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Friends!

We’ve decided to transition Platin Hero to the PLC Ultima blockchain. There have been a number of changes on the site, but the key functionality hasn’t changed: Platin Hero remains a platform where projects and people can find funding for their ideas.

Please note that all projects that haven’t reached their goals will be shut down
Due to the transition to the new blockchain, donations in PLC will no longer be available. Therefore, if the project failed to raise funds on Platin Hero before switching to PLC Ultima, then the project will be shut down. Project starters will be able to launch a new campaign on the updated site.

Stay tuned to our social networks - as soon as Platin Hero opens for projects, we will immediately inform you!

The major German CHIP magazine has published an extensive overview of the Platin Hero crowdfunding platform. The reporters discussed the problems in the contemporary crowdfunding market, the solutions offered by Platin Hero, and how the platform works.
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CHIP is a publication about computer technology and communications, targeted at both ordinary users and IT professionals, which has been published in Germany since 1978. The publication is published in both print and electronic formats. The site has a daily audience of tens of thousands of users.
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We are pleased to see interest in Platin Hero from a publication of this scale, and we’re certain that this article will inspire new projects and users to join the platform. We have prepared a special translation into the languages of the community for our partners, which you can read in our blog.

COL Project and the best campaign of May 2021!

One of the most exciting campaigns recently published on Platin Hero is the COL project.

COL is a young project based in Saxony, Germany. COL is developing products that can potentially help many people cure diseases and overcome weight problems. It focuses on products helping activate and optimize metabolism!

COL uses orthomolecular metabolism activation that melts away precisely those fat reserves that stubbornly refuse to go on a conventional diet. The program is suitable for both: men and women and allows losing the excess pounds.

Benefits of becoming fitter include other positive effects, such as:

✓ a better mood and higher performance,

✓ more sculptural body,

✓ a better, smoother skin.

Some serious diseases can be treated by metabolism improvement. So this COL method not only helps to solve the overweight problem but also saves lives.

The global COVID pandemic had some consequences for the COL, limiting their activity on the market.

Due to this reason, the company decided to reorganize and change the distribution of its services via digital media.

COL has recently launched a COL-Support campaign at the Platin Hero Platform, with a goal of crowdfunding 1000 PLC in exchange for the reward in their products. The campaign will end on August 22nd, 2021. However, the project already hit the target, with six donors and 1850 PLC collected.

As the COL stated, the funds raised in this campaign will be used for company adaption to the new market conditions, allowing the project to continue caring for and treating their patients in the best possible way.

The PlatinHero team is always proud to share success stories of crowdfunding campaigns launched on PlatinHero, especially when these businesses improve people's lives!

ICO vs Crowdfund

ICO and crowdfunding are used for the same purpose to raise funding, so what are the main differences of these methods? Let's explore both options in detail.

ICO stands for initial exchange offering. It is a crypto alternative to IPO ( initial public offering). ICO is organized by the startup that is entering the exchange to raise funds for the product development. Usually the project presents a roadmap and White paper stating main goals for the ICO and future development. There are different players on the market who are participating in the ICO, often you can see in the news that large investment funds are taking part in ICOs. So ICO is made for attracting funds from investors. Investors are receiving project coins in exchange for their fundings. They will get revenue from the project when the project’s token will grow in price. Project tokens reflect the company value, and are similar to the shares.

The term Crowdfunding originates from two words: crowd and funding, and in very general meaning it is anything “funded by a crowd”. Crowdfunding is used by individuals and projects to raise funds for specific ideas, sometimes these are business ideas, and sometimes they are not. Amount of funds are generally much smaller than in ICO and contributions are mostly made by people, and not by funds.

Crowdfunding is more presenting the product, or the idea, and donors are supporting the final product or idea presented in the crowdfunding campaign. Role of a founder in crowdfunding doesn’t have such importance as in the ICO. How do donors receive benefits in crowdfunding? Most of the platforms provide some percentage of reward for all donors. Often the initiator of the campaign is also giving special terms for reward in the original announcement for the campaign.

ICO and crowdfunding are two very different methods and based on different principles. They have different audiences too: ICO investors are led by interest to earn the income, and supporters of crowdfunding projects have got more interest in the product and idea itself. The projects presented at these two platforms differ too. For ICO these are startups, and for crowdfunding these are mainly individuals.

Success story of a campaign aimed at raising funds for “bank loan payment”!

Here we would like to tell you a story about a project which applied for crowdfunding on “payment for loan installment”!

The founder of this crowdfunding campaign happened to be in difficult financial circumstances. He was not able to collect and deposit € 220 to the bank for paying his loan, and he decided to ask the public to help him with collecting € 220.

So he created the project on crowdfunding platform PlatinHero with a goal to find finance for a monthly bank loan with an installment of € 220.

This campaign is scheduled to end on Sept 5th, but it reached the funding required already.

There were only two contributors to this project and they have hit the target with 136% of the target only in two months!

This story is a great example of how the community can help you. Crowdfunding platform Platin Hero is created for people and their needs. Any one of us is facing difficult situations sometimes, do not be afraid to ask for help.

We share this story to tell our subscribers that anything you might be in need of has got the potential to come true on the PlatinHero Platform. Sometimes it is a dream and sometimes it is a need you may be looking to get funds for.

Bring your project idea to the Platin Hero, and make it true with the help of the community there!

The Platin Hero community is always here to consider new projects to grow or help those asking for help!

Which roles can you choose in your Platin Hero profile?

Crowdfunding platform Platin Hero provides a variety of actions to its users. Let's have a look at the roles you can find in your PlatinHero profile.

Project Starter. You can become an initiator and owner of a crowdfunding project.

Donor. You can support other projects and may choose a reward for the defined amount. For successful funding cases you get minted coins equal to 10% of your contribution.

Project Scout. In this role you promote the Platin Hero as a crowdfunding platform and invite projects via your own ref. link. If funding is successful, your bonus is 5% of the amount raised by project (in PLC).

Consultant. In a consultant position you promote projects placed at Platin Hero via your ref. link, bringing new donors/contributors to support the projects. Your bonus here will be 5% of the amount contributed by the invited donor.

As you can see there are options on how you want to participate in the platform Platin Hero. Moreover, you can switch the roles depending on your needs! Enjoy working on the platform. It is designed for people and people’s needs!

The project of the week from Platin Hero: Hitecher, the latest online technology magazine

Meet Hitecher, a media platform designed by geeks for geeks! If you've ever dreamt about having all the latest information about cutting-edge innovation and technology of the future all in one place, then your dreams have just come true! Created by an international team of professionals, Hitecher is your online magazine guide to the world of modern technology.

Hitecher gathers valuable and reliable information aimed at start-ups, everyday people, businesspeople, and investors who love innovation. Here you will find exciting science news together with information about business achievements, investment opportunities, crowdfunding, biomedicine and even cybersecurity. You will also discover reviews about some of the best projects out there from VR cinema, neurosurgery robots, author's columns, interviews with world scientists and tips for funders. All of this gathered in one place and found on Hitecher!

The platform will save you from having to catch up and monitor news and trends on your own. Soon, Hitecher intends to expand its platform at an international level, increase its editorial team, and boost its articles.

Would you like to read interviews with today's leading inventors and be amongst the first to find out more information about the most profitable projects for investment? The project needs to raise 200 00 PLC so that they can become fully operational. Support Hitecher in the interest of future technology, science and the individuals who have been in love with them since childhood. Or perhaps fall in love with them too, together with your support!

Platin Hero’s project of the week: high-tech scooter rental points in Mongolia!

Have you ever wondered how good it would be to have more than 24 hours in a day? Actually, you don’t need so much time to manage everything and everywhere! Just be quick and mobile! This is why the Rental Scooter project was launched on PlatinHero!

The road infrastructure of the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar, cannot catch up to keep pace with the population and the traffic load. This causes thousands of people to waste 4-5 hours in traffic jams daily, be late for work, and, as a result, fail to cope with their tasks.

The project addresses this problem by introducing high-tech scooter rental hotspots. It will enable the Ulaanbaatar residents to save precious travel time and make moving around the city easier and more comfortable. This optimization of the transport system will contribute to tourism development, expand the service sector, and thereby enrich the capital's culture.

Today, scooter rental hotspots have long been common in developed countries worldwide. In Switzerland, for example, anyone can rent one for a day. Driving a scooter makes it possible to quickly get from one end of a city to the other, sightseeing on the way.

If successfully implemented in Ulaanbaatar, the Rental Scooter project may also appear in other Mongolian cities. And then, who knows… What if scooters will replace bulky cars one day?

So far, the project has already collected 7% of the reported amount of 20 000 PLC. Help the residents of Ulaanbaatar save their travel time and breathe new life into the city!

Crowdfunding project Conqueror of the Blazing Heart — MesoZoo Wars NFT!

Are you an investor and also a gamer? Then we provide you with a unique opportunity to purchase legendary collectables in the shape of NFT tokens! Mobile video game development team Zoomby Games Studio Ltd has launched its crowdfunding project, which combines cryptocurrencies with the thrilling game MesoZoo Wars.

You might have already heard of CryptoKitties, an online Ethereum blockchain game, where anyone can buy, sell, and breed virtual kitties. Thanks to Zoomby Games Studio developers, MesoZoo Wars should receive similar collectables, only clothing and player's inventory items. This includes legendary armour, weapons, amulets, and other valuable artefacts. They will also help players pass through the game and become an asset for investors. After all, the artefacts are NFT tokens, an exclusive digital product and a completely unique investment.

MesoZoo Wars players can also trade their collected artefacts with other players. To do this, each player can tokenize any artefact and remove it from their game. Product tokenization is followed by the creation of an ERC-721 token. Tokenization takes place outside the game; therefore, it does not violate the App Store or Play Market policies.

You can support the MesoZoo Wars NFT project and find out more about it on the official Platin Hero website.

Are there any risks involved with Platin Hero?

There are no financial risks involved in our project, and there never will be! Please allow us to explain.
After freezing a certain number of PLC tokens in your wallet, a deposited smart contract is initiated. A portion of the generated PLC tokens is donated to your selected project. In return, you will receive a reward, which the project creator chooses for their sponsors on their own. The project creator also decides whether the rewards will be delivered to their sponsors regardless of whether the project's financial goal is achieved or not. But, irrespective of their decision, you will still retain complete control over your wallet and all your PLC tokens, including frozen ones! After all, they do not go anywhere and are not transferred to anyone else. The money you donate to start-ups is still yours, regardless of the crowdfunding campaign's outcome.

How do you run a successful crowdfunding campaign?

There is, of course, no universal formula for success. However, there are several much-needed components! We're going to reveal what you can't do without if you want to complete a successful crowdfunding campaign.

The correct budget estimates. It sounds simple, but have you really considered all the exact details? What about the cost of delivering rewards to sponsors? And SMM? Perhaps there is no universal formula for success, still, there is a formula for calculating a crowdfunding project's goal: cost of implementing an idea with promotion + costs of production and delivery of rewards + platform commission + taxes.

Modesty is the sister of talent. Despite the previous point, people are put off by large numbers. Making them seem out of reach makes you feel like your project is doomed to failure. Besides, the more substantial the amount of money you need, the more sponsors you'll also need. Then you will have to make a triple effort to promote it.

Your first campaign is a test of trust. Make sure that your audience won't be disappointed in you. To achieve this, respond to comments, communicate with subscribers, and keep them updated on your progress. Remember to create an adequate reward system! Don't reward your sponsors with a sweatshirt for a $1,000 contribution. It's going to come across as very rude! The value of the reward must be at least roughly comparable with the donation.

What’s the difference between crowdfunding and charity?

A charitable fundraiser is easy to set up on a crowdfunding platform; you will also come across them on Platin Hero. Yet crowdfunding and charity are not the same thing.

Charity is available for free to help in difficult situations. People turn to it when they have no other choice but to ask for help from an organisation or their community. On the other hand, crowdfunding involves a mutual exchange: a donator gives a certain amount of money to carry out an idea. The creator of a project provides a bonus or a gift in return. For example, it could be a version of the product scheduled to be released, a sweatshirt with a logo, a certificate, etc.

Simultaneously, crowdfunding, like charity, can be used for entirely different purposes, including personal ones. For example, to get an education or to help with emergency medical care. Most commonly, though, crowdfunding is used to develop start-ups. When talking about charity, the main motive is compassion, while in crowdfunding, it all depends on the project’s prospects. To attract donators’ attention, you must competently present your campaign, consider the rewards, provide two-way feedback, and so much more.

5 horrendous mistakes you could make when launching a crowdfunding campaign.

Posting a project on a platform is only half the battle! How do you prevent failure?

We are going to tell you precisely what you must never do!

1. Launching your crowdfunding campaign without a community. Active fundraising is not the right time to build your audience. During this time, you should be encouraging them to become donators! Therefore, from the outset of any project, you need to have your own "warmed up" community; otherwise, you won’t raise funds on time.

2. Not exploring the industry. You must understand what's happening in the area where you are launching your project. Discover the best way to communicate with its audience, their values, issues, and who their opinion leaders are.

3. Simplifying your project goal. If you're asking a creator of a campaign what their goal is, you will most likely hear: "We want to publish a book." But that's not their actual goal! Their real goal is, for example, to share information about a healthy lifestyle. Think about the bigger picture.

4. Not thinking about a reward. All donators want physical proof of their donation. Even a certificate, at the very least! People like to know that you genuinely appreciate their help.

5. Not updating your campaign information. Trust is essential in crowdfunding. To establish it, report your progress regularly. Publish posts, photos, and videos as evidence that things are moving forward.

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IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT CROWDFUNDING

Today, we have brought together a total of 28 facts about crowdfunding! Let us know in the comments which of these facts you already knew, and which ones surprised you.

No more than 25% of all campaigns reach their goals.

Half of all funds are raised in the beginning and in the end of a campaign.

Successful projects raise 42% of the required amount within the first and last 3 days of the campaign.

If a campaign successfully raises 30% of the funding goal within the first week, it is likely to achieve success.

Most investors are millennials, with an average donation amount of $99.

61% of all investors are men, while the average sponsor is between 24 and 35 years old.

54% of millennials would be more likely to invest in a startup founded by friends or relatives; 22% are prepared to invest in a small business; 32% would donate to an unfamiliar business.

Videos attract more attention and donations

Startups that use videos in their presentations attract 105% more funding.

Projects that update their information every day have three times more chances at success.

Email newsletters convert to donations in 53% of cases

Only 22.6% of all campaigns collect their full target amount

Startups following the all-or-nothing principle receive full funding in 34% of cases, while projects following the keep-it-all principle (where they keep their funds regardless of their results) get full funding in just 17% of all cases

The crowdfunding market is growing at an average annual rate of 35%: thus, 5.2 million campaigns were organized in 2017, which reached 6.45 million in 2018

Over $34 billion has been raised with crowdfunding, of which $25 billion was raised with P2P lending; $5.5 billion was raised from donations; $2.5 billion was raised from private equity crowdfunding and $1 billion from rewards.

Successful projects have an average of 302 sponsors.

On average, each campaign raises $5729

Over 1.25 million campaigns have already been completed

37% of projects that have raised over $1 million were from the gaming industry

WHAT IS THE BEST TIME TO LAUNCH A CROWDFUNDING PROJECT?

To successfully launch your crowdfunding campaign, you should consider an incredible number of details. For example, the day of the week and the start time play a crucial role. Why are these things important? Let’s take a look.

Choosing the right time will make it much easier to promote your project, allowing you to avoid seasonal risks and various difficulties related to crowdfunding platforms.

✅ August is the best month to launch your campaign. Although this month is the most ‘relaxed’ as it coincides with the end of the summer and vacations, August is also the month when most investments are raised.

✅ Wednesday is the best day of the week. On weekdays, people are more likely to browse crowdfunding platforms and consider business-related tasks. During the weekend, many people prefer to stay offline. The middle of the week, or Wednesday, is the best time. This day is the peak of work and financial activity.

✅ The best time is between 13:00 and 14:00, New York time. You can also conduct your operations at any time during the work day – the level of efficiency barely varies depending on the hour.

Millennial investors: the driving force of crowdfunding

Millennials are the generation of people born between 1980 and 1995. Their name originated due to their birth on the boundary between two eras: the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Their key distinction from other generations lies in their adaptation and enthusiasm for technologies. Most millennials already had access to computers at a conscious age (and sometimes, when they were teenagers), while their parents – the previous generation X – were forced to adapt to technologies at a mature age, and thus have a less ‘flexible’ way of thinking.

The Internet is an essential part of life for millennials. Most of them have their own online lives that are separate from their real lives, and they often favor their virtual experiences more. For them, Wi-Fi is an essential need along with shelter and food in the Maslow pyramid. Millennials tend to rely on technology in all aspects of their lives: from finding a date to buying real estate.

How do millennials behave in the field of investing?

When it comes to investment habits, millennials are also different from previous generations. Their needs aren’t satisfied by traditional business forms and opportunities, as they aim to maximize profitability and prefer to invest in technological solutions and innovations with the potential to increase the quality of life for the entire population (and for them, too).

What do older generations do when they want to invest? They get in touch with their broker and purchase investments. What do millennials do in this case? They prefer to use online investment instruments. When selecting an investment method, they rely on the speed of the instrument and its convenience. Traditional methods of raising capital are too clunky and time-consuming, so millennials are less likely to turn to them. Instead of personally visiting a company and collecting all the required documents, millennials choose to make a few clicks with their mouse. Previous generations think that this method is unreliable, with no guarantees, while millennials find the comfort that is their top priority.

10 facts about crowdfunding - what's important to success

Crowdfunding is an opportunity to realize your dream project. But in order to succeed in this area, it is essential to gain a good understanding of its specifics. As a start, we've collected 10 facts about crowdfunding.

1. In crowdfunding, 90% of the success is down to marketing. Your idea needs to be heard at every stage. Therefore, right from the outset, a ready-made brand and image is key.

2. In crowdfunding, it is not fundamentally necessary to interact directly with the sponsor. Investors can neither limit your actions nor determine your strategy.

3. It is best to invest in "useful" projects that strive to make our lives and world better.

4. You can find sponsors anywhere in the world; geographic location is no longer a hindrance to business development!

5. Attraction of investments = promotion. By attracting investors, you are also attracting future buyers, so from the beginning, write and speak as if you are addressing potential future users.

6. Investing = online purchase. Consider that your idea is being bought as a product - therefore you need reviews and a high-quality description of the idea.

7. Crowdfunding opens up additional opportunities for people with disabilities and helps to overcome adverse circumstances.

8. There are niche crowdfunding platforms. So, if you're an artist, turn to Patreon. If you are an inventor, there is Quirky.com, and so on.

9. The crowdfunding market is growing at 16% per year, and in 2019 6.5 million crowdfunding campaigns reached their goal.

10. Your favourite entertainment is also a crowdfunding achievement. Just take the Oculus Rift VR glasses, the manufacturer of which was later acquired by Mark Zuckerberg himself.

Crowdfunding, crowd investing, crowdlending - do you know the difference?

We know that our readers are real crowdfunding heroes! And we have many common achievements awaiting us. So, let's agree on the concepts 😉
Crowdfunding is the attraction of investments for the manufacture of a product. For example, a certain company, such as Arbuz LLC, decides to create and launch a new product on the market - the Arbfon smartphone. It launches a fundraising campaign to raise capital for the production of a batch of arbphones - this is crowdfunding in its purest and most familiar form. As a reward for the donation, Arbuz will donate ready-made arbphones to the participants of the fundraiser or reward a proportion of the profit arising from their sale.

Crowd investing is about investing in startups and small businesses. Unlike crowdfunding, it is not just individuals who can invest, but also legal entities (such as registered companies). The invested funds are always returned - either in the form of participation in the division of profits or in the form of interest. That is, if crowdfunding is a collection of funds for the production of arbphones, then in the case of crowd investing, the participants transfer funds to the founder of the Arbuz startup to create and launch a business.

Crowdlending is another type of financing for business projects, where only individuals can act as investors. They can invest only in legal entities (companies). Individuals make a profit from their investment in the form of interest. You can earn between 10 to 30% per annum.

Dear Partners!
Today marks a significant date for the entire PLATINCOIN community – in 2016, exactly four years ago, our brand was officially created and we were registered as a legal entity!
Our entire team has made enormous progress during this time: we’ve released several major platforms and products on the market, which are currently being used by over 600 000 people from 120 countries around the globe.
Today, Platincoin is not just a cryptocurrency, but a comprehensive crypto system that includes over ten high tech products: our innovative Platin Hero crowdfunding platform, POS terminals and ATM cryptomats, the PlatinDeal crypto marketplace, products that generate a passive income for their owners – Power Minter and PLC Secure Box, as well as an improved blockchain!
Soon, we will post an article where we will take stock of the results of four years of PLATINCOIN, looking back at the key events of 2020 and sharing our plans for 2021 – keep an eye out for our blog updates! In the meantime, feel free to share this post with your partners!