Mint Rakes It In

Re:Mint Rakes It In by aston on Sunday October 07, 2007 @07:25PM (#64546)

I thought this was gonna be about Mint.com making a ton of money.

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Re:Mint Rakes It In by ardit33 on Sunday October 07, 2007 @11:24PM (#64594)

It is coming eventually. I thought the formula was;

idea -> code something -> market it -> users -> ???? -> $$money

so they are at the "users" part, once the figure out the "???" then they make some money.

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Re:Mint Rakes It In by aston on Sunday October 07, 2007 @11:26PM (#64596)

Well, mint.com has a "???" filled in. They'll make money from referral kickbacks for the services they recommend. Hence why I was expecting to hear about some revenue generated.

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Re:Mint Rakes It In by rms on Sunday October 07, 2007 @11:40PM (#64598)

Yeah... their affiliate programs pay insane kickbacks, ING Direct is around $100 dollars per new account with an additional $50 bonus to the person that opens a new account and they offer the best savings account rate in the USA, so Mint should get lots of signups.

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Re:Mint Rakes It In by aston on Sunday October 07, 2007 @11:49PM (#64603)

ING Direct pays out less than HSBC, and I'm sure a host of other e-savings account that spend less to advertise. That said, I think you're right about them having a lucrative referral program. When I spoke with Patzer about it last summer, they were one of the big ones he mentioned.

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Re:Mint Rakes It In by rms on Monday October 08, 2007 @12:47AM (#64621)

:) guess I fell for ING's marketing then.

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