famefee
/ˈfeɪmˌfiː/nounVerified NewPayment offered in publicity — exposure, credits, a "feature" — in place of money for work already commissioned.
The client has no budget but an audience; the audience, it turns out, is the client's own. A famefee converts labor into a promise about strangers, payable only if the strangers arrive.
Etym. — fame + fee: a fee denominated in celebrity rather than currency.
Rel. — netpurgatory · swagwage
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