Kickstarter's FAQ clearly states that you need to be a US, UK (or now Canadian) citizen/business and you should prove it (SSN/government-issued IDs, address etc..) in order to launch a project.
So, can I ask you how this project has been published (and funded)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1054394377/idae-the-book...
given the fact that the company is Italian, the team members seems to be all Italian judging from their names, the location indicated was "Milan, Italy" and the product was going to be made in / shipped from Italy?
Maybe it's just "ok" to have somebody in the US/UK/CAN that acts as a middleman for the project?
N.B. the above project is just an example, I'm Italian and I've searched from something that seemed to be founded from Italy
Sorry for my poor/wrong usage of the word "citizen", I meant resident with SSN, US address, bank account, ID card, US credit/debit card etc.. as stated in the FAQ [1].
So definitely you shouldn't be able to launch a project by residing in another country and just "faking" a US address using something like those shipping forwarding services used to buy stuff in the USA
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Hi YanceyKSR, a question for you:
Kickstarter's FAQ clearly states that you need to be a US, UK (or now Canadian) citizen/business and you should prove it (SSN/government-issued IDs, address etc..) in order to launch a project.
So, can I ask you how this project has been published (and funded) http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1054394377/idae-the-book... given the fact that the company is Italian, the team members seems to be all Italian judging from their names, the location indicated was "Milan, Italy" and the product was going to be made in / shipped from Italy?
Maybe it's just "ok" to have somebody in the US/UK/CAN that acts as a middleman for the project?
N.B. the above project is just an example, I'm Italian and I've searched from something that seemed to be founded from Italy
I thought the citizen part sounded strange so I did a quick check. According to [0] you only need to be a permanent resident.
[0] http://www.kickstarter.com/help/guidelines
Sorry for my poor/wrong usage of the word "citizen", I meant resident with SSN, US address, bank account, ID card, US credit/debit card etc.. as stated in the FAQ [1]. So definitely you shouldn't be able to launch a project by residing in another country and just "faking" a US address using something like those shipping forwarding services used to buy stuff in the USA
[1] http://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/creator+questions