The Kickstarter you backed may soon ask for more money to cover Trump’s tariffs

Kickstarter is launching a new “Tariff Manager” tool that volition let creators to use a surcharge to projects aft their run has ended, as spotted earlier by 404 Media. The instrumentality is expected to assistance creators woody with “rising costs” and import fees arsenic a effect of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

If a creator’s task is affected by tariffs, they tin taxable a petition done Kickstarter and past use per-item surcharges to backers with US shipping addresses. Kickstarter volition see the other interest successful a abstracted enactment connected a backer’s outgo page. The level says the instrumentality is “weeks away” from rolling out.

“We recognize that asking backers to wage an further interest — particularly aft a run has ended — tin beryllium sensitive,” Kickstarter writes. Backers who determine not to wage the interest volition person to scope retired to creators straight to travel up with a solution, specified arsenic adjusting their pledge oregon getting a refund, according to Kickstarter.

Larger campaigns person addressed the tariffs head-on, similar the 1 for Peak Design’s Roller Pro Carry-On, which says it has “made the determination to not adhd immoderate further tariff charges to your pledges.” But this run has received much than $13 cardinal successful pledges, and smaller projects mightiness not beryllium capable to screen import fees with pledges alone. Several Kickstarter committee crippled projects, specified arsenic ones led by Curt Covert and Gap Closer Games, person already warned backers that tariffs could effect successful delays oregon higher prices, as reported by Fast Company.