Now you can use Paypal to Do Stuff For Money!
Paypal just launched an interesting new service called Do Stuff For Money to let you offer money via PayPal to make a dare or request a service from a friend. There’s an easy form to fill out to make your offer, which will then be posted on the site itself, and also sent to your friend via email or Facebook. If your friend (or target, I suppose) accepts the offer, you can then pay them via Paypal.
Do Stuff For Money doesn’t exactly add new functionality to PayPal. I mean, you could always send money to your friends, and it’s not so hard to email someone yourself to make the dare. However, the public display of the dares makes for some fun reading, though, and it adds a little bit of accountability to call someone out like that.
Not surprised that Paypal is trying to push off their services some more. It’s not about enabling people. It’s about reaching in people’s pockets to make more money. People lose their Paypal account everyday over frivolous reasons. Better off using RME [short for Revolution Money Exchange]. No fees with RME and they do have a debit card. They the closest to being similar to “Preypal” without the hassles.
Comment by ace — July 6, 2009 @ 10:06 am