I’ve been on Bet2Give pretty much since they’ve opened their doors to trading this fall. While I hate their use of the term “mashup” to describe it, I love the idea. Essentially, any earnings you make betting in the Bet2Give prediction market must be donated to charity. And it’s a neat way to skirt US [...]
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Liquidity on Bet2Give
January 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Prediction Markets, Usability
Tags:cents·Christmas·market maker·Michigan·NewsFutures headquarters·Norris Clark·United States·World Wildlife Fund·worst site
To Grow, Markets Need Liquid(ity)
November 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off · Usability
It’s extremely difficult to grow a market. Just ask any new prediction market site. But for some sites it’s growth or death. This is because the value of the site – and we could use the term network effect here – is in the number of people that use it. For markets this means more [...]
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