> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://tokend.gitbook.io/product-guide/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://tokend.gitbook.io/product-guide/user-guide/crowdfunding-campaigns/overview.md).

# Overview

Since one of the options for users is to create and pre-issue their custom tokens, the platform is provided with the functionality allowing for a fully-fledged crowdfunding ecosystem, where users can [explore](/product-guide/user-guide/invest/explore-crowdfunding-campaigns.md) and [invest](/product-guide/user-guide/invest/invest-in-crowdfunding-campaigns.md) in the crowdfunding campaigns of others and, of course, [create](/product-guide/user-guide/crowdfunding-campaigns/crowdfunding-campaign-creation.md) their own.

This material is devoted to the step-by-step guide on how users create their own crowdfunding campaigns *(If you want to learn more about the flow of investing in them, check the user’s* [*invest*](/product-guide/user-guide/invest/overview.md) *guide).*

### The purpose of a crowdfunding campaign <a href="#the-purpose-of-a-crowdfunding-campaign" id="the-purpose-of-a-crowdfunding-campaign"></a>

A user may create crowdfunding campaigns for many different purposes, starting from token sales and debt crowdfundings for raising funds, ending with the donation campaigns.