# Cassette Crowdfunding Platforms Japanese Startup QASSETTES Helps You Finance Your Cassette Tapes By Alyson Wyers | Published 2016-05-01 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cassette-tapes References: [betalist](http://betalist.com/startups/qassettes) & [promo.qrates](http://promo.qrates.com/qassettes) This nostalgic startup is establishing a crowdfunding model for cassette tapes. Following what they did for vinyl records, QRATES is launching a new venture with QASSETTES. Described as "the world's first [crowdfunding platform](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/indiegogo) for the cassette industry," QASSETTES is throwing it back, old school style, with a love for 1990s music mediums. Anyone can use the [cassette tapes platform](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/retro-play) to link to or upload their own music or audio and then design their own cassettes. From there, the platform also hosts funding and pre-orders. They handle shipping to your fans around the world as well. So if you are a bit hipster and only want to release [retro tapes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/we001-edith), you can now do so with the help of QASSETTES. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.5/10 - Popularity: 47% | Activity: 81% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Media](https://www.trendhunter.com/media) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Cassette Crowdfunding:** Platforms like QASSETTES are disrupting the music industry by creating a new model for financing cassette tape production through crowdfunding. - **Retro Media Resurgence:** The success of QASSETTES highlights a trend towards renewed interest in outdated technologies, indicating potential opportunities for businesses to capitalize on nostalgia and innovate on past technologies. - **DIY Audio Production:** The QASSETTES platform invites creators to upload and design their own cassette tapes, reflecting a growing trend of DIY audio production that could present opportunities for disruptors in the music industry. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Music Production:** QASSETTES is disrupting traditional music production by utilizing crowdfunding to finance the production of cassette tapes. - **E-commerce:** The shipping and pre-order functionality offered by QASSETTES creates new opportunities for e-commerce platforms to facilitate sales of niche products. - **Audio Technology:** The resurgence of cassette tapes and DIY audio production could drive innovation in audio technology to meet the unique needs and demands of this growing market. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Nostalgic Retro Music Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/diy-mixtape-kit.md) - [Nostalgic Audio Interfaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cassetteone.md) - [Cassette-Inspired Music Players](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/retro-audio-player.md) - [Modernized Mobile Cassette Players](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/maxell-mxcpp100.md) - [Cassette-Style Smartphone Chargers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/remax-powerbank-tape.md) - [Modernized Cassette Player Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/portable-cassette-tape-player.md) - [Pop Band Cassette Players](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/we001-duran-duran-special-edition.md) - [Modernized Cassette Tape Players](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fiio-cp13.md) - [Minimalist Wireless Cassette Players](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/we-are-rewind-cassette-player.md)