TechCrunch
Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter is expanding its platform to two markets Down Under. It is opening up its network to Australia and New Zealand-based projects “in the very near future,” the company says, drumming up interest two days after the site opened its doors to Canada, and comes some months after it went to its first market outside the U.S., the United Kingdom.
Kickstarter originally noted it would move into Australia and New Zealand in August.
The move is an important one for Kickstarter, which is one of the more popular platforms but competes against sites like Indiegogo, which positions itself as “international” by nature.
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