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If you think about it for even a little bit, it becomes obvious that no one would open a legit assassin-for-hire service online. Think of logistics of this:

Your assassin has to travel to some random city somewhere and take all the risks involved with killing someone, OR..

They rip you off. What recourse would you have against a real paid killer? And what help would you get from law enforcement?

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Well… you’d be ripping off somebody who was ready to kill someone. Might not end well in the long run.

All you need is a security deposit from the assassins before they start taking jobs.

Plumbers already have a bond system like that, for example.

If there are enough hitmen, they can just pick up jobs near them.

It's not impossible logistically.

Meal delivery services seem to do quite fine online. What you need for a hitman-for-hire scheme is a broad network of assassins, preferably paid as little as they will possibly work for, and certain availability areas. You enter an address and it comes up with a list of hitmen and their preferred murdering solution, sort by price, or show a page that your service is not available at the specified location yet.

It can be done, though for obvious reasons law enforcement would end your operation in days if not hours.

What you need to do is connect assassins with angry people, just charge to connect people

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