reddit has launched its own crowdfunding platform dubbed "redditmade" as of Wednesday, according to a post on the site. redditmade focuses on campaigns for T-shirts and knick-knacks associated with subreddit communities, but the boundaries expand as far as "the best designs and products by the community."
redditmade joins platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, but with a more specific focus on redditors and items they want to see made. Sample projects on the redditmade front page currently include a "Not A Cocktail" book associated with r/cocktails, a t-shirt for r/redditblack, and bumper stickers for the r/camping subreddit.
While anyone can open any project for funding, the redditmade FAQ clarifies that "Official subreddit campaigns are distinguished on redditmade as featured campaigns, and they can also receive complimentary ads on reddit for the subreddit they are associated with." The ads are auto-generated but are not shown if the ad space has already been sold, reddit says.
In addition to giving users a platform to crowdfund, reddit also writes that redditmade will "connect you to our network of quality sourcing partners for a variety of products and walk you through every step of the process so your community can celebrate your connection and show off your pride without all the work," which goes a step beyond the involvement of other similar sites. The platform is open to new users now, but accounts must be connected to a reddit username.
Disclosure: reddit shares a parent company, Advance Publications, with Ars Technica's parent company, Condé Nast.
22 Reader Comments
Test shirt, please ignore.
Well, if anyone wants to buy one, it's not hurting anyone. Except perhaps the image copyright holders.
I do have to wonder what they'll do with the first blatantly awful shirt from /r/jailbait, /r/gamergate, /r/creepshots, /r/n***ers or the like (since some of those are closed). FAQ says the only thing you can't do is make it age-restricted.
Wow. They must really not sell very many ads if they're positioning actually selling an ad as the occasional alternative scenario.
Wait, so reddit and Ars are related? So you're like, step-cousins, twice removed or something? Stupid parent companies, holding companies, shell companies, etc. Makes it all confusing
Well, if anyone wants to buy one, it's not hurting anyone. Except perhaps the image copyright holders.
I do have to wonder what they'll do with the first blatantly awful shirt from /r/jailbait, /r/gamergate, /r/creepshots, /r/n***ers or the like (since some of those are closed). FAQ says the only thing you can't do is make it age-restricted.
dont forget /r/beatingwomen , /r/beatingwomen2 , /r/MensRights , /r/GunsForSale , /r/PicsOfDeadKids , /r/whiterights , /r/BlackCrime , /r/White_Pride , /r/White_Nationalism , /r/NationalSocialism , /r/racism_immigration , /r/HBD (eugenics) , /r/LegalTeens , /r/CosplayBoobs , /r/watchpeopledie , /r/Tentai /r/Incest_Hentai_Manga , /r/littlespace ...
sorry, i am going to have to stop making this list... i think i may vomit.
Wait, so reddit and Ars are related? So you're like, step-cousins, twice removed or something? Stupid parent companies, holding companies, shell companies, etc. Makes it all confusing
I think that entire comment is a bit weird. reddit is a seperate entity which is not owned entirely by Advance Publications. The exact split of ownership is undisclosed, but reddit is it's own corporation.
Well, if anyone wants to buy one, it's not hurting anyone. Except perhaps the image copyright holders.
I do have to wonder what they'll do with the first blatantly awful shirt from /r/jailbait, /r/gamergate, /r/creepshots, /r/n***ers or the like (since some of those are closed). FAQ says the only thing you can't do is make it age-restricted.
dont forget /r/beatingwomen , /r/beatingwomen2 , /r/MensRights , /r/GunsForSale , /r/PicsOfDeadKids , /r/whiterights , /r/BlackCrime , /r/White_Pride , /r/White_Nationalism , /r/NationalSocialism , /r/racism_immigration , /r/HBD (eugenics) , /r/LegalTeens , /r/CosplayBoobs , /r/watchpeopledie , /r/Tentai /r/Incest_Hentai_Manga , /r/littlespace ...
sorry, i am going to have to stop making this list... i think i may vomit.
Wait why is /r/GunsForSale on your list? People shouldn't be allowed to sell guns? Next up was /r/guns, then /r/politics then /r/BDSM and then every subreddit you don't personally agree with?
Aaaand now I'm going to go look at some guns for sale.
Well, if anyone wants to buy one, it's not hurting anyone. Except perhaps the image copyright holders.
I do have to wonder what they'll do with the first blatantly awful shirt from /r/jailbait, /r/gamergate, /r/creepshots, /r/n***ers or the like (since some of those are closed). FAQ says the only thing you can't do is make it age-restricted.
dont forget /r/beatingwomen , /r/beatingwomen2 , /r/MensRights , /r/GunsForSale , /r/PicsOfDeadKids , /r/whiterights , /r/BlackCrime , /r/White_Pride , /r/White_Nationalism , /r/NationalSocialism , /r/racism_immigration , /r/HBD (eugenics) , /r/LegalTeens , /r/CosplayBoobs , /r/watchpeopledie , /r/Tentai /r/Incest_Hentai_Manga , /r/littlespace ...
sorry, i am going to have to stop making this list... i think i may vomit.
Wait why is /r/GunsForSale on your list? People shouldn't be allowed to sell guns? Next up was /r/guns, then /r/politics then /r/BDSM and then every subreddit you don't personally agree with?
Aaaand now I'm going to go look at some guns for sale.
Nothing wrong with GunsForSale, but the kind of T-shirts that might be spawned from it, on the other hand...
Listen, I like firearms, I enjoy shooting. But the mentality of a large portion of firearms enthusiasts these days isn't something I'm real excited to see on a T-shirt.
Wait, so reddit and Ars are related? So you're like, step-cousins, twice removed or something? Stupid parent companies, holding companies, shell companies, etc. Makes it all confusing
I think that entire comment is a bit weird. reddit is a seperate entity which is not owned entirely by Advance Publications. The exact split of ownership is undisclosed, but reddit is it's own corporation.
Ah. Didn't know that. Was aiming for a joke, but clearly it sounded better in my head.
Cosplay boobs? Awesome!
And "Redditmade" is kinda weak, for crowdfunding they should have called it "Creddit" or "RedditCreddit".
Wait, so reddit and Ars are related? So you're like, step-cousins, twice removed or something? Stupid parent companies, holding companies, shell companies, etc. Makes it all confusing
I think that entire comment is a bit weird. reddit is a seperate entity which is not owned entirely by Advance Publications. The exact split of ownership is undisclosed, but reddit is it's own corporation.
ArsTechnica is owned by Condé Nast, a subsidiary of Advanced Publications which is a private company. Here are the words of Ken Fisher, Ars' Founder (2008):
Wait, so reddit and Ars are related? So you're like, step-cousins, twice removed or something? Stupid parent companies, holding companies, shell companies, etc. Makes it all confusing
I think that entire comment is a bit weird. reddit is a seperate entity which is not owned entirely by Advance Publications. The exact split of ownership is undisclosed, but reddit is it's own corporation.
ArsTechnica is owned by Condé Nast, a subsidiary of Advanced Publications which is a private company. Here are the words of Ken Fisher, Ars' Founder (2008):
Yea, I knew Ars had been acquired by Conde Nast, just didn't know they were in turn owned/partially owned/whatever by someone else. Who then apparently has a stake in reddit, which I didn't know.
Wait, so reddit and Ars are related? So you're like, step-cousins, twice removed or something? Stupid parent companies, holding companies, shell companies, etc. Makes it all confusing
I think that entire comment is a bit weird. reddit is a seperate entity which is not owned entirely by Advance Publications. The exact split of ownership is undisclosed, but reddit is it's own corporation.
ArsTechnica is owned by Condé Nast, a subsidiary of Advanced Publications which is a private company. Here are the words of Ken Fisher, Ars' Founder (2008):
Yea, I knew Ars had been acquired by Conde Nast, just didn't know they were in turn owned/partially owned/whatever by someone else. Who then apparently has a stake in reddit, which I didn't know.
Condé Nast was merged with the privately owned Advanced Publications in 1959 by the Newhouse family. Condé Nast bought reddit in 2006 and ArsTechnica later in 2008. reddit was then spun-off as a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Publications in 2011, effectively giving it the same hierarchy as Condé Nast. All are basically owned by the same company with varying levels of autonomy.
Wait, so reddit and Ars are related? So you're like, step-cousins, twice removed or something? Stupid parent companies, holding companies, shell companies, etc. Makes it all confusing
I think that entire comment is a bit weird. reddit is a seperate entity which is not owned entirely by Advance Publications. The exact split of ownership is undisclosed, but reddit is it's own corporation.
ArsTechnica is owned by Condé Nast, a subsidiary of Advanced Publications which is a private company. Here are the words of Ken Fisher, Ars' Founder (2008):
Yea, I knew Ars had been acquired by Conde Nast, just didn't know they were in turn owned/partially owned/whatever by someone else. Who then apparently has a stake in reddit, which I didn't know.
Condé Nast was merged with the privately owned Advanced Publications in 1959 by the Newhouse family. Condé Nast bought reddit in 2006 and ArsTechnica later in 2008. reddit was then spun-off as a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Publications in 2011, effectively giving it the same hierarchy as Condé Nast. All are basically owned by the same company with varying levels of autonomy.
Nice to know someone around here knows all of this stuff. Me, I'm going to go crawl back into my cave lit by the soft, green glow of my green on black terminal sessions =D
Wait, so reddit and Ars are related? So you're like, step-cousins, twice removed or something? Stupid parent companies, holding companies, shell companies, etc. Makes it all confusing
Despite Ars being older chronologically speaking, I think using the company holding model, Reddit is like Ars' uncle, where Advance Publications is the grand daddy, Reddit and Conde Nast are brothers, and Ars is Conde Nast's kid.
Niche categories with a really engaged audience who would be more interested in buying those random products.
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