A plan to raise millions of dollars as a reward for information in regards to the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has not gone to plan, with less than two per cent of the target raised so far.

Family members of those who were on board the Beijing-bound flight, which went missing after departing from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, launched a crowdfunding campaign earlier this month in hope of raising $5 million within a month.

The campaign to raise $5 million for the search for MH370 has raised less than $80,000 so far,

A $3 million portion of that was to be used as a reward for whistleblowers and the other $2 million was to be used to fund private investigators to follow up on any information provided.

"Reward MH370" was launched on June 8 on indiegogo.com and has raised $80,000 so far, still well short of a revised target of $100,000 by the July 8 "deadline".