Why it failed: As cool as “laser razor” sounds, there wasn’t any real technology behind Skarp that did what its founders claimed it could do. There was a lot of hype surrounding the project, and some were even calling it “the future of shaving.” In other words, the razor was to use a laser instead of a normal cutting blade. What Skarp was: Skarp was a laser shaving razor that would allegedly melt both light and dark hairs using a certain laser frequency carried by a piece of string. 12 of the Biggest Kickstarter Fails 12) Pebble Time Here are 12 of the biggest Kickstarter fails to be glad you didn’t back (hopefully). This means they might get successfully funded, but the backers don’t receive what they paid for, or the products delivered don’t live up to what was promised.įrom poor execution to outright scams, there are many reasons why Kickstarter projects have failed over the years. However, according to Kickstarter, about 9% of all Kickstarter projects fail to deliver rewards. Over the years, more than 221,597 Kickstarter projects have been successfully funded, with a total of over $6,670,055,191 in funding from backers. Kickstarter has earned a reputation as the best crowdfunding platform of them all and has some pretty impressive stats to back up that title.
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