All of these things sound great! For totally selfish fill-providing reasons, I'd love if the exchange could be fic & art. You could have your exchangees state a preference in their sign-up (e.g. do you prefer to receive art or fic? answer: art, fic, no preference they both sound awesome), but tell them that there are no guarantees, because it's an exchange, and presents are cool no matter what. 8D
But if you decide to go fic-only, that's also a decision I could abide by.
1) For schedules, I'd suggest something like:
*announce the exchange *open sign-ups a day or two later *2 weeks of sign-ups (??) *Nominations to also occur during this time? (Or do you see the nomination phase and the sign-up phase to be separate things that need their own dedicated time?) *Depending on the size of the exchange, give yourself at least a few days to do the hand-matching, just to make sure everything's hunky dory. You may want someone to help or double-check the matches just to make sure they're all good. *Give your exchangers at least a week to opt-out of the person they got in case, for some strange reason, they just cannot do what you assigned them. I have no idea how it happened, but at least in one fic exchange, I got assigned someone who only asked for things that I had said I absolutely could not do. *Depending on the minimums for the exchange, AT LEAST a month to create a fill/gift seems reasonable to me, especially if you are also offering/allowing art. Art r hard. *then the actual mechanics of the exchange happen, which will depend on where it's hosted. Tumblr? Ao3? Dreamwidth? Will everything be revealed all on the same day/at once? Or will there be reveals spread out over time, in some other exchanges?
Re: Exchange plans
But if you decide to go fic-only, that's also a decision I could abide by.
1) For schedules, I'd suggest something like:
*announce the exchange
*open sign-ups a day or two later
*2 weeks of sign-ups (??)
*Nominations to also occur during this time? (Or do you see the nomination phase and the sign-up phase to be separate things that need their own dedicated time?)
*Depending on the size of the exchange, give yourself at least a few days to do the hand-matching, just to make sure everything's hunky dory. You may want someone to help or double-check the matches just to make sure they're all good.
*Give your exchangers at least a week to opt-out of the person they got in case, for some strange reason, they just cannot do what you assigned them. I have no idea how it happened, but at least in one fic exchange, I got assigned someone who only asked for things that I had said I absolutely could not do.
*Depending on the minimums for the exchange, AT LEAST a month to create a fill/gift seems reasonable to me, especially if you are also offering/allowing art. Art r hard.
*then the actual mechanics of the exchange happen, which will depend on where it's hosted. Tumblr? Ao3? Dreamwidth? Will everything be revealed all on the same day/at once? Or will there be reveals spread out over time, in some other exchanges?