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Ask HN: Change revenue model for big customer?

We're creating a marketplace type offering (i.e. two sided market) where suppliers of services will generally pay us a percentage of revenue for making a sale on their behalf. The model is similar to Amazon (i.e. Amazon keeps a transaction fee for items sold on its platform by vendors). Our policy all along has been that 'we make money only when you (supplier) make money'.Recently, however,...

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Rewards platform vendors?

We're currently building an application that involves the accumulation of rewards points that can be used to redeem for rewards (gift cards, merchandise, etc). Do others have any experience in building their own rewards points programs? Did you create your own set of rewards options or partner with a company like Maritz? Thanks..

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Re:Ask HN: Rate my Startup on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @03:46PM (#1812734)
Application is currently in development for launch Q1 next yr

Ask HN: Rate my Startup

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Ask HN: Ruby on Rails or .NET?

I wondered if anyone out there knows of examples of startups that have developed web applications on a .NET framework? We have heard that Ruby on Rails is far quicker then trying to develop a web application on .NET but wondered if that is really true or if there are examples of companies that have just built on a .NET framework from the beginning? Thanks..

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Re:Scala or Ruby/Rails on Monday October 04, 2010 @01:45PM (#1756531)
Thanks very much for the guidance on this matter!

Scala or Ruby/Rails

If we decide to develop our web application in Scala/Lift would we have any challenges finding the right developers to support changes/iterations in the future? I have heard good things about Scala/Lift but am concerned that we may not have the same type of community of developers that exist for Ruby/Rails. Thanks.

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