You're right in general. In fact, comparing Kickstarter and GoFundMe is a bit odd, because they're not competitors.
Kickstarter is more than just pre-shipping tech products like the Oculus Rift. In fact, they originally marketed it as a way for authors to pre-sell books, musicians to pre-sell albums, etc. and there's still a lot of that.
Kickstarter is more than just pre-shipping tech products like the Oculus Rift. In fact, they originally marketed it as a way for authors to pre-sell books, musicians to pre-sell albums, etc. and there's still a lot of that.