Are all these free mms just to get more rep then eventually start charging?

They MM for free so they get more Positive feedback ( more trusted ) when they sell gold or anything else

Edited September 8, 201312 yr by Will

It's both so that they can farm reputation and to provide a service to the community.

 

Many of the free MMs are trusted enough that they don't really need more reputation, they just provide the service because they are (in my eyes) a useful, productive member of the community. Also, by being a middleman, they are exposed to more people in the market and earn the individual trust of potential customers. It's essentially brilliant marketing technique.

ima start charging soon though

Uni's catching up to me

only 5% though

Most of the MM's on OSBot are MM'ing solely to farm feedback and become more trusted. However, I think that everybody who's over 100 feedback should start charging for MM'ing since they're already trusted in the communities eyes. This'll leave the people with less-vouches able to feedback farm with free MM'ing and the trusted people to make money off of it. Sure, it could produce more scammers, but it's the buyers/seller's free will on who they choose to MM their trade. If they don't want to pay a fee for getting help, they go to somebody less trusted and risk a scam. If they want to be 100% safe, they go to somebody with a fee in MM'ing.

would be happy if every1 with 100+ done that

I would never charge either unless i got up to 100 feedback or more. 

Most of the MM's on OSBot are MM'ing solely to farm feedback and become more trusted. However, I think that everybody who's over 100 feedback should start charging for MM'ing since they're already trusted in the communities eyes. This'll leave the people with less-vouches able to feedback farm with free MM'ing and the trusted people to make money off of it. Sure, it could produce more scammers, but it's the buyers/seller's free will on who they choose to MM their trade. If they don't want to pay a fee for getting help, they go to somebody less trusted and risk a scam. If they want to be 100% safe, they go to somebody with a fee in MM'ing.

 

They probably make more money by providing the service for free. Most MM trades wouldn't be worth the trade anyway. Spending 20minutes MMing even a 10m sale will only net like $.80c. It's better to expose themselves to potential members in the market and earn their individual trust, in hopes that the next time they need a service, they'll just buy it directly from the trusted MM's services.

 

Most of the MM's on OSBot are MM'ing solely to farm feedback and become more trusted. However, I think that everybody who's over 100 feedback should start charging for MM'ing since they're already trusted in the communities eyes. This'll leave the people with less-vouches able to feedback farm with free MM'ing and the trusted people to make money off of it. Sure, it could produce more scammers, but it's the buyers/seller's free will on who they choose to MM their trade. If they don't want to pay a fee for getting help, they go to somebody less trusted and risk a scam. If they want to be 100% safe, they go to somebody with a fee in MM'ing.

 

They probably make more money by providing the service for free. Most MM trades wouldn't be worth the trade anyway. Spending 20minutes MMing even a 10m sale will only net like $.80c. It's better to expose themselves to potential members in the market and earn their individual trust, in hopes that the next time they need a service, they'll just buy it directly from the trusted MM's services.

 

Making some money is always better than making no money :p. If I MM 10 trades that I make 80 cents each on, it'll equal up to $8. Sure, 80 cents might not be a lot on its own, but if you think about how much the trusted users actually MM, the money adds up a lot. This is also a way to help out the newbies on OSBot by showing they're trustworthy with a free service while people like Skype, Divica, Occazn and Yoloswag have a fee in which it provides you a 100% trustworthy service.

fk free services!

lets go PAID!!!

 

 

Most of the MM's on OSBot are MM'ing solely to farm feedback and become more trusted. However, I think that everybody who's over 100 feedback should start charging for MM'ing since they're already trusted in the communities eyes. This'll leave the people with less-vouches able to feedback farm with free MM'ing and the trusted people to make money off of it. Sure, it could produce more scammers, but it's the buyers/seller's free will on who they choose to MM their trade. If they don't want to pay a fee for getting help, they go to somebody less trusted and risk a scam. If they want to be 100% safe, they go to somebody with a fee in MM'ing.

 

They probably make more money by providing the service for free. Most MM trades wouldn't be worth the trade anyway. Spending 20minutes MMing even a 10m sale will only net like $.80c. It's better to expose themselves to potential members in the market and earn their individual trust, in hopes that the next time they need a service, they'll just buy it directly from the trusted MM's services.

 

Making some money is always better than making no money . If I MM 10 trades that I make 80 cents each on, it'll equal up to $8. Sure, 80 cents might not be a lot on its own, but if you think about how much the trusted users actually MM, the money adds up a lot. This is also a way to help out the newbies on OSBot by showing they're trustworthy with a free service while people like Skype, Divica, Occazn and Yoloswag have a fee in which it provides you a 100% trustworthy service.

 

 

Right, of course. But what I'm arguing is that by exposing himself to more potential customers, he's bringing in more money by bringing in more business elsewhere.

 

IE:

Player A and Player B make a trade with a trusted MM for free

MM never hears from Player B again, but Player A needs to buy 20m rsgp a week later

Player A remembers the great service provided by MM, and remembers how trustworthy he is

Player A chooses to transact with MM's gold selling service in order to safely purchase gold

MM profits $$$

 

But I can see how it might just be more useful/practical to make cash up front. After all, 5% of a 100m sale is a hefty chunk of cash, and nobody would want a free MM for a $250 transaction.

 

 

Right, of course. But what I'm arguing is that by exposing himself to more potential customers, he's bringing in more money by bringing in more business elsewhere.

 

IE:

Player A and Player B make a trade with a trusted MM for free

MM never hears from Player B again, but Player A needs to buy 20m rsgp a week later

Player A remembers the great service provided by MM, and remembers how trustworthy he is

Player A chooses to transact with MM's gold selling service in order to safely purchase gold

MM profits $$$

 

But I can see how it might just be more useful/practical to make cash up front. After all, 5% of a 100m sale is a hefty chunk of cash, and nobody would want a free MM for a $250 transaction.

 

 

Yeah, I agree that if you provided a free MM service and it's successful, that same person will come back to you for more. But, however, being a person who tends to be trusted within the community, I already had gotten more than enough sales back when I was really active in the market haha :p I used to run out of gold when people asked me, and sometimes sold hundreds of M a day. To be completely honest, it'd be better just to provide a fee for MM'ing because the amount of money I'd make, and others would make, would be much more substantial than waiting for that person who asked for your MM service to come back. 

I'm always free but I accept tips :3

Ok thanks guys