"kickstarter and cohorts getting fees while offering little value."
If a site has a vibrant community with a popular (or even household) name, handles funding transactions, provides a stable experience when you get traffic, and basically lets you worry about the project itself more than the technology of running a crowdfunding campaign, I believe that's worth a 5% cut.
Saying: "Come fund my new project on Kickstarter/IndieGogo/other crowdfunding site" has a lot more trust behind it than saying, "I set up crowdfunding on my own website, donate here."
If a site has a vibrant community with a popular (or even household) name, handles funding transactions, provides a stable experience when you get traffic, and basically lets you worry about the project itself more than the technology of running a crowdfunding campaign, I believe that's worth a 5% cut.
Saying: "Come fund my new project on Kickstarter/IndieGogo/other crowdfunding site" has a lot more trust behind it than saying, "I set up crowdfunding on my own website, donate here."