PrintNinja Joins the Kickstarter Expert Partner Program

Hi, Jeff from PrintNinja here.

We’re part of the Kickstarter Expert Partner Program!

PrintNinja has a long history with crowdfunding. We’ve worked with hundreds of creators who have used crowdfunding platforms to get their projects funded. In fact, I have personally used Kickstarter to self-publish my own graphic novel. It was a wonderful experience that let me reach a point in my comics career ahead of what traditional publishing would have allowed.

So many artists like myself who don’t come from wealth depend on grants and resources that are difficult to access. Connecting directly with a like-minded audience helped me surpass traditional barriers that would have otherwise kept my dreams from becoming reachable. Crowdfunding opens up the world of publishing to a huge range of voices and unique aesthetics that don’t quite fit into a traditional marketing model.

PrintNinja recently partnered with Kickstarter to become part of their Expert Partner Program. But what does that mean? It means we have a long, reputable history of being a valuable vendor for creators who want to get their projects completed.

So how do we do that?

Every day our team speaks with people who have dream projects in the works but who may lack the knowledge of book or card game printing and international logistics to bring their project across the finish line. After years of working directly with customers like this, we’ve become experts at making that complex task easier to digest and affordable to boot.

I know this may sound like shiny marketing language, but it’s honestly true. The reason our company works is that our staff loves the kind of work our customers produce. We have a group of art-loving weirdos who also happen to be great at communicating about international logistics and prepress technicalities. (And that is no small feat.)

If you have the desire to expand the reach of your artistic efforts and need some guidance through the process, we’re here to help.

From quoting to file prep to shipping logistics, we’ll walk you through all of it in simple-to-understand terms, with a friendly staff of like-minded artistic professionals. We’ve seen a lot of custom projects, so we’re likely to know exactly how to help you get everything out of your project that you want. PrintNinja’s long history of handling custom projects is one of the reasons we’re included as one of Kickstarter’s recommended expert vendors.

But don’t just take our word for it. Check out our printing tracker. At nearly 18 million total pieces printed, we’ve seen all sorts of projects and helped all sorts of customers. We also have a slew of reviews on Trustpilot detailing our superior customer service. You can also just ask around! We’ve been at this since 2009, and if you know people in the self-publishing world, there’s a good chance they know our reputation.

PrintNinja was also early money on transparency. We’ve been providing a simple-to-use online calculator with no login barriers as a tool for independent creators since the start. If you haven’t used it yet, it only takes a few minutes to create a quote and save it. This lets you shop around and compare not only price but specs and options quickly and easily. We know you want to spend most of your time creating your project, not sending emails and making phone calls for quotes over and over again.

Before I wrap up, I’ll point you to a few of our many self-publishing resources: our Printing Academy, our YouTube channel with helpful video walkthroughs, and our blog for tips and stories about self-publishing. Finally, here is a post we put together with a bunch of Kickstarter success stories to inspire and motivate you.

Thanks for your time! I look forward to seeing your project transform from a dream into a completed reality.

Best,
Jeff