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DP Money

Discussion in 'Support & Feedback' started by forumposters, Sep 29, 2006.

  1. #1
    Are there any plans to offer DP users a money system just amongst DP users with a bank where you can cash out and turn DP money into real money and vice versa?
     
    forumposters, Sep 29, 2006 IP
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  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    No... but just out of curiosity, who was going to fund the "real money" cash out in your idea? :)
     
    digitalpoint, Sep 29, 2006 IP
  3. forumposters

    forumposters Peon

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    #3
    Another member would buy it in most cases. This is how it works at Namepoint.
     
    forumposters, Sep 29, 2006 IP
  4. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #4
    Why would someone buy fake money? And if people just want to trade money with each other, why don't they just use real money?
     
    digitalpoint, Sep 29, 2006 IP
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    forumposters Peon

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    It would matter of convenience for the users here to simply click "donate DP money" instead of logging in and out of paypal, asking for a paypal address, etc.

    I'm not sure how easy it is to program and manage, however. And, I could imagine why you might not want to take this on.
     
    forumposters, Sep 29, 2006 IP
  6. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #6
    Sp pretty much you want me to start a banking service for users. :)

    Sorry, not going to happen...
     
    digitalpoint, Sep 29, 2006 IP
  7. EasyMarketer

    EasyMarketer Active Member

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    Haha, that wouldnt work here anyways. Everything is FREE. At namepros not everything is free that is why they got creative and started a bank. Now, Shawn did a good thing and did revenue sharing, he is even giving us some of the money from the forums :)
     
    EasyMarketer, Sep 29, 2006 IP
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    EGS Notable Member

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    #8
    Actually Bubba Shawn, a virtual currency system for Digital Point wouldn't be such a bad thing.

    Installing a simple hack that you can find from vBulletin.org can not only promote the glorious activity of Digital Point but also make you a buck. Think about it, it may sound stupid to you for people to buy virtual currency from the bank (which is you), but if it'll make you even more money, why not do it? Isn't that what all netrepeneurs like us would want to do - make or offer something that bangs a buck / profit?

    I'm for the suggestion. I'd love to be able to get DP$ by posting and buying domains and sites with the currency from other users. :D:D:D
     
    EGS, Sep 29, 2006 IP
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    Richie_Ni Illustrious Member

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    No need to have such a system.Don't you prefer real money?
     
    Richie_Ni, Sep 29, 2006 IP
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    Roman Buffalo Tamerâ„¢

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    What I think would be fun is have DP dollars where say you get $1DP/post. The $DP could then be transferd amongst members so we can bet on sport, maybe actually buy links from other members, basically have fun. Each persons worth can be show by their user name and maybe a page created where the top 10 or 100 richest member are listed and maybe even get a backlink. Of course the $DP would have no worth outside the forum, purely fun.

    Just my $.02DP worth, but if it was my forum I wouldn't do it.
     
    Roman, Sep 29, 2006 IP
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    EasyMarketer Active Member

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    Yeah if it was my forum I wouldnt do it either.
     
    EasyMarketer, Sep 29, 2006 IP
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    Nobody gets paid real money to post...to start new threads, yes, with the AdSense sharing revenue vBulletin hack, but not to post. Thus, members and administrators would benefit from installing the virtual currency hack.

    Members would earn DP$ from posting, and can thus buy or sell that virtual currency for other virtual goods or even sell them for cold hard cash $. And, the administrators could sell DP$ to members who just want to use them to buy virtual goods (domains, websites, etc) from other members.

    :D:D:D:D
     
    EGS, Sep 30, 2006 IP
  13. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #13
    Check the FAQ, you get paid to post (not just start a thread).
     
    digitalpoint, Sep 30, 2006 IP
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    Well just consider this earning double what you currently make, Bubba Shawn! :eek:
     
    EGS, Sep 30, 2006 IP
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    Well I think real money is much more attractive. If I were to trade with fake money, I would always been in some doubts...
     
    bnts, Oct 1, 2006 IP
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    Bondat Peon

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    I don't think shawn has the time to implement this dp money. It will consume too much time to start something like these. Nice suggestion though. But I dont think shawn is comfortable with these setup.
     
    Bondat, Oct 1, 2006 IP
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    wissam Well-Known Member

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    #17
    You have tons of e-money systems around like paypal, google cashout, e-gold and you can use it with members here then turn it later to money, wht you ask for it to be a part of DP ? that's wierd ...but thanx for the idea anyway ...
     
    wissam, Oct 2, 2006 IP
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    imagination works.... but the only prob is the use of this sort of thing will be quite restricted ... i mean with in Dp only..which si not a confertable thing for those using it.
     
    jameskon, Oct 3, 2006 IP
  19. Abhik

    Abhik ..:: The ONE ::..

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    ok.. wht will we call it ? dppal :D???
    JK
    not a bad idea, but i'll stick with PP..
     
    Abhik, Oct 3, 2006 IP
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    Hilarious...........hahahahaha ;)
    Its a bad idea,people would be getting scammed every 5 minutes,vb hackers would take advantage aswell.
    it dosnt work on namepros so it wont work here.
     
    Grafstein, Oct 3, 2006 IP