I've got a commission idea, but I don't want to get swindled.
I would like some advice about this before I do anything.
Here's the idea:
I go on a furry auction and have people buy advertising space in my furry comic book. They'd be sponsors, basically. They would be limited to four pages, and charged extra for color. I'd print about 10 comics with their ad in it.
Unfortunately, I sense that there are way too many ways for people to take advantage of me when I'm doing this auction. How do I go about making and enforcing a contract for this situation?
I suppose making long distance phone calls to the buyer is also a requirement...
I would like some advice about this before I do anything.
Here's the idea:
I go on a furry auction and have people buy advertising space in my furry comic book. They'd be sponsors, basically. They would be limited to four pages, and charged extra for color. I'd print about 10 comics with their ad in it.
Unfortunately, I sense that there are way too many ways for people to take advantage of me when I'm doing this auction. How do I go about making and enforcing a contract for this situation?
I suppose making long distance phone calls to the buyer is also a requirement...
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Also, do not print someone's add if they do not pay you first! You don't need a signed contract or phone number. If they are really interested they will keep in touch with you.
They pay you for said space and send you their add, you print the comic and pass it out, done and done.
"I want you to print the comics with my ad in it FIRST, then I will pay you." And then they never do, and you're stuck with whatever number of their printed ads, and you end up doing free advertising for them.
If you have a question, sometimes it takes forever for them to answer. Even the simplest of questions!
"Do you like how this looks?" You ask, and you don't get a response until next year because aliens abducted the computer or some other excuse.
The plan would be to print 10 comics, with their four pages worth of ads in each of the 10 comics, then stop.