne
Exposition photo et livre
Sigmund Freud, Berggasse 19
Fair Trade
Your plan is to take exotic fruit and other delicacies from producers to consumers? This will open up new possibilities for you and let you connect with conscious buyers.
«The wemakeit campaign forced us to think about what kind of impact we wanted for our project to have and how to communicate it. People still watch our video today - it provides a really fresh view of our project.»
Crowd Container #2
Choba Choba – Nativo Project
4x Kisten für Ouagadougou/EU
Fashion
Be it a fair clothing line, exquisite hats, funny socks or high fashion – with a tailor-made wemakeit campaign you will connect with new clients.
Social Fabric «We Aspire»
V e l t – Damenkollektion
Raum für textiles Schaffen
Festival
You want to get a festival started? No matter what you're still missing – a food truck, the dancing floor, a screen or the main act – you are sure to gather visitors with a wemakeit campaign.
Waves Vienna Musik-Festival
this human world
Assurance Pluie Buskers (NE)
Film
You have an idea for a movie or the finished script at hand already for that all-time classic? Let us see your first trailer and very soon the film will start in front of your new audience!
«If the wemakeit campaign had not been successful, I would not be shooting documentaries anymore now. It was like a kick that proved decisive for my setting foot in the film industry. »
Food
You want to publish a recipe book, open a restaurant or host exclusive evening dinners? Make us hungry for your cookery passion and get hold of your guests!
«The wemakeit campaign was really useful to build and develop our own community. The money seems to be arriving all by itself once you really take good care of your network.»
Wood Food braucht Kohle
Epicerie Naturellement Vrac
Kibili Project
Games
You have a brilliant idea for drawing a new set of cards, the design of a board or computer game? Use the wemakeit campaign as a joker and find the fellow players you need.
Journalism
The time is ripe for you to produce your own magazine, podcast or talk show? We are all ears and your audience and your readers are just around the corner - so roll up your sleeves!
«With the wemakeit campaign, for the first time, our idea was seriously put to the test. Also for the first time, it got serious approval. In the process of it, a community of print aficionados developed whose members have been stepping through our door ever since day one.»
Mir langets!
Digitales Magazin COUP
Journalismus der Zukunft
Kids / Youth
Your project will make the lives of kids and teenagers more exciting and bubbly – tell us what you want to do and win over backers for your project at the same time.
Pixxadoo – Catch Cheeky Max
At The Heart of Congo Kids
Cevi – Street Food Festival
Literature
Your passion is the written word? Whether you're on the verge of publishing a novel or busy organizing reading events – here you will find readers and listeners alike.
»Und sie fliegt doch!«
J'aime ma librairie!
Textes inédits de F. Hodler
Music
Are you planning to record an album in a professional studio? Or go on tour with your band? Make a song about it and find your fans!
«Thanks to wemakeit and my backers I have the funds to start this crazy adventure as if I had signed up with a big label.»
Wiener Philharmoniker Haus
The Brap Challenge
Get us on the road!
Performing Arts
Your very own play or a classic; whether theater, touring circus or musical – we will have you center stage. Let the curtain rise for your ideas!
Figura Magica
Zeltneubau
H107 – Lieu pour la création
Photography
You want to present your photographs in a book or an exhibition? Whether it’s in black and white or in colors: Show your photos and find an audience for them.
«If you put in a real big deal of effort, you can achieve something truly grand. Actually, you can achieve things no one would have ever believed possible.»
Nouveaux souvenirs
Dolce Vita, a music club!
Defining Criteria
Politics
You are about to launch an initiative, get funding for the unconditional basic income, or run for a public office? No matter if it's on the world stage or for your municipal council - get your campaign rolling and reach out to like-minded people.
«wemakeit is the personal fitness coach for your project idea. They have the equipment and know-how to whip it into shape, the motivation to encourage it, and the emergency energy bar to give it a new boost in case of exhaustion.»
Grundikomme bi de Lüt
Neue Lobbyisten im Parlament
Swiss Youth in Marrakech
Publishing
You are dying to bring out a new magazine, edit a book or even found a new publishing house? Write to us – all but a few words will suffice to find your readers!
«Getting our magazine going, financially speaking, the wemakeit campaign was absolutely vital. But it didn't stop there: Thanks to the campaign we had 400 die-hard members supporting us right from the beginning. »
Nouveaux souvenirs
Defining Criteria
Exposition photo et livre
Science
You want the world to know about your science project? Whether you need a rare microscope or if your goal in life is the Nobel Prize – be sure to find your audience with us.
At The Heart of Congo Kids
Fablab Onl'Fait
HORAO
Sport
You crave to build a skate park? Your soccer team needs new jerseys? Ready, set, go – your fans are only waiting to cheer you on!
Do it different
Tennis Champagne Biel/Bienne
Fans werden Hauptsponsor
Startup
Du hast ein Unternehmen gegründet und möchtest dein Produkt oder deine Dienstleistung der Öffentlichkeit präsentieren? Starte einen Markttest und finde deine ersten Kunden!
Freakatorium
BurgerPass
Damien Hirst for Sale
Technology
You are dying to set up a hackathon, you're programming a new app or wanting to show your groundbreaking invention? Meet up with your very first customers here!
«For us, the wemakeit campaign was an excellent, initial market test. We collected a tremendous amount of crucial information we would have never gotten hold of otherwise. »
Fablab Onl'Fait
Radio Gwendalyn
HORAO
Tourism
You intend to run a mountain lodge, open a hotel or renovate a ski lift? Become a host and start booking reservations soon!
BurgerPass
Escapegamepass.ch
La Ficelle
A Crowdfunding Project – How Does It Work?
Your Idea
You, your team, your start-up or your organisation are/is intent on carrying out a project but the necessary funds are still missing. Is your project attributable to at least one of our categories and does it conform to our guidelines? If so, you are ready to go: More than 3600 projects have already been successfully funded through wemakeit – maybe yours will be next.
Define Your Project
First you enter all relevant information on the project with our interactive editor. Where do you fix your funding goal and for how long will your campaign be running? You describe your idea using images, video and text and you explain in detail – most importantly! – the rewards. The backers will get these rewards in return for their financial contribution. The more interesting the rewards, the easier it is to find a large number of backers. Once you finished editing your project, we will activate it for you. We make sure your project conforms to our guidelines and we will get back to you in case we still have questions or remarks. As soon as everything is in place, we will activate your campaign for publication and continue to provide you with hands-on advice. Would you like to discuss your project with a crowdfunding expert before starting it? Book your personal coaching session.
Plan Your Campaign
It pays off to set out a communication strategy in advance, before the project begins. After all, what’s necessary first and foremost is for your potential backers to actually learn about your crowdfunding campaign. Think about whom you could write to and when and how to do this. Think about who could help you spread the word about your project. Tell everyone close to you in your network so as to be sure that your family and friends will be supporting you right from the very beginning. Let us know if you would like us to help you design your own personalized communications strategy.
Get Hold of Backers
As soon as your campaign is online, you make as much noise as possible: personally, on social media, through mailings – the more people to know about it, the better! Do not forget: on wemakeit, it’s «all or nothing». Your project needs to make it to at least 100% of its funding goal otherwise it ends without success and the backers get their money back. Going strong in the beginning will take you far – if you can make it to between 20 and 30% within the first week, chances are that you will conclude your campaign successfully.
Conclude Your Campaign
If you fund your project with success, we will transfer the amount collected minus 10% in fees (6% service charge and 4% transaction fees) to your account. In case your project does not make it to 100% of its funding goal, all your backers will get their money back. In this case, you will not incur any costs. But actually, we very much believe that your crowdfunding campaign will make it and that you will be able to realize your plans.
This is how your wemakeit campaign will take off like a rocket
You want your project to be taken care of by experts and present it to the largest crowdfunding community in Switzerland? You need look no further, it’s all here!
wemakeit PackagesIs there anything you’d like to ask?
If you have any questions or requests, our team will get back to within 48 hours (on business days). Send us an e-mail to: hello@wemakeit.com
