I’ve seen a little bit recently about the idea of crowdfunding being expanded into some new areas, and it got me thinking.
Is there a feasible business model for people who want, for example, a new M/M vampire romance set in ancient Egypt and featuring a protagonist who communicates with aliens, to post a ‘want ad’ through a crowdfunding site and accept competing bids from creatives (writers, filmmakers, or whatever)? Perhaps with a proviso that the work created had to be ultimately copyrighted to the creative, but maybe with a period of exclusive access to backers?
It seems like this could produce some interesting works that would otherwise never see the light of day, but also raise a whole lot of questions, ethical and otherwise.
Anyway, if you could commission such a work, what would you ask for? And what would be your maximum bid?