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Coolest Thing I've Found In AGES!!!

8 Responses to “Coolest Thing I've Found In AGES!!!”

1. Fern Says:
   March 13th, 2007 at 09:26 am
   It's not clear who is funding the so-called rewards. It's not a registered charity. Where's the money coming from?

2. tinapbeana Says:
   March 13th, 2007 at 09:33 am
   you're right, it isn't a charity. from what i can tell, the company started with a fair amount of seed money which is funding some of the earlier wishes. it is a project of a company called CambrianHouse.com which works under a 'crowdsourcing' model...
   
   the site is intended to be ad-driven (same model as saving advice) which is what generates the income in to the site. the possibility of having a wish granted is what drives consistent traffic to the site, thereby resulting in consistent income through the ad revenue. self-perpetuating, so to speak...

3. Broken Arrow Says:
   March 13th, 2007 at 10:33 am
   If it's not a charity, how do they make money?

4. creditcardfree Says:
   March 13th, 2007 at 10:57 am
   It looks like anyone can donate funds to anyone's wish. I'm going to have to come up with a good one. New clothes, since I've lost almost 20 pounds and can't fit into my old ones...or maybe something for kids, husband or my mom! Oh...is there a limit on wishes? I hope not.
   
   Oh, and I've always wanted to donate a bunch of books and bicycles to people who need them.
   
   Cool site...thanks for sharing!!

5. tinapbeana Says:
   March 13th, 2007 at 11:06 am
   well, the theory is that they'll make money from ads and from sponsored 'wish challenges' such as the current snowboard challenge. from what i can tell, the site is currently running off of seed money to create a member base (pretty common in the internet world).
   
   while it's true you can donate to wishes, you can vote for a wish to win without donating to it, and a wish can win without having received any donations from members. if a wish doesn't win, the wisher still gets any donations that were made to that wish.
   
   boy, the word wish is starting to sound really weird to me now...
   there is a place where good samaratins can donate to the fund, but this is also optional.
   
   

6. frugalmomof1 Says:
   March 13th, 2007 at 01:11 pm
   Well this is really cool. I made a wish, hoping it's granted.

7. tinapbeana Says:
   March 13th, 2007 at 01:41 pm
   may i ask which one? i'd like to vote if i can!

8. frugaltexan75 Says:
   March 15th, 2007 at 05:07 pm
   Tina - Thank you so much for posting about this site! I was able to pass it on to a forum acquaintance from Delphi - Liesl - and she has now put up her wish for a stem cell transplant. I am so glad that I was able to pass it on to her, and I think I saw that you had commented on her wish.
   Laura

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