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Athos Elite user NADO - Mind reader 481 Posts |
Hi Luke,
Just wondering if we have physical products would it be possible to sell it using your website? Allowing we can track supply (supply limits) and so I can ship them out myself with their adress? If so I'm very interested! Max.
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Slim King Eternal Order Orlando 18012 Posts |
I think your first rule should be ..., if the ad says, "The spectator freely selects a card" then the spectator must freely select a card ..., and nothing else, as in some tricky force or sleight. Not what it looks like, but what it really is.
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Sid Helkule Inner circle Australia 1481 Posts |
Max
Unfortunately at the moment it will only host e-books. Down the line though, who knows? Slim, I have no control over ads. As I said it is just a portal to e-book creators. I will have a disclaimer for this on the website. Any ads reported as misleading will of course be removed (after speaking to the creator). Luke |
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Slim King Eternal Order Orlando 18012 Posts |
Then what's the advantage?
And how are the forrest fires down there? I'm scheduled for Melbourne in a few weeks I've heard it is very bad right now. Sorry!
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Mr. Mindbender Inner circle 1566 Posts |
I find it kind of odd that here's a guy, willing to do a service for free, spend his own time doing something to benefit others -- and has to deal with others doubts and questions.
From what I gather, it's a basic portal to metalist related e-books. I don't think he's claiming it to be extensive (although I'm sure he'd like it to be), he's not making any money off of it, he's not promoting one e-book over another. He's simply offering a site where you can go to see the numerous e-books being offered by the mentalism community. Click and buy at your own risk. But that's just how I read it. I look forward to seeing the site and I'm sure will have additional comments at that point. But for now, based on everything Luke has presented, I commend you on your hard work and look forward to your site! |
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Christopher Taylor V.I.P. British Columbia Canada 2314 Posts |
Luke: I am very interest and will PM you.
Christopher |
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Slim King Eternal Order Orlando 18012 Posts |
You find it Odd that people have questions Mindbender ?
I honestly see such a site a Torrent Magnet, but I'm trying to understand the advantages. I'll never know unless I ask a few questions.
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Roth Inner circle The 18 5090 Posts |
Hi Guys,
For what it's worth, Luke designed my present website, and he nailed it. He's extremely creative and very generous. Naturally there are questions about his plan. He is genuine about his intentions to create a free venue for those that may not have the money or recognition to get there work on established sites, and those established creators looking to expand their exposure to the magic world. I would say don't even question this project, it will be everything he wants it to be, and a great benefit for new and established creators to get there work out there. It's a goodwill project he's discussed with me, and I think it's great. Rick |
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Davit Sicseek Inner circle 1818 Posts |
I don't see why it would be a torrent magnet, presumably there won't be a torrent tracker bolted on to the side of it.
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I find it kind of odd that here's a guy, willing to do a service for free, spend his own time doing something to benefit others -- and has to deal with others doubts and questions. If you find it odd that people doing things for free (which he isn't) are faced with doubts and questions, you must get seriously weirded out by some of the other stuff that happens in this world
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Mr. Mindbender Inner circle 1566 Posts |
Well, what I find seriously weird in the world is an entirely different thread.
The only thing I find out here is all of the questioning before the thing even gets up and running. I try to take things at face value until I see first hand for myself what it's about. Once there is something to comment about, then it's worth commenting about -- otherwise it's all just speculation. |
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Slim King Eternal Order Orlando 18012 Posts |
I'm in agreement with Roth, as I trust his judgement overall. I will hide and watch on this one (Not my usual position)
As far as speculation goes ... Why this thread at all? People are prone to speculate ... ESPecially Mentalists I hope the project is a great success as always.
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Sid Helkule Inner circle Australia 1481 Posts |
Phew, lots of interesting questions!
Firstly Slim, the Victorian bushfire have been an absolute tragedy. There are hundred of dead, and hundred of homes have been lost. That coupled with the North Queensland floods, it's been a tough couple of years. Also, a Torrent Magnet? Got me very confused there my friend. Ok, here's what this site is going to be to put peoples mind at ease: I am using a basic content management system, and each persons e-book advertisement will be presents in an article format. Next to the article will be a payment module which directly links to the creator's Paypal address. From then the delivery of the e-book is up to the creator (as is the entire transaction). This site will hardly be groundbreaking, as I've stated before it is just a place for people to host their e-book (and this part is for you Davit) free of charge. Davit, I have no idea what you mean in saying that I am not doing this for free. I'm not putting Google adsense on the page, and have openly stated that any advertisements charged will go to the Café. Basically when you go to the site there will be a drop down menu called 'e-books'. From here you can select from many subcategories (cold reading, palm reading, bizarre etc.) and once you select your category the e-books will be listed alphabetically with a picture and a brief description, and you can scroll through them. There is of course a search feature which will be the fastest way to find a product. Each product can have an image assigned to it, and I will rotate all of the front page featured products on a weekly basis. There will be no shopping cart on the site as I do not want to handle any transaction myself. Each e-book will have an individual Paypal link, and below that there will be a contact link to the creator. I hope that clears things up, sorry I'm in a rush to go to work. Any questions PM me. Oh and please note, in doing this I do not require you to send me a copy of your e-book. All I need is that ad copy, images and paypal email address. Luke |
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Davit Sicseek Inner circle 1818 Posts |
Luke, you should just charge for premium placement, none of this sending transaction IDs (which you have no means to verify) of a Café donation. I don't understand the sense in your proposed system. You deserve to get paid for your effort. If you really have an adversion to cash money, then may I suggest a 'contribution' of some kind. Presumably your CMS will allow regular articles as well. If an author wants premium placement for a month, they need to write a decent article about an aspect of the art for exclusive viewing on your site.
Regarding the AD copy and the image for front page rotation... will you be applying any sort of censorship?
Send me the truth: davitsicseek@gmail.com
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
Why not just let the guy do what he wants...
cut the fella some slack eh... why don't you set one up Davit - show us all how it's done?!
I've asked to be banned
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Sid Helkule Inner circle Australia 1481 Posts |
All good ideas Davit. I definitely don't have an aversion to money, I am however a firm believer in open source. Plus I need a hobby. I actually do lots of pro-bono graphic and web work for small local business as well. It's just something to pass the time.
The article contributions was a very good idea, I'll have to think some more on that. The censorship side was an interesting question. Obviously anyone who wants their e-book hosted will not be able to upload the info directly (it will have to be sent to me). I don't see why I should censor anyones ad copy, but if I start receiving complaints that consumers are not receiving what they paid for it will have to be investigated. So far I haven't received any requests from creators I do not know of. I guess I'll take it as it comes. Luke |
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Davit Sicseek Inner circle 1818 Posts |
Iain, I'm not giving anyone a hard time. I think it's a great idea.
Luke, glad you like the 'contribution' idea. Feel free to use. I was kidding about the censorship thing, although you might have to make a judgement when someone inevitably comes up something like 'genital divination'... I guess you can always pixilate the image.
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Sid Helkule Inner circle Australia 1481 Posts |
Ha!
We can always have a 'From the Desk of Davit' blog section where you can shake up the mentalism world I knew you were half joking, although it was something I had already considered. Luke |
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Slim King Eternal Order Orlando 18012 Posts |
Sorry about the loss of life and property. Sounds terrible.
This project should be lot's of work and possibly a headache or two. Good Luck! Hope the fires are out by the 18th.
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Sid Helkule Inner circle Australia 1481 Posts |
I think you'll be safe in Melbourne my friend.
Luke Posted: Mar 6, 2009 7:15am -------------------------------- Just to give everyone an update: The imentalism site will go live on Sunday 15th March. It has taken a little bit longer than I expected, and I still need to sort out the automatic newsletter function and a few other bits and pieces. If you haven't gotten your ebook ad copies to me by then we can do it after. So far we have 11 ebooks ready to go. It would be great to have more though! Thanks to everyone who has contributed their ebooks thus far. I really appreciate it! I think we're going to have a lot of fun with this site... Luke |
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Drewmcadam Inner circle Scotland 1239 Posts |
Definitely interested. I have a book waiting and ready to go. I sent it out to some of the "names" in the business and has had some wonderful feedback. What a coincidence. This has come along at exactly the right time... Wooohooooo that psychic stuff can happen any time!
If this worked well then I might put up an ebook version of the "Making Money" book. I know that the print run has stopped but there are still a lot of people out there trying to get their hands on a copy - this might be te answer. (I would need to come to some arrangement with Ian Rowland about that, but it's worth keeping him in mind for the future). Anyway, I'm not quite sure what you require at the moment. But count me in! I've PMd you Drew |
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