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The Widget – and prediction markets just came to your website
It’s the most efficient way to dynamically aggregate information (a market). Inherently avert to biases (a bet), yet deliciously playful (a game). And you love it. Still, you need to visit the askmarkets marketplace and log in to participate. And two more steps away is a long distance on the web.
Compare this to the user [...]
AskMag, Vol. I
Sometimes, a different format does the trick, and content within a white paper or magazine is typically more easily circulated through enterprises, or consumed by executives. So we moved on, packed everything that you need to know, the whereabouts of our services next to a couple of use cases, and here we go with the [...]
What’s in it for me?
Pitching askmarkets around and as we gain a bit of experience, we often face this customers’ question: {ok, it’s cool/ great idea/ sounds very interesting, but} what’s in it for me?
To be honest, this sounds like an almost self-explicable question to us: Markets are applicable everywhere, wherever people and information co-exist. And every decision to [...]
Introducing the TechCrunch marketplace
We decided to launch our first marketplace as a small contribution to the website that inspired us through the years and we truly love. TechCrunch that is and today we are happy to announce “The (unofficial) TechCrunch marketplace“.
Building on the power and simplicity of our core product -we challenge you to find a simpler and [...]
Launching askmarkets services
What would your reaction be, if you were told that you could create your very own stock market with a few clicks? Or your private betting exchange, that only you and your friends could enjoy? Or create a really big marketplace on any possible future outcome with everyone invited to trade and you being the [...]
The concept behind askmarkets
Askmarkets is an internet-based service for prediction markets, which consists of virtual marketplaces for information trading. Now, while this sentence might seem like an accurate description to our biased eyes, we bet that you can find a much better pitch line and submit it in the comments below. Still, allow us for now, to shed [...]
