There seems to be very little overhead involved in keeping this site running, and I assume the owner of the site gets payment upfront, so there shouldn't be an issue paying the answerers.
I don't think the author of this site is going to be able to live off this site, but it should be good enough for gas money...
In particular, the bottom section with the 'guarantee' and the logos of 'buzz' sites looks like one of those dodgy software download sites with the fake awards and testimonials.
Also, I would want to see some samples of Questions & Answers before I handed over my cash. Have a question of the day or something so people can get a feel of the quality of your responses (if you have any yet).
This may sound corny (but hey, the whole idea is a bit so) but I think putting a few pictures of the ladies who answer would also boost your chances.
Thank you for your feedback.
-Paul
Just for reference, if you're a man and find yourself at a juncture where your partner makes you feel like you need some "relationship advice", here's the standard package that came from Reddit for free and will serve you better than anything a woman ever told a man for two dollars:
1. Cut all contact.
2. Delete from facebook.
3. Hit the gym.
Out of curiosity, what advantage does your paid service offer over the likes of r/TwoXChromosomes on Reddit where I can ask my question and have it answered for free?
You need to specify how many women you want the responses from. That means, if you want 20 responses, you pay $40. [$2/response].
Try it out here: http://www.helpaguyout.com/asker-submit-question.php It's fun.
To keep things interesting, ask a question to your significant other, then ask the same question to 5 ladies on our site. See what happens. You will get very interesting result. [
To answer your second question, there are variations of advice related services - from free to proffesional ones charging hundreds if not thousands. What sets us apart is the ease of use, low pricing and guaranteed response. Plus our platform allows everyone to remain anonymous - women tend to open up and give a more insightful, genuine opinion that way.
Since the advice is paid for, the asker "owns" the advice and the woman understands that it is a private advice only for him. So, though, anonymous, there is a bit of "I am actually helping this guy out" factor involved.
Long drawnout payment maze, used paypal, double-billed and my transaction history shows 3 entries - don't have any idea what any of them mean. No big deal, its just $2 but weird.
Some one-click payment approach would be nice.
How do I get a response? Email? Poll the site? No clue anywhere in the process that I noticed anyway.
Good luck!
Thanks for trying it out.
Please click on the "Check status" page which shows your current questions. Click on the view details link - which show a status of either :
(1)Waiting for a respondent (i.e. no one has reserved your question yet. (2)In - Progress (i.e. Someone is working on the answer. But it has not been submitted yet). (3)Completed. [ You will be able to view the response, and rate (1-5) the respondent]
Hope that helps. I just found out that the system does not send out emails when answers are complete. I will have to get that fixed today. In the mean time, please log in occasionally to check status.
Thanks. Paul
There are girls on those sites as well, there are also plenty of forums for specific questions with male and female members.
How are you verifying gender?
Best of luck either way, what do I know, I thought Twitter would never take off...
As far as constructive criticism:
The site seems fast and functional which is great. I think the logo could be improved and the pink / maroon color and gold / brown text colors could be adjusted.
Check out the last box (scroll down) "Gender Verified" on this page: http://www.helpaguyout.com/ladies.php
Basically, we ask women to submit their publicly available profiles such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter for one-time verification purposes.
Maybe I'm lacking imagination, but I'm not exactly sure what I would ask the ladies, or what kind of answers they could give.
Anyways, to help you get started, here is a sample question for you:
Let's say you are into slightly older/mature women. So your question would simply be something like: "Can I get some advice on dating older women?"
And you would elaborate it further by adding details: "I have not dated anyone for a while. Last week, I met this very attractive woman at a local bar who is 34. We really hit it off. We have been out once for dinner since. Even though I wanted to pay, she insisted we split the tab (mixed signals??). I would like to get romantically involved and take this up a notch but cannot tell how she feels. Any advice on how to pull this off without messing things up or coming across as a little too desperate? I am 21 and she is single."
See: "Pay enough, or don't pay at all."
http://behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/2011/05/pay-enoug...
Agreed - as long as quality/depth is of critical importance.
A trivial fee ($2) does not warrant such response and neither do we guarantee that.
However, by charging that trivial fee, the goal is to "guarantee" an answer to anyone. In sites like Reddit, unless you can pique some corners of one's brain, you are not likely to get an insightful response in a private setting. We allow you to 'own' your advice and women understand that it is only seen by you and not the whole community. Therefore, they tend to have a more 'personalized' approach.
Of about 65 questions asked and a few hundred responses received so far we have noticed that women are actually taking the time to respond. It's not the $1 they make, but the trend seems to be that they actually 'enjoy' providing advice to men.
If someone is only going to pay me a dollar for something, I'm not likely to do it were it not something I'd do for free anyway.
This is the point of the "pay enough or don't pay at all" statement. Both quality and quantity tend to go down if you go from pure volunteers to paying below market rate.
To earn US Federal minimum wage, answerers would have to spend, on average, 8 minutes on each question. This is not just the reading and writing of the question and answer, but also any time spent getting ready to work.
Obviously, you're the one who has real-world experience of this, and I'm just an armchair pundit who has read a few articles; so you know more than me. I'm just curious about how you have managed to go against the current received wisdom.
In addition to all of the PUA/seduction stuff, theres one simple "technique" I've learned: have fun, fun is infectious (particularly with women) and when women are having fun they get horny and they also start to "feel" something for the fellow that is their source of fun! Fun is light and not weighed down by the dependency for an archetypal mother projection (needy and "smothering" guys, that's you).
Fun feels so good - women love to feel good. If you happen to be the person she's with when she's feeling even slightly above her baseline "good" she will associate it with you, and if you can keep your cool and "play" with her a little bit (ya know, don't be so easy to catch) she will fall head over heels for you.
Are you competing with http://www.girlsaskguys.com/ ?
Did not know about this site. Anyways, even though the concept is somewhat similar, I believe our approach and what we are trying to accomplish is different.
Basically, we ask women to submit their publicly available profiles such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter for one-time verification purposes.
except its free
