Crowdfiinding might provide investors with the chance to get in on an early-stage Twitter or Facebook, but it will also provide them the chance to get in on the ground floor of a
Flooz.com, eToys, or WebTV--all of which failed dramatically.
The book recalls such paragons of business-school profit models as Next50.com, the company that thought it could make millions by being "THE Internet resource for people over 50," and, of course, the inimitable
Flooz.com, which expected people to pay them real money in exchange for "Flooz," an alternative online currency with no intrinsic value that could only be used at participating Internet retailers.
As Robert Levitan of
Flooz.com (275) said, "We need a uniform code across the country.
Digicash was like buying a gift certificate and using it at online merchants, similar to, say,
Flooz.com.
Some merchants also accept digital cash such as that offered by
Flooz.com, a "virtual currency" that is accepted only on the Internet.
FLOOZ.COM: Whoopi Goldberg signed a two-year agreement to be a creative- marketing adviser.
Hot on the heels of beenz are
flooz.com. They're coming to Britain after hitting the US market with a massive ad campaign led by shareholder Whoopi Goldberg.
A current example is a program developed by
Flooz.com, in which a consumer purchases (via credit card) units of an electronic currency called "Flooz," which in turn can be spent on-line at participating merchants.
Flooz.com Inc., New York, recently received $27 million in financing from such major companies as NBC Inc., New York; and NextCard Inc., San Francisco, which offers automated online credit card application processing and approval.
In an e-world, if a start-up vehicle manufacturer wants marketing scale it can tap into e-centives.com or
flooz.com Purchasing economies?
Whoopi Goldberg has made nice with
Flooz.com; Jennifer Aniston with teen girl targeting Voxxy.com; Cindy Crawford, eStyle; Ed McMahon, Nextbigstar.com; Patrick Stewart, Ububu.com; and "L.A.
Other Internet retailers are beginning to incorporate in their frequent-shopper programs two forms of Web currency: beenz, from Beenz.com Inc., New York, and flooz, from
Flooz.com Inc., New York.