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Is YouCaring a Scam? – More Than $550,000,000 Already Raised on 290,000 Different Projects.

Is YouCaring a Scam? No it’s not. Throughout the years more than $550 MILLION were raised through their website. There have been more than 7,5 MILLION supporters and 290 000 fundraisers. We are talking about something very big.

What is YouCaring and how does it work? in this review I will answer you comprehensively to these questions and explain how you can get started on YouCaring. Do you care? 😉

YouCaring Review

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Name: YouCaring
Website: www.YouCaring.com
Founded: In 2011 by Brock Ketcher, Naomi Ketcher and Luke Miner 
Field: Crowdfunding Platforms

Overall Rank: 93 Out of 100 (Check Out My #1 Recommendation, 98 Out of 100)

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What Is YouCaring?

YouCaring is a crowdfunding platform where you can either support or fund worthwhile projects. Most of the projects are related to medical treatments, sicknesses or funerals but there are also many other kind of projects.

YouCaring was founded back in 2011 by Luke Miner, Brock Ketcher and  Naomi Ketcher after they came back home from a mission trip. They figured out that why wouldn’t they harness today’s technology for something good and positive for the world.

I really like the idea of YouCaring. Through their platform people are supporting many worthy projects and I believe that even many lives have been changes because of their website. And imagine the huge money that has been transferred: +$550,000,000! Imagine how many medical treatments people have been able to buy with this money.

What Kind of Projects Can You Start/Support?

Above you can see a big list of different kind of projects that you can support or start. YouCaring is a very powerful platform for fundraising. You can find projects that have raised tens of thousands of dollars. And I saw that some projects raised even around $200,000.

 

In most jobs it would take years to earn $200,000 but in YouCaring you can earn it quickly if you have a worthy project that people want to support. Little on their website scrolling reveals that most of the projects are created against sicknesses. Somebody has got a cancer diagnosis and now he needs to money so he can pay his treatments against the cancer.

There are also several projects to fund studies at schools. In many countries one most pay expensive fees in order to have a formal education. In my home country Finland education is totally free for students and actually the government pays you some money for studying. It’s very different system than in the U.S.A., for example.

As you can see in this picture above, you can also fund your mission trip through YouCaring. In this example Natalie is funding her mission trip to Guatemala. She has already earned $13,750. Not bad, huh?

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How to Create Project on YouCaring?

Creating a new project (Fundraiser) on YouCaring is free, very simple and easy. You can sign up by using your email or Facebook accounts. Signing up takes maximum 30 seconds.

Then you are ready to create your projects. Do the following things:

1.Set a goal. How much money you want to raise and what is the purpose? You can always change your monetary goal afterwards. Then set a deadline. When people see a deadline they are more willing to support you because they feel the sense of urgency.

2.Create a headline and description. Make up an enticing headline that will attract people to your page. Then describe clearly and honestly what is your projects all about. Why do you want to raise money and why people would like to support you?

3.Upload photos (and videos). High-quality pictures will more likely attract people to support your project. YouCaring also recommends you to attract several pictures instead of only one because then people will have a more broad view of what your project is all about.

After all, videos are the most effective and impactful way to communicate with your potential supporters. That’s why a video will most likely help you to raise even more money.

4.Share your project on social media. YouCaring has social media buttons that easily enable you to share your page on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and email. They also advertise that each share on FB can help you to raise $37 more.

5.Update your project regularly. Add new pictures or videos how your project is moving forward. Share those updates on social medias so people are aware of the process and can support you even more.  You can always change your goal if it seems to be too high or low. Remember that even though you don’t reach your goal, you will be able to keep the money that has been given to you.

When the project is over, you will get the money through PayPal or WePay.

Are There Fees on YouCaring?

Now we come to a very interesting part. Most crowdfunding platforms charge you a high fee for each donation. For example, Patreon and GoFundMe both take aroudn 10% before they pay you the donation. YouCaring doesn’t take any fees and running a fundraising project is completely free.

There are some fees for the Paypal transfer. Usually it’s 2.9% + $.30 credit card processing fee. Anyway, this fee is much smaller than in many other crowdfunding platforms.

How does YouCaring fund themselves?

When you give a donation, there is also a possibility to support YouCaring. You can donate something for them as well. It’s $0,00 by default but many people decide to give something also for the website because it’s quite useful.

Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Crowdfunding for good purposes is a wonderful idea
• Already more than $550,000,000 have been raised throughout the years.
• I think that many lives has been saved because of YouCaring
• It’s very easy and free to get started
• You don’t need  to pay fees for using YouCaring
• It’s easy to share your projects on Facebook and on other social medias
• You can keep the money even though you wouldn’t reach your goal

Cons:

• There are some complaints of the slow support. (But this is common to almost any online platform.)
• Getting visibility may be challenging if you don’t have any former experience (keep on going and you will make it)

Conclusion – Is YouCaring a Scam?

No it’s not. YouCaring is the best crowdfunding platform that I have seen so far. It’s helping many worthy projects and they are not charging high fees like many other crowdfunding companies. If you have an interesting project that you would like to fund, I recommend considering YouCaring.

On their website, there are also many tips on how to succeed as a fundraiser. Before starting I would read them through and put the into action in order to get the most out of your project.

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YouCaring at a Glance…

Name: YouCaring
Website: www.YouCaring.com
Founded: In 2011 by Brock Ketcher, Naomi Ketcher, and Luke Miner 
Field: Crowdfunding Platforms

Overall Rank: 93 Out of 100

 

Have you ever tried some crowdfunding platforms? Which one? What did you like?

Let me know in the comments below! 🙂

I would love to hear if you have any experiences of crowdfunding either as a fundraiser or as a supporter. I promise to reply personally to every comment from you within 24 hours.