For Funders
Get in early on the creators Hollywood ignores.
ArchMarket is where independent, AI-native series get made, funded directly by the people who want to watch them. Back a Pilot Campaign and you fund a creator's first ten episodes, with perks in return. Once a pilot proves viewers will pay to keep watching, its Series Campaign funds the rest of the season. The further along a title already is, the more it has proven.
You most likely arrived for one series, sent by the person making it. What you have walked into is every campaign open at once, because every creator here points their audience at the same place. That is why a title can reach its floor on ArchMarket when the same title would stall on a general crowdfunding site: the audience is pooled rather than split, and it grows every time another creator joins.
The four stages
Poster: a story idea on the shelf
Spot it firstThe first stage. A Poster is a poster and a logline, and it may have no creator attached at all. It takes no pledges. It sits on a shelf of story ideas. Madison Shelf titles can be optioned now: a creator holds one for three weeks and posts its Pilot Campaign.
- Poster
- Logline
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Pilot Campaign: a trailer, with a creator attached
Back the pilotA creator is attached and has cut an actual trailer, so you judge the execution before you decide. Backers fund the pilot, the first ten episodes, and get perks. The money sits in escrow and is released as the creator delivers each milestone. The pilot exists to prove viewers will pay to keep watching: a paywall cliffhanger at the end of episode 3, 4 or 5, and the episodes after it require payment.
- Poster
- Logline
- Trailer
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Series Campaign: the rest of the season
Fund the seasonOnce the pilot is out and viewers are paying, the creator raises a Series Campaign to fund the rest of the season, 90 minutes or more, or a Season 2. Everyone, you included, sees the real numbers first.
- Poster
- Logline
- Trailer
- First ten episodes
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Upload your series & start monetizing
Nothing to backThe fourth stage is a door, not an offer. A creator whose series already runs somewhere else can bring it straight to ArchTV and earn from app launch without raising anything, which means there is no campaign here for you to back. It matters to you anyway: these titles compete for the same viewers, and they report the same public numbers.
- Poster
- Logline
- Trailer
- First ten episodes
- The full series
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Each stage buys your place at the next one
The stages are a chain, not separate offers. Every stage you back puts you ahead of the people who arrive at the next one, which is why being early on one title is worth more than being late on three.
The Series Campaign is where that chain ends, and it is coming soon. Until then, first access to one is a place in line, not an offer.
After the pilot
- We're exploring ways to fund the full season once a pilot proves viewers want more.
The creator keeps the copyright and full ownership of the work.
How the money actually moves
Backing a stage is not a donation and it is not a purchase. It runs in four steps, and your money does not leave your hands at step one.
You back a title at its current stage. Nothing is charged. A pledge is a promise, not a payment.
Pledges are called only once a title clears two floors at once, a dollar total and a number of distinct backers, whichever lands later. Both have to clear, so a call means real money and real people, not three large backers speaking for an audience that does not exist.
Called money goes into escrow. It is not the creator's yet and it is not spent.
Escrow pays out to the creator against delivery milestones. They deliver, they get paid. They do not deliver, the money does not move.
Why back more than the minimum
Backing a stage is rewards-based, so a bigger pledge does not buy a bigger return. It buys a better position, and position is the scarce thing.
Coins, a creator credit, and your name on the campaign.
Everything above, plus earlier access when the title moves to its next stage.
Founding backer status and the earliest window of all, including first look at what the title does next.
What protects you
- Nothing is charged up front: a pledge is a promise. Money moves only when a title clears both of its floors.
- Two floors, not one: a call needs a dollar total and a backer count. Either one alone is gameable.
- Milestone escrow: called money sits in escrow and reaches the creator as they deliver, not before.
- Small by design: pilots are built for a spread of small bets across many creators, not one big swing.
Spread small pledges across a slate of pilots. Watch which ones viewers pay to keep watching, and be first in line for what those titles do next. A collection of the next generation's franchises, built a few dollars at a time.