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I create websites in my spare time, and one of my websites was generating a lot of traffic in people looking for payroll services. I approached all of the majo
by DanielBMarkham 14y ago
I create websites in my spare time, and one of my websites was generating a lot of traffic in people looking for payroll services.
I approached all of the major payroll companies looking for a partnership and got nothing but static. Their partnership models look like they were created sometime around 2005. Intuit, in particular, was looking for partners that were accountants. The thought that a social/content site would generate legitimate payroll leads didn't seem to track with them, even after I was showing them hard numbers of dozens of sales per month.
I even thought about coding up a payroll solution on my own, but the legal overhead looked like a bitch.
So I finally gave up. I did not find the major players to be innovative.
Best of luck, guys. I hope we can work together sometime. To me it looks like a field ripe for innovation. There are a lot of things you can do to really kick butt here. Look forward to seeing some cool apps (and trying them).