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So what's a shopping agreement? Giving someone control of a property "to shop it exclusively" for some window of time?

Shopping agreements are very common, though so much is verbal these days, or just in an agreement via email that you don't see an actual document that often. It just gives an exclusive window to someone to "shop" your material. It's usually short term (3-6 months), as anything more should warrant an option. These are used by producers big and small both, and should not be seen as something undermining an option or interest in your work. I've seen places with studio deals d...

deals do an email agreement of a few paragraphs for a 3-month exclusive window. The shortest form of these you could compare to (though completely different) is when a producer takes territories on specs. (exclusive to take to Fox, Sony, etc.)