[buddypress-dev] buddymoney concept
Dan Milward
dan at instinct.co.nz
Fri Oct 24 04:25:11 GMT 2008
That is a fair question. I would not have known the answer to that back
when we first started mucking around with e-commerce either.
I think there are probably a few good answers but following is the most
important one. There are so so so so so (did I say so) so many WordPress
users in the world that live in countries that don't support Paypal it
is not even funny. These people deserve a one stop shop approach that
works no matter where they are from.
I want to do this because I want to see something even easier then
Paypal that works regardless of where you are. I think that something
done right "the wordpress way" will kick butt and I'm keen to be a part
of that and get the ball rolling. For the person that does not want it
or does not fancy using buddymoney then they would just keep using
Paypal (etc) and that is equally cool. Whatever floats your boat baby ;))
It is a big small world out there I think there is still plenty of room
to do something cool in this space. So I will... with the help of others :P
Have a nice weekend everybody (yay it is now Friday night in NZ)!!!
Ciao,
Dan
Angel wrote:
> I am wondering what is in it for people, that they would buy these
> tokens when they can use Paypal and buy things anyway? Why would I,
> as a member say, want to or need to buy?
>
> *Beth
> 1stAngel*
> /http://1stangel.co.uk
> http://theartnetwork.co.uk
> http://supa-deals.com
> http://ourgym.co.uk/
>
> Peter Kuipers wrote:
>> Ok, no problem, send me the list on my email address and I am happy to
>> provide help to the project.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: buddypress-dev-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:buddypress-
>>> dev-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Dan Milward
>>> Sent: donderdag 23 oktober 2008 23:07
>>> To: buddypress-dev at lists.automattic.com
>>> Subject: Re: [buddypress-dev] buddymoney concept
>>>
>>> Hi Peter,
>>>
>>> I am going to start by putting together a website where people can
>>> purchase buddymoney tokens. What I'll do is think about an API and some
>>> documentation for people to use.
>>>
>>> Perhaps we could provide you a list of things to do and you could try
>>> creating a buddymoney donate plugin or help us to get it working with
>>> WP
>>> e-Commerce.
>>>
>>> I am kind of over whelmed at the moment. So I'm not sure whether that
>>> sounds like a plan or not. I would really really like to have Andy's
>>> thoughts on core infrastructure...
>>>
>>> Ciao,
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Peter Kuipers wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am also very interested in this matter. I am lurking the mailing
>>>>
>>> list
>>>
>>>> quite a while now, but this is a development I really want to support
>>>>
>>> this,
>>>
>>>> I have also a domain registered for it, called buddymoney.eu.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> Peter Kuipers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: buddypress-dev-bounces at lists.automattic.com
>>>>>
>>> [mailto:buddypress-
>>>
>>>>> dev-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Dan Milward
>>>>> Sent: maandag 20 oktober 2008 2:54
>>>>> To: buddypress-dev at lists.automattic.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: [buddypress-dev] buddymoney concept
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Andy,
>>>>>
>>>>> That is great news. I think that the plan should be to setup a new
>>>>>
>>> site
>>>
>>>>> called buddymoney.org (I just bought the domain name) where people
>>>>>
>>> can
>>>
>>>>> go to and buy tokens. It occurs to me that essentially we would be
>>>>> building a payment gateway of sorts. Think along the lines of Google
>>>>> Checkout meets BuddyPress.
>>>>>
>>>>> In theory anybody could goto buddymoney.org (or buddypress.org) and
>>>>>
>>> buy
>>>
>>>>> tokens that can be spent on a site that has the BuddyMoney plugin
>>>>> installed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Shall I email you my initial sketches / design mock up?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ciao,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan
>>>>>
>>>>> Andy Peatling wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I must have completely missed this buddymoney idea back in April.
>>>>>> Sounds like great idea to me. I can help out with answers, advice
>>>>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>>>> core fixes. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 16-Oct-08, at 7:16 PM, Dan Milward wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Leo,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you still keen to look at buddymoney at some stage?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ciao,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Leo germani wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> this sounds great,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Id like to help
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> cheers
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Leo,,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Dan Milward <dan at instinct.co.nz
>>>>>>>> <mailto:dan at instinct.co.nz>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We are planning another buddypress plugin. What I'm after is
>>>>>>>> feedback and people willing to help. We're pretty busy but we
>>>>>>>> intend to start working on this very soon.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My idea is based around my concept of buddymoney - or
>>>>>>>>
>>> wordpress
>>>
>>>>>>>> tokens.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Buddymoney is an online currency. People will buy buddymoney
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> that
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> can be spent on any wordpress site that uses the buddyplace
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> market
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> plugin.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Buddyplace is an open source WP e-Commerce module that will
>>>>>>>> accepts these tokens as an alternative to real money. This
>>>>>>>>
>>> will
>>>
>>>>> be
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> useful for people without credit cards or who want to make
>>>>>>>>
>>> many
>>>
>>>>>>>> micro payments across many sites.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We're looking for people that want to help us with this. Its
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> going
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> to be a big job but its going to be a fun one.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ciao,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dan
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