Practice simulation by FreelanceSites: not the real Crowdcube app, no account is created, nothing leaves your device.
Crowdcube, practice simulation
Make videos, posts or a membership page, grow an audience, qualify for payouts and cash out. A coach explains every step and can do it for you.
Crowdcube
The whole journey is written out step by step below, with the real-life time each part takes.
Your journey, in real-life terms
What you would need in real life
- A registered business
Next steps
This practice run at a glance
The real rules this practice run uses
From Crowdcube's published pages, as recorded on its platform page. Check the platform itself before you join.
- Fees
- 5-8% success fee + 2.5% platform fee
- Payout speed
- After due diligence and cooling-off, funds collection and capture usually take several working days
- Payout methods
- Bank transfer
- Approval
- Application and vetting
- Good to know
- Could not verify because the site blocks automated access, and raises are for registered companies, not individuals.
- You need
- A registered business
Eligibility source: crowdcube.com
The journey, step by step
What happens on a real creator platform from sign-up to your first withdrawal, and how long each part takes. In total: 3 months to 7 months.
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Create your Crowdcube account
Every earning app starts with an account tied to your real name and email. Here you sign up as a demo person, so nothing about you is used.
Typical estimate About 5 minutes
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Log in to Crowdcube
Real apps ask you to confirm your email and often turn on two-step login. Never reuse a password from another site, and only ever type it on the real site.
Typical estimate A minute
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Complete your Crowdcube profile
Your profile is your shop window: photo, headline, skills and price. Backers compare it with everyone else's before they pick you.
Typical estimate 1 to 2 hours to set up a shop
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Verify your identity
Most platforms check your ID before you can withdraw money. It stops fraud and is required by payment laws.
Typical estimate ID checks often take minutes, sometimes a day or two
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Wait for Crowdcube to approve you
Platforms control who joins. Some let you in instantly, others review profiles, vet applications or keep a waitlist when they have enough people.
From Crowdcube's published rules Application and vetting, often 1 to 3 weeks
Crowdcube: Application and vetting. Could not verify because the site blocks automated access, and raises are for registered companies, not individuals.
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Prepare your campaign
Backers fund a working prototype, a clear video and honest rewards. Price in manufacturing and shipping costs.
Typical estimate Prototype, video and reward plan
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Launch and reach your goal on Crowdcube
On all-or-nothing platforms you get nothing if you miss the goal. Most backers come from your own network and marketing.
Typical estimate A campaign runs for about 30 to 60 days
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Crowdcube takes its fee
What the backer pays is not what you keep. The platform fee comes off first, then your own costs.
From Crowdcube's published rules Instant
Fees on Crowdcube: 5-8% success fee + 2.5% platform fee
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Wait for Crowdcube to clear the money
New earnings sit as "pending" for a while so refunds and disputes can be handled. You cannot withdraw them yet.
Typical estimate Funds arrive about 2 weeks after a successful campaign ends
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Withdraw from Crowdcube
Pick a payout method and confirm. Bank transfers take a few days, wallets and instant cards can be faster but may charge a fee.
From Crowdcube's published rules Usually 1 to 5 days to arrive
Payout methods on Crowdcube: Bank transfer.
Where the money goes on one campaign
| A funded campaign: 100 backers at $50 (illustrative) | $5,000.00 |
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| Platform fee (9%) Middle of Crowdcube's published 7.5%–10.5% range | −$450.00 |
| What you keep | $4,550.00 |
This is an educational practice run by FreelanceSites. It is not Crowdcube's app and is not affiliated with Crowdcube: only its published rules are used, in our own simplified design. Amounts marked illustrative are examples, and real times vary by country, demand and your own effort.