To go along with the international expansion, the site also just added a streamlined international shipping option for both US and UK projects. The update makes it clear to international backers when the creator is asking for more money to cover the cost of international shipping.

The most notable thing about the new website is the fact that U.K. backers will not submit their payments through Amazon, as is customary on the U.S. site. All pledges will be processed securely through a third-party payments processor similar to Amazon, so it won't have any real effect on processing fees or commissions.

This of course begs the question, will Kickstarter ever bite the bullet already and spend some of the $119 million it raised in its third year to create a payment center of its own? Perhaps they can launch a Kickstarter campaign to develop it.