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espaniolon How one startup hacked Founder Showcase with 4 hours and $500

Glad to see that you liked it. Thanks for sharing. Arie

espaniolon 6buk copies Fiverr, but charges $6 instead of $5

I beg to differ. Arbitraging is valid when you deal with free market rules. Fiveer is not a mere tool, it's a cool idea that is now being copied. if 6buk will succeed it will be because it will manage to be "cooler" and more innovative, not because of Arbitrage difference. (Unlike ODesk,Elance,guro which are outsource platforms and you can definitely use arbitraging there).

Hence, here the name of the game.. is being different. Foursquare is a good example, there are many location based services and they have been here for long much before foursquare. But the whole fun, mayorship, badges, etc. made it the fun product that it is today.

Bottom line, Fivver is about being "Fun" and not "cost-effective"

Cheers

espaniolon SMS from Chrome, fully sync'd with your Android phone

Google Voice and this extension are practically the same. However, GV is only available in the US, therefore the new extension cover a solution for world-wise users (that currently using apps like WhatsApp sms messenger, Texty and others).