Something’s wrong with my RedPaper account. I’ve tried emailing the owner/CEO Mike “Scoop” Gaynor about it. And, it’s been almost a month now and I still haven’t received a response.
So now, I decided to make a move.
For those of you who have no idea what RedPaper is all about, it’s a micropayment community site where you can sell practically anything you’ve created - poems, articles, digital images, photographs, CDs, videos, etc.
The idea is that you sign up for an account (and part with about US$3.40 to begin with and US$3 go in to your buying account ). Once you have an account, you start posting your wares. You price your wares accordingly. Say, 2 cents for a poem or 10 cents for an article. If someone sees your work and they want to read it, they pay you the amount you requested.
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Lei 07.23.04 at 5:07 am
Interesting concept, but what’s the incentive? Dimes and nickels just don’t see like they matter that much. Why not just subsitute smiley faces or something?
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Mike Gaynor 07.23.04 at 5:07 am
Not sure what is wrong with your account. I never recieved an email from you. I do use a spam blocker call SpamArrest. Perhaps you got hung up there. In anyevent, if you let me know whatthe problem is I’ll try and fix it. PS: I just sent you your CashOut.
Later,
Mike
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shai 07.23.04 at 5:07 am
Lei: It depends on the number of readers/buyers you get. Dimes and nickels aren’t much, yes.
But, multiply that to a hundred or more… and… yeah. Well, not that that happens a lot. :p
I did earn a substantial “extra change” one time experimenting with micropayments. But, it was
a different business model and it soon went kaput. Anyway, I’m still keen on looking at this
as a way to market some of my content. But, I’m still learning…
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