FunAndGames — The Deal & Founding Creators

The Deal

Three Things, No Asterisks

1Money now. Real dollars, up front. Not revenue share. Not “we’ll cut you in once we’re big.” We start at $500. It goes from there. Here is what that buys — performers, artists, educators. Exposure comes later, once there are thousands of people through that door. For now, cash will have to do. Keep posting and we keep paying — we would very much like to keep paying you. And if you’re one of the first twenty through the door, the deal gets considerably better.
2We point traffic at you. This site is built to send people directly to your page(s). Your name, your handles, your links travel with everything you put here. That’s the business model, not a courtesy.
3We built the body. You bring the soul. The walls are up, the games work, the lights are on. What we need is you. Planned threads down the Rabbit Hole include #willitfit, #how-to and #art — here’s how tagging works. Got something for those? Please. Got one of your own you’d rather run with? Even better. We’re not handing out a brief — we would much rather be surprised.

First Twenty Only

Founding Creators

“Stay for the opportunity tomorrow” is easy to say and worth nothing unless somebody writes it down. So here it is, written down.

The first twenty creators to sign on become Founding Creators. It is not a badge. It is a standing position on the site, and it does not expire when the room fills up:

◆Top billing, permanently. First position in the creator directory, first call on featured slots, and your name on the founders page for as long as this site exists. Later arrivals queue behind you. That doesn’t change when they get here.
◆The algorithm works for you. Founding work is weighted to the top — front page, feeds, search, every room it belongs in. Not a one-week promotional push. A permanent thumb on the scale, and it’s your thumb.
◆Direct access to the founders. Not a suggestion box and not a support ticket — the people who own this site, reachable, on content, culture, style and features. The twenty get asked first, and get asked directly.
◆No exclusivity. Ever. Keep posting everywhere else you post. We’re buying work, not your catalogue, and we’re not going to pretend otherwise.
◆We promote your work wherever it sits. Here? Good — we’ll build you a place for it. Somewhere else? That’s good too. Just give us the links. We are not trying to own where your audience finds you. We are trying to be the reason they do.

The catch, since we’re being straight with you elsewhere on this page: top billing on a site nobody has visited yet is still top billing on a site nobody has visited yet. All of this is a bet on the room filling up. The cash up front isn’t — that lands either way.

We’re asking you to bet on us. In return, we’re betting on you. Heavily.

Founding slots remaining: 20 of 20

How To Get In

Apply. Button below. Two minutes, and two samples of your work — links are better than files.

Applying is not an agreement and it is not a job offer. It starts a conversation, and that is all it does. Your samples are not posted, published or shown to anybody.
We read it, and we answer either way. Yes — you get a code and your own creator page, which walks you through everything below. Not right now — the paid slots are full, but your code still works: post whatever you want, tag it #review, and you still get every bit of the promotion. Or we ask you a question or two first.
Join the forum. Make an account and put the username on your creator page. Everything you do here is posted from that account.
We write your terms. A written agreement, in plain English: what you post, how many posts, over how long, and what we pay and when. It appears on your creator page. Nothing is agreed, and nothing is owed by either of us, until you sign it.
Sign it. On your page: your full legal name and your PayPal address. $300 goes out up front when we agree — that is for the content. Work that shows real people also goes through an age and identity check.
Post your work yourself. From your own account, in your rooms, with your name and links on it — then paste the link to each post onto your page and watch the counter go up. Nothing is emailed to us. The posts are the deal. The $200 balance goes out after — that is for the posts.

If we take more than a week at any point, chase us. That means something went wrong at our end, not yours.