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I had this same idea a few years ago - glad to see someone actually make it!

• Existenceblinks 9y ago
  Honestly, I'm not quite understand how is it exactly useful. Though I believe in crowdsourced data - this is distributed approach rather than centralized source that's limit and boring.
  • throwanem 9y ago
    How are you conceptualizing "crowdsourced" such that the approach can be anything other than distributed? As I understand the term, that's something of a sine qua non. While we're on the subject of meanings, I'm more interested in how this is described as a "startup" on its author's Twitter. It's nifty enough, to be sure, although I find the categories rather limited - but how on Earth does it purport ever to make so much as a single thin dime?
    • NikolaeVarius 9y ago
      Somewhat joking, but ads, businesses pay for "nicer" descriptions, hook into yelp to show off local buisnesses, etc.
    • pieterhg 9y ago
      I'm OP: it's uncertain but a few monetization models: 1) text ads: charge $500/m per city, sell 20 city ads = $10,000/m 2) sell city prints: charge $100 per poster, sell 5 per day = $15,000/m 3) sell area data and embedding, not sure but B2B data sales could be another $5,000-$20,000/m depending on customers Obviously I have not validated any of this, that's the fun. Monthly revenue is therefore $45,000, amplified by odds (e.g. 10% chance this works = $4,500/m).
      • throwanem 9y ago
        I love the optimism! Here's hoping it plays out to the good.