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Hire a bunch of people to walk around large markets in other countries, such as India, with wireless webcams attached to their heads. Shoppers can then direct t
by makeee 17y ago
Hire a bunch of people to walk around large markets in other countries, such as India, with wireless webcams attached to their heads. Shoppers can then direct these people to various stands, barter, and purchase stuff through a web interface.
- raquo 17y agothat doesn't really sound unrealistic though! :)
- aditya 17y agoyeah, justininindia.tv?
- maggie 17y agoDepending on what 'large markets in other countries' you're talking about, I see a few immediate problems: -monetizing: a lot of these people don't have the money for additional services like this. Additionally, they /know/ the markets well, they're their markets! It's home! -customer base: this is similar to monetizing. How many people are you going to reach that would actually want your service? This is an interesting idea, but it seems like we're too far away from the potential userbase to make something that people would actually want. Now, if you're actually in India, I apologize for the last critique, but my first two statements stand.
- makeee 17y agoI meant out-door shopping markets, and the customers would most likely be people in wealthier nations purchasing the goods online.
- rythie 17y agoPeople in home markets would definitely pay a big premium and often do verses the cost price. I've seen many americans who come down to Guatemala or mexico for a day or two and pay 10x the price I paid and not question it. They could do the same thing from home without the cost of the flight (not to say they would, since they like the holiday)
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- zackattack 17y agoSomething cool would be to actually inventory large markets in other countries, or go there and give them a web presence.
- makeee 17y agoI've had this vague idea for awhile, but haven't done any research on what would be involved. Anyone know if this has been tried before?
- oldgregg 17y agoHuman Tamagotchi. Stick 3G webcams on people in poor foreign countries. Throughout the day you open your iphone app and can send them voice commands or use the joystick to move them around. Feed, train, etc. Maybe a $149/mo subscription or something. If you spend a lot of time playing and they make enough gold pieces then eventually your human will be able to afford $149/mo for his own human tamigotchi and poof --- the singularity is near.