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We've been considering doing the whole AirBnB thing (also in Thailand), but the problem with all of these online services is that you just aren't in any control
by KayEss 11y ago
We've been considering doing the whole AirBnB thing (also in Thailand), but the problem with all of these online services is that you just aren't in any control of your income.
I've kept only to business models where I bill directly. This rules out google adsense, Apple and Android paid apps, AirBnB etc. I won't even use anything like PayPal to collect money for me -- there's just far too much risk for capricious loss of the business through factors that you have absolutely no control over.
Building a business is hard, it seems utter folly to give another entity this sort of control over what you're doing.
- rebootthesystem 11y agoGoogle "amazon seller account suspension" or "amazon shut down my seller account" if you want to read some horror stories. This type of behavior on the part of internet giants is absolutely wrong.
- walterbell 11y agoApparently even buyer accounts can be terminated, https://onlinestuffblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/amazon-the-implosion-is-near-now-customers-are-disposable-just-like-everything-else/ https://onlinestuffblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/amazon-the-...
- bambax 11y agoReading that article makes me furious -- of course, there are many things we don't know, and this person may be full of it, and she may have crossed a line (knowingly... or unknowingly), etc. But, even if that's true, not giving reasons why you're kicking users out is infuriating. No due process, no appeal, just a big "fuck you" with no explanation whatsoever. These companies apparently think it's a normal way of dealing with users -- and something they can do with total impunity once they have acquired near-monopoly status. Let's hope for a big backlash some day soon.
- superuser2 11y agoIndeed, Stripe for example built its entire business on people's frustration with similar behavior by Paypal.
- chinathrow 11y agoAbsolutely, yet they closed accounts for no good reasons too.