(Consider all links in this comment NSFW :) )<p>Wow. Kinda myopicly focused on kickstarters lack of sex projects without mentioning much of anything happening elsewhere, nor the normal issues with chargebacks on sex related products.<p>Indiegogo's highest profile project has probably been vibease (Hopefully Dema will see this and speak up :) ), who netted $130k or so. However, there's been tons of other projects that haven't made it but have at least gotten press (like the Elaico, which wanted WAY Too much money for not nearly enough newness. <a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/3020125/fund-this/adventures-in-teledildonics-sleek-new-toys-for-futuristic-computer-sex" rel="nofollow">http://www.fastcoexist.com/3020125/fund-this/adventures-in-t...</a>).<p>Also, there's a funding site specifically for sex stuff, called Offbeatr (<a href="http://offbeatr.com" rel="nofollow">http://offbeatr.com</a>). It's mostly for funding porn productions, but there's also been video games and other things. The problem with offbeatr is that there are a BUNCH of up front fees (to offset the usual chargeback scares associated with sex projects), as well as an odd 3 round process to get your project approved. Furries do seem to love it, which seems to get their projects over the 3 round issue since they know their fanbase will always vote things through.<p>Concentrating on LovePalz is weird because while they /claim/ to have been rejected by kickstarter, no one from KS will ever confirm this, and their launch was a MASSIVE failure that would've caused lots of bad press were it more publicized (<a href="http://www.slashdong.org/2013/06/03/lovepalz-ships-also-doesnt-also-now-in-beta/" rel="nofollow">http://www.slashdong.org/2013/06/03/lovepalz-ships-also-does...</a>)<p>More articles on sex crowdfunding:<p><a href="http://www.slashdong.org/2012/11/28/would-you-like-some-making-fuck-crowdfunding-sex-projects/" rel="nofollow">http://www.slashdong.org/2012/11/28/would-you-like-some-maki...</a>
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