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I would pay $X for Y (June 2018)

I would pay $4/month to input a URL to news stories and write my response to the article.

I would pay $20 for (real, authentic) reviews of the top 30 online only Financial Engineering programs.

I would pay $2/month to have an app calculate tax withholdings for Robinhood profits/winnings.

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Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by thiago_fm on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @04:55AM (#17398906)
I would pay $50/month for a service that would map out all REITs in my country(Brazil) and analyze their respective management companies, quality of assets(vs price), revenue and financial vacancy.

I wrote some scripts but it's a pain in the butt to maintain as most of the data provided by the stock exchange isn't formatted. So somebody who provides would have both the data processed, and possibly worked upon afterwards by humans. Which I'm kind of lazy to do all by myself.

I thought about automating this and selling the service, but it's kind of hard to reach people to buy it, or to even sell this at all. I currently have already a good income that would hardly make the service be worth for me to build at all.

With this... I could buy the best for this investment window(bear market) of the next 2 years and retire before the end of the bull market.

Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by 1ba9115454 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @04:28AM (#17398787)
I would pay $10 per month for someone to receive my receipts etc via email/photos and input them into a tax program.
Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by fanseed on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @09:54AM (#17400585)
A bit more than $10, but: https://www.shoeboxed.com/
Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by jamesholden on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @07:32AM (#17399636)
Yeah, but at what volume?
Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by abdelhamidem on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @10:08AM (#17400680)
I would pay $10/month for a service that I could repackage and charge $100/month for it
Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by CloudNetworking on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @10:40AM (#17400912)
I'd pay $90/month if the repackaging could be automated and sold at scale ;-P
Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by soulchild37 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @01:28PM (#17402492)
Heard of reseller web hosting package?
Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by kleer001 on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @01:12PM (#17409928)
I would pay $20/month for a churn coach

A what?

A churn coach. Helps me swim through the sea of gadgets and entertainment, helps put old stuff on Craigslist or upcycle or recycle properly and every month or so brings some product or service I'll love.

It may seem like a rehash of gift boxes for X Geekery, but the difference here is the cycling at the end and the very low volume.

I've found that for my ultimate convenience and entertainment it's a bit of homework to find the best of the best (movie, laptop, book, kitchen gadget, etc...) A Churn coach would help do that with a smile and a high five, this is truly the golden age.

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Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by quickthrower2 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @06:04AM (#17399251)
The problem with the tax withholdings is that it might only be worth $2/month to you (as it saves you using your excel or whatever) but to the provider they kind of have to provide a very robust calculator and probably assume some liability. So they'd want much more than $2 I would assume. They'd need 2k-10k users to make a living, thats a lot of support also!
Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by meiraleal on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @12:44PM (#17402112)
I would pay $50 to know the best place to rent a property and make a profit using airbnb.
Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by 1ba9115454 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @04:32AM (#17398802)
I would pay $1000 for a bootstrap landing page for my site. Not a theme, but someone who actually collects the benefits etc and rolls it into something that looks great.

I would pay $100 a month for someone who can write technical articles in the blockchain space.

Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by vikaskyadav on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @10:21AM (#17400781)
I can create production-ready material/bootstrap best landing page with SEO provisions in $1200.

I am a technical writer on medium. Ping me if needed.

Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by startupflix on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @04:56PM (#17411799)
I can do both. Ping me > [email protected]
Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by gridsystem on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @12:26AM (#17405744)
Can do bootstrap landing page.

Hit me up. solxgrundy at gmail

Re:I would pay $X for Y (June 2018) by westonplatter0 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @02:04AM (#17398244)
What would you pay for?