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In my experience the money doesn't just come! If only...

A lot of people use the daily mail as their primary source of news (I'm not sure what informed news means).

Hacker news is a site full of smart coder/developer types, but I think most of them are not UK based so won't know what an unpleasant paper the Daily Mail is.

I can't believe that HN is linking to the Daily Mail... I can guarantee that everything said in this article is completely or partly untrue.

It's part of the daily mail's online strategy I think, increase traffic by using overseas social media whose users may not be fully aware of how utterly horrible and untruthful the paper is.

If an individual answer costs less than 50p - I lose money as the transaction costs are too high...

The language does seem a bit vague now you say that. Any ideas for a better 1. XXXX 2.XXXX 3.XXXX sequence on the homepage?

Thanks.... If you were feeling really kind you could send a screenshot to info@studylance.com

It goes through studylance...

Really useful feedback, thanks...

a) I think it differentiates itself by being a targeted vertical, a "destination" to go for homework answers from tutors who are rated and can provide full and in depth answers. Mahalo answers doesnt really focus on anything.

b) The assurance of getting paid is a potential problem, I dont think theres any way of giving that assurance...

c) The buttons problem is definitely something that needs changing.

d) About us - yes, doesn't look professional!

e) The last issue, allowing people to signup after theyve typed an answer is a really good idea... I think however that it's going to be much harder to get people to post questions than getting them to answer them. I've had lots of tutors sign up, just not that many students...

The user can choose a "need answer by" date in the question posting process, there is no default timeout at the moment...

It was to protect against spam, ensure the user is a real person who can be contacted etc.

But I can see that a few people sign up, post a question, but never click the link so their question never goes live. I may try removing the requirement to confirm emails...

Paypal... Going to include Google Checkout soon too.

Thanks! Good to hear some positive feedback about the question posting process.

Users have to confirm their email before the question goes live, any opinions on whether that is necessary?

Thanks, will be sure to change that...

Good point...

I understand the comparison with expertsexchange but I think Studylance is different. Expertexchange is all about spamming the search engines with common problems, Studylance is more like Elance or Rentacoder, in that individuals get a real response, rather than having to pay for the answer to a previously asked question,

The amounts are in £pounds for the moment, I'm going to add the option to view in USDollars soon.

The values are low for the moment you're right!

Thanks!

Very nice... I like how it's not too intrusive.

Happened to me, I ran my own small ventures for about 2 years out of university. They definitely didn't fail, but they didn't make me a millionaire either. I cashed out of one of them with $20,000+ so it wasn't the end of the world.

However, whilst being interviewed over the past month or two I've encountered people who've really disliked the fact that I'd moved around several small entrepreneurial projects and now wanted a job. Some people absolutely loved it, but some people were really quite sceptical and even critical. Just shows you that people can be stupid, you have to keep trying as many as it takes until someone understands your value and doesn't make some retarded judgement based on something that doesn't matter.

As a sidenote, I found that the CEOs and founders that interviewed me were very keen on the entrepreneurial aspect to my cv. The middle management and wage monkeys weren't at all.

Really? Have you got a link?

Not really user error. Deleted means deleted.

I see what you mean.

But people buy stupid stuff, it's up to them to decide what they spend their money on, not for some arbiter of fairness to ban products that they think are too expensive or don't provide enough value.

Capitalism isn't ethical, it's morally neutral, if you start banning people from selling books that are too expensive or that you think don't provide the correct information (have you even read it?) then the whole economy doesn't work.

What about razors? They cost $20/£10 and the advertising preys on men who are likely to be convinced of the necessity of "FOUR BLADES!" when in fact it makes no difference at all. They don't have to buy the overpriced razor.

He won't make much from the traffic from HN. Social media tech traffic is worth hardly anything.

Ultra targetted non-tech savvy traffic like the parrot site gets from adwords is worth a lot.

I saw you on Channel 4 a few years ago when you started Boso at Oxford... Congrats on the Auctomatic sale!