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Ask HN: What service are you willing to provide for $1?

by mkovji on 5/29/18, 3:46 PM with 42 comments

  • by mark212 on 5/29/18, 7:58 PM

    I'll tell you you're a cheapskate. IaaS -- insults as a service.

  • by tonyedgecombe on 5/29/18, 7:47 PM

    Nothing, I wouldn’t want someone who places so little value on my work as a customer.

  • by cimmanom on 5/29/18, 8:09 PM

    A smile.

    Note that there are a lot of things many people are willing to do for free but wouldn't do for $1. Such as answering this question.

    That's because taking money for it interferes with the personal satisfaction of an altruistic or community-building or socially responsible act.

  • by fundamental on 5/29/18, 4:47 PM

    The key thing that seems to be missing is $1 from how many people?

    $1 from one individual involves a lot of overhead to complete a transaction (for your average person), but $1 from N people who each require a minimum of interaction can make much more economical sense. This can be multiplied by getting $1 from N people every X days.

    Per the original question there's fairly little I'd be willing to provide to a single individual at $1, but in aggregate (high N, reasonable X) there's a number of viable options (mostly in the software realm).

  • by ai_ia on 5/30/18, 10:26 AM

    One minute call twice everyday by real human.

    1. First to remind me the things, I would be doing today. 2. Following up on the tasks, I am supposed to do today.

    I tried to do using Alexa. Didn't go as expected.

  • by soulchild37 on 5/30/18, 8:12 AM

    I have been selling Android/iOS apps with a $1 price tag on it, I get 1 star review almost everyday blaming why the app isn't free.

    There's a lesson on don't price your app at $1.

  • by Blackstone4 on 5/29/18, 5:46 PM

    Sounds like you've seen earn.com and the emails they send users. For $1 sign-up and get some crypto.... the monetary value here is crazy low. The tasks they seem to set probably take ~5mins which translates into $12 p/h... so you've got to really be into crypto.

    Service am I willing to provide for $1? Watch my favorite Netflix shows and give you a thumbs up or down :).

  • by deft on 5/29/18, 8:24 PM

    Find someone/something to solve your problem by providing internet research on the topic. Max 5 minutes.

  • by jason_slack on 5/29/18, 8:05 PM

    I'd be willing to:

    1. provide positive inspiration

    2. provide an answer or at least initial research within 5 minutes of time. (using some automated tools I write)

    3. provide a daily list of facts about that day at various points in time.

    4. teach a child a simple task.

    5. provide the top "movers and shakers" in the stock market from the last day.

  • by lake99 on 5/29/18, 9:52 PM

    You know the service that Bob Newhart provided, as a psychologist? He charged 5$ for 5 minutes. I'd be willing to do that for 1$.

    Ref. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow0lr63y4Mw

  • by nanospeck on 5/29/18, 6:24 PM

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  • by canterburry on 5/29/18, 11:16 PM

    I am actually working right now on a runtime configs management service for which I am initially planning to charge $1/month/client in blocks of 10 clients with a minimum commitment of 1 year...but still $1 per client per month.

  • by xstartup on 5/29/18, 5:16 PM

    Self-hosted http://killbill.io/ with working bitpay plugin.

    Or if you are selling bitpay and other plugins for killbill, i'll gladly pay more.

  • by muzani on 5/29/18, 4:11 PM

    Almost nothing really. The cost to agree upon any service costs more than $1.

  • by C_System on 5/29/18, 8:55 PM

    Take a photo of what I'm looking at in the real world.

    This is kind of what Indeed is doing via the Job Spotter app. They pay users ~$1 for snapping photos of help wanted signs.

  • by spacesarebetter on 5/29/18, 4:27 PM

    You can talk to me for 1 minute. I'm great listener.

  • by hood_syntax on 5/29/18, 4:47 PM

    Send someone an anecdote from my life every month. Not that my life is interesting, but it would be worth the effort from my end.

  • by CloudBuddy on 5/29/18, 8:40 PM

  • by netrap on 5/30/18, 8:43 PM

    One minute of my time.

  • by tmaly on 5/30/18, 1:34 PM

    I will recommend one amazing food dish per month for $1

  • by marssaxman on 5/29/18, 11:44 PM

    It'd be less hassle to just give it away for free.

  • by yesenadam on 5/30/18, 2:19 PM

    Transcribing about 40 seconds of voice audio.

  • by txsh on 5/29/18, 7:50 PM

    Turn down service.

  • by chewyland on 5/30/18, 1:14 AM

    Buy me a beer and I'll tell ya.

  • by quickthrower2 on 5/29/18, 10:26 PM

    7 function calls.