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This is all great insight. Thank you so much!

You're right. It would be beneficial to add some human identity. I also understand the concern about the missing privacy policy. I'll plan on adding this!

Would love to talk with him if I could get a hold of him!

Thank you. I appreciate the feedback!

Thanks! And yes, that is one of the major hurdles right now. Currently, we're working on tapping into our personal, music industry networks to start the first round of performer signups.

Right now, we're basically in a "gathering feedback to see if this is worth pursing" stage. So if we decide there is enough interest, and once we build out the campaign element, and can prove that this model works with some successful campaigns hopefully it will get some legs over time.

I would prefer we had a stone cold plan for growth but right now we're taking it day by day and seeing what feedback we can get as we move forward. I would appreciate any ideas you might have!

I think one way to get around this would be to show the venues the money has already been made. This includes the price of tickets. If there are ticketing deals involved, it could be something like a straight cash exchange: We have 100 people who gave money for entry. Here's x amount money for 100 tickets.

Open to any suggestions you might have!

Thank you!

The current plan is to make the lowest bid amount the price to entry. So you'd be guaranteed a ticket if you placed that bid.

Thank you! Yes, currently it's limited to USA for registration. We plan to expand this soon!

Correct. The current plan is that the money would not be removed from your account or wherever until the city was confirmed by the band.

If you have any ideas that would make users who are pledging more comfortable with putting up the funds, I'd be interested in hearing them!

We do have lite Bandcamp integration now. But that's just allowing performers to embed their music into their profile so fans can listen. Did you have any specific suggestions in mind regarding Bandcamp?

In the current request form, a fan is asked to request the band in a City, State and at a Venue. Additional venue details like you mentioned is a great idea from the agent's/person booking the show's perspective, but I'm not sure fans would have this information readily available.

As for the organizer idea - we kind of had something similar planned for when the band posts their potential tour stop onto RoadPony. We'd offer them a space to request any specific tour amenities - "we'd love a place to crash in Cleveland, Louisville, and Nashville". Or whatever they may need help with along the way.

Thanks for checking it out! The search by area idea makes a lot of sense. Finding artists on the site currently seems to be one of the biggest challenges for users who are testing RoadPony.

We do have plans for showcasing artists in the future!

Thanks for the input! We've been asked for a viewable list of performers a few times and it's definitely something we plan on adding. I agree, searching randomly can be tedious. Especially if the bands you're looking for aren't signed up yet.

We do plan on reaching out to our network of artists to create profiles to make this more user-friendly for the fans.

Also, the wish list idea is great!

Hey thanks for the insight! I have seen similar platforms but not these specifically. What I have noticed with the services I was able to read up on was that they seemed convoluted as far as usability for the performer and the fan and what the service was trying to accomplish. I don't know if that can be attributed to their lack of success but it was something that I notably wanted to avoid.

The main issue RoadPony is intended to solve is simply - where are we, as performers, in demand. I think additional logistics of the tour, the actual booking of the show, etc. will always have its nooks and crannies that need to be worked out on a person-to-person basis. To start, all we'd like to do is just show the performers the most viable areas to perform in and as a bonus, guarantee them money and an audience (assuming invested fans will show). It's a tool rather than a one-stop-shop solution.

I am very interested in hearing about your experiences if you're willing to share!

Hey thanks for the feedback! I've been in this boat as well as a touring performer myself.

Bands may book tours regardless of the "bounty", but you could apply this same method on top of using RoadPony. Only now, you would have a better idea of how many people you and the local band you booked could bring out and if those people are interested enough in seeing you, they'll place that bounty, which you will collect.

Now that you've applied your method using RoadPony as a tool, you know you'll be getting this revenue and about how many fans will show up before you even book the show.

Open to any thoughts on this!