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I like the idea, I'm unsure of the pricing strategy. "How much do I get paid? code4cheap.com keeps 30% of the question's price. For example, with a $10 questi

I like the idea, I'm unsure of the pricing strategy. "How much do I get paid? code4cheap.com keeps 30% of the question's price. For example, with a $10 question, the best answer will receive $7." What if you changed that around, with something like a question posting fee. When I go to the site as a coder, I want to get the $50 I see, not $35 after you take your cut. It's inflating the payment that I would actually get, assuming I read that right. Presumably you could adjust the posted price to be $35 to do X, not sure how receptive your audience would be to that.

blake8086 15y ago
My feeling was that as a questioner, I don't want to pay $50 to have the number "35" show up. I think people will get comfortable with the pricing scheme over time.
- slay2k 15y ago
  Two things. One, I think 30% is a very high percentage to be charging for a fee, which inevitably will affect how questioners feel about paying it and the growth of your site. Second, if you don't actually charge until the transaction is ready, then few should object to paying say, $60 for a $50 question (20% fee) for an answer ready to be read.
AlexC04 15y ago
I just logged in to say the same thing. You should be charging the asker 30% more - so the answerer might "see" get $35 but the asker is actually paying $50. Subtle difference ... but it's how I feel about it. EDIT I've also got a real worry about the "Fuck You, Pay Me" aspect of this project (reference: http://vimeo.com/22053820 http://vimeo.com/22053820) What happens if I post a correct answer, this person tries it and decides "that's not really what I wanted", "I've decided to get out of that line of business" etc... Or just figures he can back out since I've given the product (the answer) and all they've got to do to keep their money, is keep their money. Maybe it's another 'elance', 'craigslist' or whatever ... but I don't know that it stands up to the FUPM test.

blake8086 15y ago

My feeling was that as a questioner, I don't want to pay $50 to have the number "35" show up. I think people will get comfortable with the pricing scheme over time.

slay2k 15y ago
Two things. One, I think 30% is a very high percentage to be charging for a fee, which inevitably will affect how questioners feel about paying it and the growth of your site. Second, if you don't actually charge until the transaction is ready, then few should object to paying say, $60 for a $50 question (20% fee) for an answer ready to be read.

AlexC04 15y ago

I just logged in to say the same thing. You should be charging the asker 30% more - so the answerer might "see" get $35 but the asker is actually paying $50. Subtle difference ... but it's how I feel about it. EDIT I've also got a real worry about the "Fuck You, Pay Me" aspect of this project (reference: http://vimeo.com/22053820 http://vimeo.com/22053820) What happens if I post a correct answer, this person tries it and decides "that's not really what I wanted", "I've decided to get out of that line of business" etc... Or just figures he can back out since I've given the product (the answer) and all they've got to do to keep their money, is keep their money. Maybe it's another 'elance', 'craigslist' or whatever ... but I don't know that it stands up to the FUPM test.