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A comment on Ask HN: Examples where you make something people want, but are unable to profit?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Examples where you make something people want, bu... by ericd on Sunday December 06, 2009 @07:30PM (#980418)
Agreed - I think the minimum viable visa charge (due to high minimum fee) and the increased abandonment rate due to the hassle of using your CC is holding a lot of things back.

I think this is a very necessary startup, but one that's going to be very difficult to pull off well, and will require serious cash.

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Re:Ask HN: Examples where you make something people want, bu... by ephermata on Thursday December 10, 2009 @08:50PM (#989020)
There are a lot of broken bodies on the micropayment road. Millicent & Peppercoin come to mind to start. Maybe the world has changed since then, but if you were doing a company on micropayments and came to me, I'd want a clear answer as to what you would do that everyone else did not.
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