The Calimacil Foam LED Saber: Review, Funding & Stats
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/51201297/calimacil-foam-lightsaberHyperstarter Score
36%
Good
Goal Status
Backers
264
Pledge Amount
$144,102
of $50,000
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Marketing & Backlinks
Popular Sites
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 Glowing foam lightsabers: All the fun, none of the fear - CNET www.cnet.com The Foam Lightsaber project looks cool as all get-up. The Kickstarter video shows costumed |
 Star Wars-inspired lightsaber toy being developed in Sherbrooke, Que. | CBC News www.cbc.ca Earlier this year, they launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the development. They sailed past their first |
 This Battle-Friendly Foam Lightsaber With Lights And Sound Effects Is The Safe Alternative To The Plastic Toys | Tech Times www.techtimes.com Source: Kickstarter |
 LARP-friendly 'Star Wars' lightsaber could make dueling safer and more realistic - The Daily Dot Jul 10, 2017|www.dailydot.com French-Canadian LARP gear manufacturer Calimacil has put together a very convincing Kickstarter campaign for foam |
 Illuminated Foam Weapons : Foam Weapon Aug 7, 2017|www.trendhunter.com References: kickstarter & dudeiwantthat |
General Sites
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 Indestructible Foam LED Lightsabers | DudeIWantThat.com www.dudeiwantthat.com Foam LED Lightsabers for Dueling ► |
 Cedar Sanderson - File 770 file770.com lightsaber that’s sturdy enough to bash around that they have fully funded Calimacil’s Kickstarter and then some – raising $46,889, well beyond the $38,259 |
 Battle-Safe Foam Lightsabers That Actually Glow are Finally Available! epicstream.com versions of the glowing foam lightsabers available through Calimacil's $50,000 Kickstarter campaign . You can pre-order the Basic Plasma Blue or Red |
 Outdoor | Gentlemint gentlemint.com See item |
 Foam LEDsabre Lightsaber www.geekalerts.com The Foam LEDsabre Lightsaber will be available February 2016 – May 2016 but it |
The Calimacil Foam LED Saber: 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: 28 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: 111 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
Congrats on overfunding!
Just keep pushing the campaign whether it is leveraging your own contacts, updating your ads or retargeting an existing audience or trying pitching and outreach to influencers in your specific niche.
The first job of your title and headline is to get attention. The way you capture someone's attention is by describing your project in an easy to understand manner. It also helps if your product has a superlative label. For example: Is it the "World's Best ____?", the "first _____?", the "fastest____?" etc. Can you explain to potential backers how your product is lighter, faster, quicker, bigger, smaller, better than competitors.
People love reading stories. It's why fiction authors outsell non-fiction authors by at least 1,000-to-1. Your product has a creation story, an origin and you may have stories of customers who have used your product and how it changed their lives. Tell these stories on your project page.
Not only do visuals draw a potential backers attention to the sections that they care about, but they also make your campaign appear more professional and well-crafted. Check how your "hero" image looks like as a thumbnail.