Topic: Business Venture that Accepts Bitcoin (desire input) (Read 2607 times)

any updates?   

If you are still looking for a logo designer I'd be willing to help. I'd do it free of charge in exchange for a premium.

Hosting will have to be scalable, and hopefully at some point I would need a dedicated server to handle the site and traffic loads. The ultimate goal is to have users with smartphones interacting with the site.

The site will be 100% legit and Rated G.

I'll reiterate at this juncture that a lot of what I've penned to date about this project may seem like vaporware, and that I'm only making it up as I go. Rest assure that this is not the case. The only parts I've made up so far consist of only ah-ha moments, realizing that I can incorporate such and such. It's getting late, so I hope the gist of this paragraph comes across as I intended it to.

Thank you for your comments, firefop, and I have also added you to the list in the OP. Use your free gift wisely.

~Bruno K~

Did you want virtualized hosting or an actual server? I've got plenty of bandwidth and a server sitting here doing nothing right now.

Are we talking open and legit or a tor hidden service?

I've just updated the OP of this thread. Feel free to ask any questions. I will answer all inquiries provided the needed responses don't jeopardize the project while its still in the paddock (not a hint).

~Bruno K~

hehe, yea sorry, well i hope it could be done soon - would be a cool service.

I was ready to pen that, but see no need to now. Later.

~Bruno K~

O sorry i see you did not buy even the domains or hosting yet, so nevermind my question - sorry.

Cool thanks man!
BTW, has your scripter given you a ETA on when the project could be in a "alpha" test? Would like to see this, especially since i will get a FREE premium hehe.

Interesting site! Many takeaways, one of which is NOT all those ads. BTW, you earned one free premium account valued at $20 USD ($10 if BTC). I'm going to pen the list now of all those entitled to one free premium account and add it to the OP of this thread.

Thanks again, rexcoin.

~Bruno K~

Alrighty :-)

This is the first time I've heard about weblo.com. Goin' to check it out now.

~Bruno K~

Hey Phinnaeus Gage,
I use to be part of a site that does something similar to what you want to do.
the site was www.weblo.com - did that site inspired you to do something like it?
Although your ideas does seem ALOT more profitable lol - i think weblo stop paying out or something - its been like 2 years since i stoped.

Anyway good luck on the project!

If you're speaking of futurequest.net, it looks as if they'll fit the bill nicely. When the time comes, I will get back with you so that you can reap the referral reward.

~Bruno~

I wish I could contribute but it looks like my relevant skillset is already covered by LG.  In any case, I have so many projects demanding my attention, I feel like a one-armed juggler.

I do, however, have a Reseller account with my hosting provider which would allow me to pass on some savings if you would accept me as an agent working on their behalf. All my sites are hosted with them and I haven't experienced any problems or unscheduled downtime in the four years I've been using them. The price for a basic hosting package will run about 0.65 BTC per month at the current exchange rate.

In the spirit of full transparency, I currently have another person in mind to handle this task, put if for some reason I need to seek out another programmer, I will contact you or some other who PMs me or adds their desire to be part of this endeavor on this thread.

~Bruno K~

I'm a web developer experienced with Wordpress, PHP, MySQL as well as web design and Flash and can be your programmer. My rate is 1.5 BTC / hour. Contact if interested.

Thanks, bud. The worse case scenario is that I would end up wasting a lot of time and be out several thousand dollars, but I can fade that.

One unique feature I'm planning on implementing is that every person who signs up receives a micro rebate of a yet to be determined amount in Bitcoin if they pay for a product/service via the other payment options. This may be accomplished via a link in their email showing the receipt for their recent purchase. The link will direct the user to some newly created free Bitcoin site, or I may opt to partner with an existing one in exchange for a free, or deeply discounted, advert. Or I may pay the prevailing rate, and offer the highest micro payment reward. On the surface, that sounds like the better option.

Since I'm doing this one step at a time, I recon I could start a thread in the correct section seeking domain registrars. That way I can view all the options under one thread.

~Bruno K~

EDIT: The thread where I'm seeking domain name registrars can be viewed here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/seeking-domain-registrars-to-purchase-9-tld-1-for-10-years-118346

I read the whole thing and wanted to say good luck and I wish you the best! I'll keep checking back in to see how things are going. 

Site aspects:

Will be laden with images. One image per page with a minimum and maximum size and resolution requirement. No copyrighted images allowed.

There will be no advertising except by the respected page owner if they choose to link to a page they own offering up their wares...

...With the exception of having a link on each page to the merchandising site offering up physical products related to the main site's content. I'm willing to hand this aspect over to somebody else to run and they can keep all the profits. At first, I would only own the domain name that said entity relies upon, but in time would not hesitate giving that up to the guy or gal hosting said site, provided it continues to work in concert with the main site. I'm not greedy, and this is a great opportunity for somebody who knows how to develop and maintain such a Cafe Press type site. (CP used as an example)

Members will receive Bitcoin in the form of some micro payment, whereas non-members will receive 1/100th the amount. More on this later.

The cheapest membership rate is $1 USD or half that amount if paid with BTC. Members can have unlimited pages that require payment per verified email account, whereas non-members will only be allowed one page per email account.

I may forego registration via email if a micro payment via Bitcoin is provided.

The maximum rate for any page is $20 USD (again, half that amount if paid for in BTC).

Any page purchased can be sold to some other person or entity, without incurring any fees. It's not outside the realm of possibility that a certain page will demand a high value, and an establish corporation desires to own it. But only those paying at the premium $20 USD rate (half with BTC) will be able to sell their page, thus non-paying members will not be able to reap any rewards in this regard.

If a non-paying member has claim to one page, his claim will be bumped to the first paying member desiring his page.

Each page will be based on a tier aspect.

Using tomato as example purposes only:

A non-paying member using one registered email account puts up a page entitled Tomato. The URL would be https://domainname/tomato.

Another guy comes along and desires tomato. To bump the first guy, he pays $1 USD and now has https://domainname/tomato for his very own for no less than 30 days. If no other desiring tomato is in the queue, the page's info doesn't change. At the very bottom of the page, there'll be a link to the history of the tomato page, whereupon the non-paying member's original page will be revealed, but with a different URL of course--something along the lines of https://domainname/tomato/free.

Let's say that on day 16 some guy comes along and wants https://domainname/tomato for his very own next. He'll have to pay $2 USD, twice the amount, to hold it for twice the timeframe, in this case two months, and his content will become available on the 31st day. Or he could purchase any of the following, provided nobody else has purchased prior according to the following tentative rates:

• $1/first 30 days
• $2/following 60 days
• $4/following 120 days
• $8/following 240 days
• $16/following 480 days
• $20/indefinite with resale rights

Thus, the history of the tomato page may have the URLs as follows:

• https://domainname/tomato (current)
• https://domainname/tomato/level4 ($4 USD paying member)
• https://domainname/tomato/level1 ($1 USD paying member)
• https://domainname/tomato/free (non-paying member)

For indexing purposes, something other than level1 or level4 in the URL is an important issue that'll need addressing from a marketer's standpoint. https://domainname/tomato should have no problem being index on the first page of Google once the site becomes populated.

Again, tomato is only used as an example, and the site has nothing to do with fruit or vegetables.

According the chart above, one can buy in at any rate, but may have to wait till the time spot becomes available if purchasing a lower or mid-range package.

A paying member can transfer off any page at any time and apply the balance toward a different page. For an example, a guy may now want Grape at https://domainname/grape for two months (or eight, or indefinite). He gets it free of charge, and only has to wait till the any current claim expires, if the case may be. Once he fully transfers out, the previous claim holder moves back in as the current holder of said spot. Emails will be automatically sent to all parties involved detailing what has, or is about to, transpire.

~Bruno K~