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62 sats \ 12 replies \ @DarthCoin 7 Jan \ on: What Should I Do With WhatIsBitcoin.com? bitcoin

If you planned that domain for Bitcoin education, then use it. But Bitcoin education must be free if you really want to do "education". Otherwise you became a whore of your "sponsors".

If you your main goal was to earn money with that site, then convert it into a "service" website, where you sell professional services for businesses, specific bitcoin consultancy, tailored support etc. But the domain name is not so attractive for that. Also you choose a .com for an information domain... not so clever.

If I were you and don't have time and enough desire to maintain it as it is with basic information about "what is bitcoin"... then sell it or give it to somebody that can manage it... but without bringing bullshit banners for revenue.

If I am a noob looking for basic information about bitcoin, I will stay away from ANY website with bullshit banners promoting all kind of crap.

10 sats \ 6 replies \ @nym 7 Jan

I agree with Darth. The information must be free or your incentives will shift in an instant and you will feel empty while working on it, knowing you aren't being entirely true.

4 sats \ 5 replies \ @Jon_Hodl OP 7 Jan

Yeah, everything is free and always will be but there are some bitcoin services and products that I already refer people to use and some of them have affiliate programs so I don’t think it’s unreasonable or shady to try to generate revenue from the site via selling quality bitcoin services/products.

5 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 7 Jan

If you really want to make "bitcoin education" never be anybody's whore... Except if you are offering specialized services, I mean people are paying (based on a contract) you for helping them to build a solution based on bitcoin. Then you can sell other adjacent products with referral codes etc. as an extra.

Otherwise is just prostitution.

4 sats \ 3 replies \ @Jon_Hodl OP 7 Jan

So if I promote a steel plate to stamp seed phrases into and I earn a commission for any sales that I drive, then you think that makes me a whore for that company?

6 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 7 Jan

Yes. Is selling bitcoin products your MAIN business activity? If yes, then you are not a whore, you are a business.

4 sats \ 1 reply \ @Jon_Hodl OP 7 Jan

But if I DO promote a business but I don't receive any sort of commission, then I am NOT a whore?

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 7 Jan

One thing is to promote and sell their products upfront and another thing is to promote and sell as adjacent income separate from your website.

As I said, depends what do you want to do: education or selling products. Don't do both, is not gonna work.

Or make a separate business only with selling products.

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @oliverweiss 8 Jan

Bitcoin education must be free

Heh, I didn’t expect to see this from you 🙂

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 8 Jan

Why? Did you saw me charging any sat on my guides page? I stop doing any work in 2019 and dedicate ALL my time to Bitcoin for free and helping people. Yes, not anybody can do that, but I did it because I can and I want.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @oliverweiss 8 Jan

Must any education be free then? Or bitcoin education only?

I did it because I can and I want

which, I believe, many appreciate very much, including myself.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 8 Jan

Must any education be free then?

This is quite general question. And can't be answered by a simply yes or no.

Basic education (bitcoin included) - YES. Here also can apply a V4V if people want it. For this basic education I am for the home schooling. Up until 12-14 years a kid can be schooled at home, easily and free. If the parents want a private teacher then yes, they will have to pay, because the time of that teacher it cost money. But education material will be free.
Professional education (like getting skills in manufacturing, crafting etc) - NO.
Specialized education (high skilled professions) - NO

Can somebody make money from education? Maybe idk I am not a teacher. I see now appearing some "Bitcoin hubs" or companies that are giving paid bitcoin consultancy. But I also see that they have the basic training material for free and only the specialized part is paid. Workshops are not cheap too. That's the good way.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jon_Hodl OP 23h

Your guides are some of the best in the world, Darth. I don't see you charging any sats for your guides but you are also the strongest believer of pay-to-post so I can conclude that you think people's time has value and it's ok to charge money for things.

I think if you have a good guide, it's fine for you to attempt to sell products that are valuable. For example, I use PunchPlate because I think it is the best product for the price in the US. It ranked AAAA on Lopp's stress test and is a nicely finished product.

These plates are a great value and I use them a lot: https://codl.co/collections/24-word-punchplates

I have led lots of people to buy them but one day I learned that I could both offer people a discount and even earn some sats for driving people to a product that I was already sending people to use.

If you use the promo code "WIB", then you get $3.75 discount and I earn some sats too.

I think a website can offer free education and still make honest money with a promo code and this is exactly how.