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Hey Everyone, Today we’re introducing the concept of “Comics Accelerator” to you, and we hope you’re going to find it as exciting as we do. What we’re really hoping to do here is combine the benefits of services like Kickstarter and Groupon - to provide the comics community with a unique and dedicated way to Accelerate the growth of the industry by offering new products in new ways. This isn’t a digital-only initiative. You can crowd source any kind of project you like. If you want help delivering digital goods, we’re here to facilitate that in any way we can - so you can focus on creating great comics. We expect this project to evolve greatly over the next six months and are already putting in new features that will help encourage contributors to get in the game at the beginning of funding a project, instead of the end. We’re also open to hearing your thoughts on what we can do to make this service better and more rewarding for you. We’re here specifically to cater to the needs of comic publishers - so let us know what you think and how we can improve the service. The genesis for this idea came from seeing how successful some projects have been on other crowd sourcing sites -- and seeing how much MONEY the crowd source site was taking. In some cases it was astronomical -- and I couldn’t help but think that all those contributors were actually contributing to the project -- not the site. Sure, the site has costs to run and maintain, but wouldn’t it be great if there was option out there that approached things from a slightly different perspective, so that publishers and creators received as much money as possible if one of their projects hit it big? Wouldn’t it be nice to set a reserve price so you can ensure you get funds if you reach certain levels, but still shoot for your ideal funding goals? On the next few pages you’ll find some more information about the program that will help explain what we’re doing -- but if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We hope you’ll be part of Comics Accelerator and help us push crowd source funding forward in new ways. We’re ready to load projects into the site now - if you’d like to be there on the big media push at launch - let’s talk. Best, Michael Murphey CEO - iVerse Media
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The Crowdsource Revolution Crowdsource funding is changing the world. Now, more than ever, independent creators and publishers can realize their visions and have their work supported by their fans.
New Crowdsource Opportunities Publishers can utilize this same model to not only gauge interest in new projects, but also to sell limited or special edition merchandise direct to the consumer. With the power of group buying and pre-orders - the risk on experimenting on a new project or property has never been lower!
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Why Comics Accelerator? With this in mind, iVerse Media has created a next-generation crowdsource funding platform called “Comics Accelerator”. This platform differs from other crowd source funding initiatives in a variety of ways. Publisher Hubs - Established publishers can have a single place where their fanbase can find all their latest projects. http://www.comicsaccelerator.com/publisher can serve as a single point of reference for all social marketing related to any project - never leaving you with a dead link if someone finds your project down the road. Digital Reward Delivery - Want to give your backers a digital incentive to fund your project? At iVerse we’re uniquely qualified to be able to provide any kind of digital reward immediately to your backers after your project has been funded, using our ComicsPlus digital comics platform. Send bonus videos, scripts, sketches, page previews -- whatever you like.You provide us with the raw files, we’ll take care of all the conversion and delivery so you can focus on your project. Reserve Funding Amounts - When you’re crowd sourcing a project, you need to know that you can ask for the amount you need, but still be able to accept the funds of your fanbase if you get close enough to your goals to still produce the project. By setting a “reserve” amount on your projects you can do just that.
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Why Comics Accelerator? Direct Features and Marketing - Most other crowdsource funding sites take a very “hands off” approach to how they do business...not iVerse. We’re here to help you market your project and help get it funded. We work directly with publishers and creators to feature important projects on our main pages, in our social media and on other sites. We will help create digital content delivery packages to promote your material and can help showcase the launch of your project at major conventions throughout the year...including San Diego Comic-Con, where we will have booth space dedicated to Comics Accelerator and key projects. We Know Comics - We know and understand the needs of the comic book industry better than anyone in the crowdsourcing world. We’re here to help accelerate the growth of the comics market - and ONLY the comics market. Together, we can build a strong hub that promotes the community of comics and grows the market. We Know Crowdfunding - Our team of experts - including Josh Elder, whose two independent comics projects have together earned over $90k on Kickstarter and been featured on Wired.com, Publishers Weekly, G4TV’s Attack of the Show and the Chicago Tribune - will be available to consult and advise on best practices and sales/marketing strategies.
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What does it cost? 5% - Other crowdsourcing sites charge 5% of the overall projects funding and provide no support or marketing for said project beyond posting it to their website. At iVerse we’ll be charging the same fee, but doing much more - including digital content reward processing and delivery.
but wait...there’s more... Because you are a premiere level publishing partner, we recognize the value that your brand can bring to ComicsAccelerator. With that in mind, we are offering you a $2,500 per project MAXIMUM CAP. This means that iVerse will never make more than $2,500 off of one of your projects. Should you have a project reach the success level of “Order of the Stick”, “Womanthology” or other extremely successful crowdsourced projects - you will make far more money with ComicsAccelerator than any other crowdsource platform.
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What type of projects can you start? As long as it’s directly related to the comic book industry in some way, the sky is the limit.You can start projects to fund comic-based video games, motion comics, short films, board games, action figures...whatever you like. Here are a few examples of projects we believe people will be interested in seeing... Limited Edition Hardcovers - We LOVE hardcovers here at iVerse and we know lots of other comic fans who do, too. We also know they can be costly to produce and sometimes may not get ordered at the levels you’d like because of the higher upfront cost. We believe this direct to consumer model could be a massive hit with fans. Deal of the Day Variants - Projects can go on for 30 days -- but they can also be 24 hour “time clock” sales. A limited edition “one day only” variant can create buzz about a new project, boost sales and create an instant collectable! Digital Singles/Printed Trade - Give your backers access to the single issues of your series in digital format, then ship them a trade when the book is complete! iVerse can facilitate this through our ComicsPlus publishing platform - or you can do it on your own! It’s your choice.
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Does it have to be exclusive? NO. If you want to try out your project on more than one crowdsourcing site - that’s fine with us. We understand you need to do everything you can to ensure your project reaches its funding goals. As long as you deliver on the rewards on our site if your project reaches its funding goals on Comics Accelerator - we’re happy.
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How do you get started? Comics Accelerator is launching on 6/18/12 ComicsAccelerator is launching 6/18/12 and we hope you’ll be one of our launch partners. If you’re interested, please contact your iVerse representative for more information on how we can work together to accelerate your business in 2012!