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  • Independent Communities
    • About Independent Communities
    • Create an Independent Community
      • Migrate from Self-Hosted to Independent Community
      • Migrate from a Fiscal Host to Independent Community
    • Independent Community Setup
    • Independent Community Management
      • Money coming in: Contributions
      • Money going out: Expenses
    • Close an Independent Community
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  • You've got a Community—awesome! Now what?
  • 1. Make your Community your own
  • 2. Add Core Contributors
  • 3. Add Financial Contributors to your GitHub and website
  • 4. Start tracking expenses
  • 5. Spread the word
  • 6. Launch!
  1. Communities

Quick Start Guide

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Last updated 6 months ago

You've got a Community—awesome! Now what?

Once you have a Community, you can start submitting expenses, edit your page content, and create events for your community right away.

In order to receive money or pay out expenses, you need a or you need to be set up as an .

Whether you have a Fiscal Host yet or not, here are some steps you can take to get your Community started.

1. Make your Community your own

Update your images and main color and add about info. .

2. Add Core Contributors

If you have collaborators on your project who can help you manage your page and approve expenses add them as Core Contributors. .

3. Add Financial Contributors to your GitHub and website

Check the many ways you can export your data on and our diversity of .

4. Start tracking expenses

through your Community, so others can see where money will be spent (even if you don't have any yet). This builds trust with potential supporters.

5. Spread the word

6. Launch!

Write a blog post, tell people the vision, and explain why you are raising money. For more detailed ideas about helping your Community launch well.

Welcome aboard!

You can connect your Twitter account to your community and automatically thank your backers. .

If you need help, join our community on Slack or .

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