kick starter, maybe a way to fund indie RPGs?
Tyler.Tinsley:
http://www.kickstarter.com/
The basic idea is that people who need funding for their project can post it to kick starter and then other people will provide funding in exchange for something down the road if the project reaches it's goal in the set time limit.
so it sounds like a good preorder style system that could be used to help people finish the books they are working on.
Ron Edwards:
Hi Tyler,
You're thinking in the right direction. This technique has been used by a few publishers active here already, most consistently by Greg Stolze for quite a few projects. He calls it the "Ransom Model." Christopher Kubasik did the same thing in order to fund his current book project called Play Sorcerer. I'm pretty sure some others have done it too, with minor variations.
I'm not sure whether any of them used Kickstarter. I recall that Greg used some kind of charity-type on-line software which held the money in abeyance, officially returning it to the donors if the total threshold was not reached (I'm under the impression that never happened for any of his projects, but I don't know for sure).
This thread might be a good place to compare the various methods and provisional-pay systems that are available.
Best, Ron
Tyler.Tinsley:
sounds good! i would love to know more about provisional pay systems. So dig up your links folks i got things I need to make happen
Eero Tuovinen:
Stolze's chosen service is called Fundable. This new one seems like a variant of the same idea. Good to see competition in the market, I guess.
Seth M. Drebitko:
I think the trick to tackling the funded model is a dedicated fan base, or some serious PR. Ultimately it would most likely require that your work is some known to be quality stuff for people to invest in. When it comes down to it though the investment model is seriously good for people to use to get their first “real” project off the ground.
Is there a particular way you intended to use the model yourself, or question you had on it?
~Seth~
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