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Who paid 99¢?
- tcarn 8y agoHaha, what a fantastic business model
- LeoPanthera 8y agoThis is a very generous use of the word "business".
- acobster 8y agoThis is exactly what a business is: offering people something they want in exchange for money. If parent had said this was a sustainable or reliable business model, that'd be a different story.
- ddingus 8y agoYup. It is lean and mean too. Brilliant.
- sova 8y agoThe simplified sales portal
- tamersalama 8y agoI'm really curious to see how much they made
- frontendstrong 8y agoPay 99c and count the responses.
- hkai 8y ago423 people as of now, so 420 dollars. I paid. Obviously more than half will go to credit card companies.
- adtac 8y agoheh, reminds me of http://milliondollarhomepage.com http://milliondollarhomepage.com
- rococode 8y agoArticle on this: https://www.businessinsider.com/who-paid-99-cents-website-thinko-2018-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/who-paid-99-cents-website-th... You have to pay another 99 cents if you want an update after you've seen it once haha
- glandium 8y agoThe author(s) of the site could be sneaky and remove those who pay 99 cents multiple times, because they now have paid a sum that is different from 99 cents.
- tinyrisks 8y agoI am really really curious to pay 99 cents, if there was a way to pay without giving my credit card information. Who paid 99 cents 2.0 supports paypal or something.
- tareqak 8y agoYou can try https://privacy.com/ https://privacy.com/
- adtac 8y agoView source tells me this uses Stripe. Stripe charges 2.9% + 30c, which leaves the owner with 66c, basically just 2/3rds. Pretty heavy.
- lathiat 8y agoPer transaction fees in finance really suck. I struggle a little to understand why more merchants don't get rid of them.. as it still encourages cash for smaller transactions at shops. Really confuses me. I guess they are smarter than me.
- scottostler 8y agoI’ve been told the answer is interchange fees: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interchange_fee https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interchange_fee
- clintonb 8y ago> I struggle a little to understand why more merchants don't get rid of them... Why is this a struggle? The reason is obvious. Most individual merchants have little, if any, bargaining power. Once you get big enough, you can negotiate lower rates, but you will almost always pay a percentage per transaction. Encouraging cash isn't necessarily a good thing. Some customers (like me) like the convenience of paying with a card. If a merchant doesn't accept credit cards, I probably won't make a purchase since I rarely carry cash.
- earenndil 8y agoIf you pay me 50¢, I'll tell you who paid 99¢!
- adtac 8y agoThe best part is, you don't even need to use the 50c to actually find out who paid. You can just make up a name :D New SaaS idea: verify that the parent comment is actually finding it out for you for a fee (for obviously less than 49c)
- earenndil 8y agoHello, I also offer a verification service. For only 40¢, if you give me a list of names, I'll tell you if that list does in fact contain the people who paid 99¢.
- RobertDeNiro 8y agoAdditional question, is there some sort of copyright on this list? Maybe someone can just pay and post it somewhere.
- rlanday 8y agoI think copyright generally does not apply to facts (e.g. a list of names).
- jenebzix 8y agoShould use lightning network for payments. No scammy credit card network fees.
- jonknee 8y agoAlso at least 99.99% less potential customers, but hey.
- NationOfJoe 8y agois there a list any where of these kind of internet novelty's and the speculation on their income? i think it would be really interesting to see how often these come up and if there is an ideal interval between these to grab maximum attention/profit. like http://milliondollarhomepage.com/ http://milliondollarhomepage.com/ twitch plays pokemon etc..
- DanHulton 8y agoI'd love to know that too. I came up with http://www.ipaidthemost.com/ http://www.ipaidthemost.com/ forever ago, and have yet to come across the right algorithm for how to get traction for it.
- function_seven 8y agoThat's a blast from the past. I remember that page generating buzz and filling up with ads. Go there now and click on some of them. Seems 80% of them are parked domains now, and the rest have been transferred to businesses that may or may not resemble the original one.
- nostromo 8y agoFinally, a block chain startup I understand.
- jSully24 8y agoI’m firing up a Kickstarter for Who’ll Pay $1.01.
- rqs 8y ago"Paid". "Will Pay" is a completely different business model here, a riskier one.
- HashBasher 8y agoQuick and clever way to nab some card numbers.
- CodeWriter23 8y agoIf this were my project it would take you to a page that says “You Did”