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      CommentAuthorTravis
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2006
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    Seth Godin thinks it is. Pretty interesting concept.

    mmmzr.

    What do you think?

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      CommentAuthorjdoc
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2006
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    Nice, pretty interesting but on its own it's a one shot wonder like MDHP was. Could be interesting to tie this advertising model into real websites though.

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      CommentAuthorEric
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2006
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    So when someone buys the thing above you, you actually get the money back? I don't get it...

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      CommentAuthorTravis
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2006
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    I think its once your logo gets pushed off the bottom of a row you get your money back.

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      CommentAuthorKMulligan
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2006
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    No, when it gets pushed down you get paid. Everytime. So if it gets pushed down twice, you get paid twice.

    "When a new ad is bought in your column, it pushes your ad down one space and you get your initial payment back. The price for ads in your column doubles again.

    When a second ad is bought in your column, your ad moves down a space again and you receive another payment equal to the amount you initially paid. Congratulations! You have just doubled your money!*

    * = minus Paypal transaction cost"

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      CommentAuthorEric
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2006
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    Holy shit man...you could actually make bank on that! But it's already so expensive...I don't know...

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      CommentAuthorEric
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2006
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    How does the site owner get paid?

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      CommentAuthorKMulligan
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2006
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    Hmm wait. You only get paid twice.

    Example:

    You pay $1. Site owner has $1.
    Someone buys an ad above you for $2. You get paid back your $1. Site owner now has the other $1, totaling $2.
    Someone buys an ad two spots above you for $4. You get paid $1. Guy above you makes his original $2 back. Site owner makes an additional $1 and now has $3.
    Someone buys an ad 3 spots above you for $8. You get nothing. Guy above you gets $2 (now has $2). Guy above him gets his original $4 back. Site now has $5.

    Make sense?

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      CommentAuthorEric
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2006
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    Yeah...forget it!

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      CommentAuthorKMulligan
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2006
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    Yea, but it has appeal at the top and bottom. For the guys who get in on ground floor, they make a buck and get a lot of exposure.

    For those at the top, it gets more risky. Spend $4096, and hope someone will pay more than $8k for the next spot... and you'd make another $4096 off of it.

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      CommentAuthorjdoc
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2006
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    It's a classic ponzi scheme... nothing really new. The numbers will get so high no one will want to pay the next amount.

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      CommentAuthorTravis
    • CommentTimeOct 28th 2006
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    Posted By: jdocIt's a classic ponzi scheme... nothing really new. The numbers will get so high no one will want to pay the next amount.

    Yeah, it doesn't seem to have the possibility to hit the million marker with such a setup. Still, a complexly interesting concept.

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    • CommentAuthorsarafina
    • CommentTimeOct 29th 2006
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    There's some guy on YE claiming to have got on early. Apparently he bought in when it was at the $2000 mark or so and got back his money.

    I certainly hope the people who paid $4000 got enough traffic to substantiate that purpose in case nobody keeps buying.

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