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0 pointsrchaud2y ago0 comments

It's not 2004 anymore, people may need a bit more than your photo and links in exchange for what you're asking.

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I'm in the process of reaching out to existing customers, with an aim of getting some reviews on TrustPilot. Do you have any other ideas?

I accept that there's a certain percent of folks who will not trust me with their address, so I'm not trying to change anyone's mind or pressure anyone into signing up if that's the case.

Back when I worked at SaveUp, and we gave real cash prizes to people every day, we always had people claiming we were a scam. We even posted videos to YouTube of our selection and giveaway process, and posted new testimonials to our site every single day, but certain folks simply couldn't be convinced.

rchaudOP2y ago

I would say register as a nonprofit, but that may not be feasible if you're planning to run this as a business.

People have soured on tech companies ostensibly doing something for the public good; it never works out as it should, because behind companies are investors, and at some point, they'll want returns.

The classic example is unroll.me -- auto-unsubscribe with no strings attached*! Asterisk: many strings attached.

There's just no guarantee that introducing a middleman won't bite me in the ass later.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/17/21027159/unroll-me-email...

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