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Support => Feature requests => Topic started by: LeadSingersDisease on January 18, 2013, 03:04 am

Title: Add a small signup fee to fund loans to help support the SR infrastructure
Post by: LeadSingersDisease on January 18, 2013, 03:04 am
Maybe you could implement a similar system with buyers as you have done with sellers. You pay to signup and after 6 months, or a certain amount of btc spent if the member has proven he is not a scammer, will be partially refunded.

SR could then loan this money as they do for sellers(cash advance)  but for all the buyers asking for loans on the forums. If you wanted to loan a btc you could but pay it back with a little interest. If regulated by some algorithm which ensures that you never end up down on the cash (if the buyer disappears).

Not sure of how bitcoin works when incorporated into a website but i imagine you could code this IF you charged a sign up fee

It may also deter the scammers as people could go to SR for loans while they are waiting for their BTC.
Title: Re: Add a small signup fee to fund loans to help support the SR infrastructure
Post by: livestr0ng on January 22, 2013, 12:36 am
thats a cool idea. but six months seems too long. I don't think a certain amount of BTC spent would be fair unless it was only $50.00-100.00 worth.
Title: Re: Add a small signup fee to fund loans to help support the SR infrastructure
Post by: universalimports on January 27, 2013, 02:43 pm
I like the idea.
I just read and replied to a previous thread

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=110481.0

Maybe changing the structure of SR fee system and charge commission fee 1/2 to each Vendor and Buyer.
Both buyer and vendor must pay an initial upfront commission fee and receive the first $xx (to the value of the upfront fee) commission free.
I personally think $1,000/$100 is not unreasonable at all.

Just a thought...
Title: Re: Add a small signup fee to fund loans to help support the SR infrastructure
Post by: BashfulBetty on February 04, 2013, 07:17 pm
What a great way to discourage people from using Silk Road!
The typical new user is skeptical and tentative.  Requiring money up front just to sign up will turn a lot of potential users away.
Title: Re: Add a small signup fee to fund loans to help support the SR infrastructure
Post by: EastCoastCollective on February 14, 2013, 02:03 pm
I agree with Betty. charging to join Sr is a bad idea. That  would be same as charging someone to gain entrance inside the mall. when mall management needs to raise revenue, they raise  the rents on their tenants. That usually results in 2 things.. Less retailers in the mall (more empty stores)  or better quality stores selling higher end goods..  either way charging to join is not good and as a vendor myself I would rather pay more fees.
Title: Re: Add a small signup fee to fund loans to help support the SR infrastructure
Post by: anonymouse23 on February 17, 2013, 06:58 am
Im with the previous 2 posters on this one.
Additionally there are the issues of charging people without them having seen what they get and most people havent heard of bitcoin yet/dont have any, which would further delay or even discourage signup.
Title: Re: Add a small signup fee to fund loans to help support the SR infrastructure
Post by: masterblaster on February 26, 2013, 06:34 am
paywalls suck. its hard enough getting people to use the site with all the problems it has.