Redistribution is a mobile application for iOS and Android devices with the purpose of funding and raising money for personal causes.

For Campaign Creators—

Users may create one campaign per week, each with a maximum goal amount of $10,000.

Campaigns begin with 100 Views Remaining and are shown to potential donors in a random, non-repeating order while “live.” This ensures the visibility of every campaign, reducing the burden on campaign creators to self-publicize, while greatly enlarging the monetary capital available to each campaign.

For Donors—

Campaign viewers may augment the Views Remaining of any live campaign by doing the following:

1. Redistributing, which increases the number of Views Remaining by 10.
2. Upvoting, which increases the number of Views Remaining by 1.
3. Downvoting, which decreases the number of Views Remaining by 1.

Campaigns are no longer “live” when the goal is reached or there are 0 Views Remaining. Such campaigns are no longer shown to potential donors, preventing them from raising more money. In effect, campaign viewers and donors decide the fate of each campaign.

However, campaigns with 0 Views Remaining that have not reached their goal may be resurrected at any time, when others redistribute to them (see “What is a reID?” below). Each redistribution received increases the number of Views Remaining by 10, making the campaign “live” again and allowing it to continue being seen by potential donors.

During sign-up, each user creates a personalized identifier called the reID, or Redistribution ID. The reID may be used to quickly and easily find specific users and their campaigns by using the “Search by reID” function in the app menu.

Even if a campaign has 0 Views Remaining, it may be found via Search by reID. Campaigns found in this manner may receive redistributions but may not be upvoted or downvoted. As such, the reID may be safely shared with others, including family and friends, as well as publicized across social media, text, emails, websites, forums, news articles, newsletters, signs, fliers, pamphlets, other written materials, etc.

By sharing their reID, campaign creators may quickly reach likely donors, whose redistributions greatly increase the number of Views Remaining, allowing their campaign to gain the widest possible audience.

By sharing your reID, new users may enter it into the reID Referral Code form, during account creation. Each new user referred in this way increases the number of Views Remaining on your campaign by 4 (max 1000). Additionally, they may use the Search by reID function (found in the app menu) to search for and redistribute to your campaign, further increasing the number of Views Remaining by 10.

With each new user referred and redistribution received, your campaign will gain Views Remaining and continue being shown to potential donors, whose upvotes and redistributions will also increase the number of Views Remaining and allow your campaign to snowball to success.

It’s surprisingly easy to get started.

Download the Redistribution app for free on the App Store (iOS) or Play Store (Android). Within minutes, your campaign for up to $10,000 could be “live” and being seen by potential donors, or you could be viewing the campaigns of others and controlling the distribution of funding.

Currently, we are only serving customers in the United States of America.

No. Redistribution is designed to give everyone’s campaign an equal opportunity to be seen and equitable results in their outcome.

If in doubt, upvote. Upvoting increases the number of Views Remaining by 1, allowing others to participate in the decision-making process.

No. However, the last ten campaigns that you upvoted are saved in Upvoted Campaigns and all campaigns that you funded that have not yet been removed are saved in Funded Campaigns. Both Upvoted Campaigns and Funded Campaigns may be found in the app menu.

Redistribution is for personal causes. You can raise money for yourself, your family and friends as well as any other person, company, group, or organization.

No. Redistribution allows individuals to raise funds on behalf of beneficiaries, companies, groups, or themselves. However, non-profits and charities are not allowed to raise money directly for themselves.

Yes. You may raise more than $10,000 on both a per campaign basis and a per user basis.

Per Campaign: we will help you raise up to $10,000. However, once your campaign’s goal amount is reached, your campaign will lose any accumulated Views Remaining and no longer be  “live.” To continue raising money, you may solicit funds directly from others via Search by reID. When you share your reID with others, they may use the Search by reID function (found in the app menu) to find your campaign and redistribute to it. There is no limit to the amount of money that may be raised in this way.

Per User: you may create an unlimited number of campaigns. However, you may only create one campaign per week, and only one campaign may be active at a time. In this way, you may continue raising money over time.

Create a campaign to start raising money. Within minutes, your campaign will be “live” and being seen by potential donors.

Within 30 days of submitting a campaign, you must connect Stripe. Stripe is our payment processor and is required to receive the money redistributed to your campaign. If you fail to connect Stripe within 30 days of submitting a campaign, you will forfeit any funds earmarked for your campaign. Forfeited funds will be returned and cannot be recovered.

As such, we strongly recommend you connect Stripe as soon as possible to avoid forfeiture of funds. After submitting a campaign, use the “Connect Stripe” button (found in the app menu) to complete the process. It is your responsibility to comply with all of Stripe’s requirements in order to connect Stripe in a timely manner.

Yes. After submitting a campaign on Redistribution, you will have 30 days to connect Stripe. Stripe requires that you have a bank account to receive the redistributed funds. Please review Stripe’s bank account requirements to determine what type of bank account is required.

There are many reputable banking solutions that have few requirements to get started. While we do not provide any financial advice or banking recommendations, this is usually not a significant barrier to overcome within 30 days. If you anticipate any difficulty in obtaining an appropriate bank account, please begin this task immediately to avoid missing the deadline.

To share your campaign, you may safely share your reID with anyone who supports your cause or use the Share button in the top-right corner of your campaign.

With each new user referred and redistribution received through sharing, your campaign will gain Views Remaining and continue being shown to potential donors, whose upvotes and redistributions will also increase the number of Views Remaining and allow your campaign to snowball to success.

Yes. Using your reID, others may quickly find your campaign via Search by reID (found in the app menu). Campaigns found in this manner may receive redistributions but may not be upvoted or downvoted. As such, the reID may be safely shared with others, including family and friends, as well as publicized across social media, text, emails, websites, forums, news articles, newsletters, signs, fliers, pamphlets, other written materials, etc.

By sharing your reID, you may quickly reach likely donors, whose redistributions greatly increase the number of Views Remaining, allowing your campaign to gain the widest possible audience.

The platform is provided to users for free to download and access. However, transaction fees apply when you use our services to raise money.

There are two types of transaction fees: platform fees and processing fees. Our platform charges a 12% platform fee when you raise money on our platform. Additionally, our payment processor, Stripe, charges processing fees for the use of their services, including processing payments made to your campaign.

To learn more about Stripe’s fees, please visit their website.

Firstly, we provide a disruptive and transformative service not offered by traditional fundraising platforms: visibility and attention for every campaign posted on our platform. Consider how many people are struggling financially right now. Our platform allows individuals without the means or ability to reach potential donors to immediately access redistributed capital. The fees that we collect allow us to provide such services.

Secondly, we are not owned or funded by billionaires and multi-billion dollar venture capitalist firms. The fees we collect support our independence to challenge an industry that has a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Through self-sufficiency, we will continue to innovate, push the industry forward, and go beyond fundraising.

Lastly, we believe in sustainable and responsible business practices. A sensible fee structure provides stability for our team and affords us the ability to continually invest in our platform to deliver the best experience possible for our customers.

You must connect Stripe within 30 days of creating a campaign. We strongly advise you do so immediately to avoid missing the deadline.

Upon successfully connecting your Stripe account, you will be able to access the Stripe Express Dashboard, from which you may access the funds raised by your campaign.

After successfully connecting Stripe, you will be able to access the Stripe Express Dashboard, where you will receive up-to-date information about transfers and payouts to your account.

We are unable to provide any specific tax advice. Donations are usually considered “personal gifts,” which are generally not taxed as income, and we will not report the funds you receive as earned income. Please consult a tax professional for advice.

We strive to provide a seamless and error-free experience. If you encounter an error or issue while using our platform, please send us an email at support@redistribution.io with as much of the following information as possible:

• The time(s) and date(s) on which the issue was encountered.
• The manufacturer, model, and operating system of the device being used to access the platform when the issue was encountered.
• A detailed description of the nature of the issue encountered, including the relevant page, part, or function of the platform affected by this issue.
• Step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce the issue encountered.
• Any additional information that would help others quickly locate and reproduce this issue.

We’re always happy to help. Please email us at support@redistribution.io.