Paywithsteem : A Big THANK YOU to @jerrybanfield! The Fundraiser is COMPLETE!
The fundraising is OVER, thanks to his comprehensive Budget Proposals! The team wishes to dedicate this post to our generous donator @jerrybanfield for believing in Paywithsteem's vision and mission for the Steemit community and our project.
Your funding has given us a major advantage to be the pioneer service provider of our kind on this blockchain, and we can't thank you enough! You've given the hope AND financial support we need to propel us forward by leaps and bounds, and we promise to keep everyone here updated about the project on a weekly basis.
A Total of 2,840 STEEM Was Funded By @jerrybanfield
That brings the total amount of money raised from the budget proposal to about $9,100 in USD today! Combined with the $900 earned from our fundraising posts from the past two months, this brings us to a total accumulated funding of over $10,000 raised through votes and donations alone. You have no idea how much this means to us!
So What Happens Now?
With the funds we have in hand, we are currently recruiting a few developers to work on Paywithsteem. So if you're a developer or web engineer reading this, you're the perfect candidate! Though we're cool with any skilled developers who are willing to take up this project, having experience on the Steemit blockchain certainly gives you the edge you need over others. Holla us up!
The task is to get the automated site up and running before mid 2018. So yeah, hurry and hop onboard!
Your project can get funded by the Steem Budget Proposal too. Here's how:
It's becoming apparent that Steemit is a platform of a million startup possibilities, and entrepreneurs from around the world have (and will continue to) leveraged on the blockchain. If you have a project on Steemit which needs extra funding, please consider the Steem Budget Proposal by @jerrybanfield just like we did!
Yes he's nice, and speaking from experience, way nicer than real-world investors out there in the oversaturated and competitive startup community. But just like every project ever, there are criterias to be met! Don't be intimidated though; it's a gatekeeper to see if how serious you are with your plans.
How serious is serious though?
Okay, what we did prior to approaching @jerrybanfield (as evidenced on our blog) is to churn out fundraising posts a few days every week to raise awareness on our project. This has been going on for about 2 months or so. On top of that, we have been approaching and engaging with whales for help.
In short, we're desperately serious and it shows.
Basically, what we're trying to tell you is to put A LOT OF EFFORT into your project and work on it relentlessly. You don't have to worry if the hardwork doesn't show; everything shows up on the blockchain. So hurray for hardworkers! There are so many methods for you to convince @jerrybanfield that you deserve the funds though. You could:
- Do multiple video proposals
- Work on a podcast
- Update the community and be active on Steemit as often as you can
- Make fundraising posts like we did
- Having a website that's ready to run
- Build a kickass deck
- Things more creative than what we listed
You've got to really, really want it like we did! We'd like to encourage you to keep believing in your project because as cliche as it sounds, having the faith will lead you to commit yourself into seeing your project to its peak.
We didn't start off perfect, and neither are we perfect now. It started when @btcvenom had an 'aha' moment, and then we had multiple goal alignment talks (read conflicts and heated discussions), restructuring internally, and shifting of directions for us to be able to reach this point. Don't be discouraged by any drawbacks at all! If anything, take the harshest words you've heard as the knife that sharpens your focus.
Where can I read more about the Steem Budget Proposal?
Everything you need to know about the Steem Budget Proposal is HERE! Prove your worth and work your way to the funds by joining contests, submitting initial proposals, and writing posts that adds value to Steemit, etc.
Tips To Get Noticed:
Tag #promo-steem, #steemit, and #jerrybanfield because @jerrybanfield screens these tags daily for valuable proposals. Once he acknowledges your effort, you'll receive an upvote bid to your post. This small funding is usually as a generous token of encouragement to help startup ideas take off.
Stay Tuned for Our Next Update!
Thank you for everything, including your moral support and time for reading this post itself. Most of all, we are endlessly thankful to @jerrybanfield and the supportive community who's been consistently giving us their upvotes. We'll be sure to remember you always!
And now, we're signing off to get started on our serious business of letting anyone shop for goods with STEEM and SBD!
If you have any questions just ask below!
A huge thank you from the @paywithsteem team for any support received!
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Funds will be sent to Bittrex and sold for USDT. This is just so we know that we have $10k no matter what.
We also need steem API to enable sellers to sell stuff online something similar to paypal buy it now button which can be integrated to online shopping carts by sellers.
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interesting could take a little work but you might have something.
It's a memorial moment to share the joy with Steemian!
Nice to see such a good concept finally becoming a reality! I cannot wait to use this when its completed!
Thank you very much for writing a post sharing the excitement about the fundraiser being complete and explaining what you did to get here! We are looking forward to using @paywithsteem to directly make purchases with Steem and SBD without having to convert to fiat! We appreciate you taking the lead on making this a reality and will be reading with you for more updates!
No Problem at all Jerry! Thank you again from the whole team @paywithsteem!
Interesting project. Wish I actually had some cool ideas these days.
Thats interesting man
Congrats!
Thank you @teamsteem!
Thanks for this interesting post.
your picture is very good vote me my friend
This is just great!! This is the kind of positivity and collaboration we need here in the Steem community and in crypto community!! With all the negative press and scams that have been happening lately in crypto it’s AWESOME to see people doing some good positive things!! Sign me up, I am willing to help out anyway I can!!
This is wonderful news.
I can't wait to pay with steem..
YAY...
Asi mismo
Exciting times right?!
@paywithsteem...sounds good to me. @johnskotts thank you for the information about how to steem steem...:-) thank you to @jerrybanfeild good luck paywithsteem succeses. I will use some banners to promote as suggested...I am also new and learning. As soon as I can. I will support @paywithsteem. Learning and always running out of steem. If there anything I can do to help. Please advise. Again thanking all steemers. 🐶❤️ Will promote this article and call all steemers Wanted. Thanks!!!!!
Will follow and read you guys up. Just no time now. Replying again to make sure I do. Thanks
Nice photography ..... Thanks for sharing ...... @marzukirizki
excelentes oportunidades para los pececitos que buscan buenas oportunidades de negocios.
You got an upvote from the @nextvote community!
You are doing very good work with @paywithsteem, you deserve that funding, congratulations! we want to see more advances :)
You got a 35.50% upvote from @postpromoter courtesy of @btcvenom!
Want to promote your posts too? Check out the Steem Bot Tracker website for more info. If you would like to support the development of @postpromoter and the bot tracker please vote for @yabapmatt for witness!
@paywithsteem, congratulations on this effort and completing the fundraiser! Thank you for explaining your course of action. I have Upvoted and Resteemed.
Special thanks to @jerrybanfield for his active role and interest in supporting such initiatives!
Keep the good work up sir,God bless you
@paywithsteem I love this idea! So glad you worked hard and turned it into reality. Can’t wait to use my well-earned Steem on your platform. Cheers!
Then project kicks off. Jerry is friendly all i have to say
Is this like a payment system, much like paypal but using only steem?
Wow so nice lovely post sir
Thank you for collaborating with me to promote this post as explained at https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/10-ways-to-fund-a-steem-growth-project.
Great Work Guys. Congratulations on the new business venture. Something we all need and will appreciate. @adsactly
great postings and very useful
Very good exelle We also need steem API to enable sellers to sell stuff online something similar to paypal buy it now button which can be integrated to online shopping carts by sellers.
This extraordinary initiative can be enjoyed by many benefits. !!
congratulations and best of luck
So can I get on as a vendor?
Congratulations for achieving your target. Bless the originator of the fund raiser.
Steem to go!
Thanks for the update
What an exciting news :)
Excellent post I congratulate you, you have my vote
Thanks for the update!!
You hit the nail on the head.
Everyone wants to look "up" to the heavy hitters to pad their accounts. While we all love a 500K+ person to come through and hit up our account, true success comes from continued effort with those who are looking up to oneself. That is where the action is.
One thing I did like about the SOG was the spirit of helping others out. It was pure, selfless, and done without fear. It was an act out of love...connecting all of us individually so we could grow this platform together.
Massive changes are rarely done by the masses. Most are followers. It is the minority that always are the ones to get in there, take a stand, roll up their sleeves, and get to work. SOG exemplified that. 40 or so people really made an impact on hundreds, if not thousands, on this site. It also instilled the idea of passing it on to all those people...hopefully many of them will use their SP for that purpose, no matter how small it is.
There are plenty of areas to give...people do not have to look too far to find that.
Thanks for another insightful post
@marzukirizki
Wow! Imagine shopping using steem dollar :) it will be a lot easier for steemians to optimize their sbd's. The deduction from conversion will also be eliminated. What a great plan of yours sir :)
it's cool
I want to create a crowd funding campaign. What is best app for this on steemit? Thanks
Can I already place my orders? @paywithsteem
Not right now.
Hi @paywithsteem. I have created the Steemopoly - monopoly for steemit, and you are one of the protagonists of this game in the community chest cards! I hope you check it out.
Your project is really amazing and deserves much more attention!
pay with steem site just says "Sorry, this shop is currently unavailable." as a generic shopify error message
It does say that right now you are correct, we are about to update it to a "coming soon" page as we a preparing for v2.0.
So what happened? Site is down
The site is currently in development. We hope to have everything up and running by the end of July.