I’ve seen all sort of scams in my life, from the ones that my fellow bad romanian compatriots do on eBay, to credit card scams and now website scams via paypal.

You won a Nokia N95 and 500 Euro!

I called back, and there was this desk guy, he answered with “Nokia Telecom, my name is Mazilu Lucian, how can I help you?” - so I’ve told him about the message I got and asked what do I have to do to claim it. He then asked me for my name, I gave him wrong one to verify, he verified and said Yes, you are in our database. (*no shit?*) What do I have to do now? - All you need to do is pay for 2 recharge numbers and after you give me the numbers we can validate you. (HA! Got him!). I agreed. I went to a local shop, they said it’s a hoax, and well, I called some very influent people (one actually, but a guy with big power in the telecom), right now he is answering some questions at the police station for sure.

Cheers mister scammer, you just attempted to scam the one in charge with huge social engineering skills!

For quite a while now, DigitalPoint forums has banned posts that sell diggs and stumbles, and if you think from an ethical (=priest’s) point of view, they are right.

The thing is, I have seen the power of the mass social bookmarking, I have to create something really amazing in order to pop up my head out of the crowd (and it happens twice a year the most), or buy a few diggs to get it started.

Recommend in a comment a list of websites/people that sell social bookmarking services!

Even though the title might have made a connection to “SitePoint is bad” - it’s actually going to point only to those that sell on SitePoint thinking like this:

Could he sell? Probablly he will, but he definetly kicked off like 70% of potential buyers. (I’m just aproximating, don’t flame me!)

Buyers like to see in the title:

• » URL (http://www.hi5layouts.eu)
• » Theme, Niche (Image sharing, Photoshop Tutorials, etc)
• » Something incredible (Traffic stats, Revenue stats, Awards, Aberations..)

Let me check a good title for you… “Selling 3 mega-sites“… “2 blogs PR3 dating” … ah.. here is one that really catched my eye and made me click.

Good » ***I Love To Watch IT, You Love To Watch IT, Your Users Will Love To Watch IT Too***

Conclusion: Never sell bulk - make one post per site or you won’t see the same selling results

Honestly, if I’d put $10 on the table for a more stupid question, don’t think she/he will be able to stand up.

Glad to see Jeremy answering to all the questions..

Yup, that’s me and I can prove it!

» I’m making about, 3-8$ with my CPX Interactive top header - okay?
» I’m also selling flat ads, 5 banners in rotation, each banner for 29$/month (promotion) - okay?

Before being an economist (which I will be in the future, hopefuly) - I’ve went to SitePoint Marketplace for a 10 point purchase. It’s $10 USD - 30 days - so my post that includes my advertising information (the $29 one) can be displayed and reached by many webmasters.

Nothing stupid yet?
Let’s be an economist:
» $3-8 / day = $90-240 / mo
» $29 / mo = $19 / mo ($29 - $10 for advertising)
You might think, I’ll sell all 5 spots, so it’s $145 / mo - $10 = $135 / mo (best case)

Why would I do such a thing?
Well, I placed the order, logged to my paypal, saw the $10 fee, and quited. Then, I did it again, and well, before pressing the button, I quited again. Then, I did the math.

Scorpiono was one click away from being stupid..

Enjoy my evil Photoshop skills..

Absolutelly inspiring, Joel Comm talks about his web start from 0 to Dot .com mogul.

Story I

Story II

Story III

Story IV

*UPDATED 02.June.2008:
Story V

I have been busy with my studies, so busy I barely came online to see what’s new/happening/ridiculous - but I’ve just got struck by inspiration.

Today is Sunday, I have to finish a Java chat applet implementation, just opened an IRC Network using UnrealIRCD - good software, I have used it in the past.

Today’s tasks:
1. Finish the java chat
2. Apply for TribalFusion (CPX is getting..crappy!)
3. Check out smashingmagazine, shoemoney, webappers and whatnot.

I was reading some more about CPXInteractive over here.

8. Founded in 2000, as Brothas Unda Da Skin (B.U.D.S.), became CPX Interactive 2006 - haha, oh really? soooo professional!

It’s May, I got paid for March, so right now I’m breaking all the rumours that CPX doesn’t pay. They do!