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title: "Overview"
description: "fundmysaas is reward crowdfunding for SaaS. Back a product before it ships and pay only when the rules of the campaign are met."
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# Overview

> fundmysaas is reward crowdfunding for SaaS. Back a product before it ships and pay only when the rules of the campaign are met.

fundmysaas is a place to back SaaS products before they ship. A founder opens a campaign with a goal, a date and a few rewards, such as a prepaid subscription or a lifetime deal. Backers pledge for a reward. If the goal is met, the backers are charged under the rules of the campaign. If it is not, nobody pays.

It is run by Sway SRL, a Belgian company.

## What a pledge is

A pledge is a purchase of a reward from the founder, like a pre-order. It is never a donation, and it never gives shares, a share of revenue, interest or any other financial return. fundmysaas is for rewards only.

## The rules that always hold

- **All or nothing.** If a campaign misses its goal, every pledge is released and nobody is charged.
- **You choose how you are charged.** Each campaign is a [Ship pledge, a Build fund or a Growth campaign](https://fundmysaas.io/docs/how-it-works#three-ways-to-raise), and its page says which.
- **The founder is the seller.** The contract, the invoice and the VAT are the founder's. Payments go straight to the founder's Stripe account, and Sway never holds or moves backers' money.
- **14 days to withdraw.** A backer can withdraw from the contract within 14 days, in a click from My pledges.
- **Campaigns are reviewed.** A campaign goes live only after Stripe has verified the founder and an operator has approved it.

## Where to go next

- [How it works](https://fundmysaas.io/docs/how-it-works): the life of a campaign, from the first draft to the charge.
- [Pledging](https://fundmysaas.io/docs/backers/pledging): back a reward, step by step.
- [When you are charged](https://fundmysaas.io/docs/backers/charges): the charge in each mode, failed payments and campaigns that fail.
- [Withdrawal and refunds](https://fundmysaas.io/docs/backers/withdrawal): leave a pledge, or get a refund.
- [Backer grades](https://fundmysaas.io/docs/backers/grades): the badge that grows with what you back.
- [Payout account](https://fundmysaas.io/docs/founders/payout-account): connect Stripe before your first campaign.
- [Campaigns and rewards](https://fundmysaas.io/docs/founders/campaigns-and-rewards): modes, dates, rewards and the words you cannot use.
- [Review and going live](https://fundmysaas.io/docs/founders/review-and-going-live): the checks, and what is locked once a campaign is approved.
- [Launch proof and deadlines](https://fundmysaas.io/docs/founders/launch-and-deadlines): how a Ship pledge gets charged.
- [Fees](https://fundmysaas.io/docs/fees): what fundmysaas takes, and what it does not.
- [Changelog](https://fundmysaas.io/docs/changelog): what changed, newest first.


## Sitemap

See the full [sitemap](https://fundmysaas.io/sitemap.md) for all pages.