We released our 2013 industry-wide crowdfunding survey just yesterday, and we’re asking all platform operators for help!

Our goal is to build the most reliable and factual source of information on the crowdfunding industry. Our previous report, the first of its kind, was cited by prestigious organizations like The Economist and Forbes, among many others, and we’re looking to carry this momentum over into the new year.

Crowdfunding is expanding rapidly, and to keep up with the changes and growth, we’re expanding the scope of our report. Here are the topics we’ll be addressing:

• Market Growth and Composition in aggregate and for each crowdfunding model
• Growth in worldwide funding volume and composition by funds raised, category, year, and region and 2013 forecast of funds raised for 2013 by category
• Market growth and composition in each category by number of Crowdfunding Platforms (CFPs) and by number of campaigns for each year and region
• Location of CFPs globally and percentage breakdown of CFPs by region and category
• Average campaign size by category and analysis of funds pledged compared to funds paid out
• Funds paid out by industry sector (e.g., Financial Services) for Equity and Lending-based platforms
• Funds paid out by market segment (e.g., Computer Games) for Reward and Donation-based categories
• Commissions earned by CFPs
• Average crowdfunding campaign timeframes and analysis of the number of times funders and fundraisers participate in campaigns
• Use of payment systems
• Comparison of legal environments in key crowdfunding markets

We need the help of crowdfunding thought leaders to make this happen, and we know your time is valuable. For that reason, we’ve come up with several perks to incentivize participation.

All survey participants will receive a complementary copy of the report, as well as acknowledgement in the report and on our site. On top of that, the ten most complete surveys will receive a month of media promotion here on Crowdsourcing.org. For more information about the perks, as well as data privacy and our non-disclosure agreement, please visit the survey page.

The survey will close on January 31st, 2013. It’s been designed to save each completed page, so respondents don’t have to answer all questions in one sitting. We do realize that some questions may be difficult to address, so partial responses, while not encouraged, are acceptable.

If you’re interested in sponsoring the report, please contact us at advertise@crowdsourcing.org.

Thank you for your help!