Moola is a new website, in private beta, that puts two visitors up against each other in a simple Flash game. The interesting thing about the site is that people are playing for real money.
Moola gives each new user $0.01 to start. You play against another player at your level, and the winner takes all of the money from the other person. So each time you win, you double your money. Win 30 times in a row and win $10.7 million. A user can “cash out” at any time and have a check delivered to them with their current balance. If you lose, you start over at $0.01.
The service is advertising supported. You have to watch a short video ad (every time I played it was for yellowpages.com) and then answer a question correctly about the ad. Once you’ve done that, you can play the next round.
I tried playing a few games and it seemed legitimate. I can’t tell if I was playing against a computer or not, though. Moola always found a rival to play against me within seconds, and the games are very simple and could be easily played by a computer. Given how easy it would be for Moola to beat successful players by automated means, I would assume that the risk of fraud is significant. The CEO of Moola addressed this question on the Moola blog.
What’s more interesting is Moola’s business model: paying users to watch ads. At the very least, they succeeded in getting yellowpages.com stuck in my head.
Moola also has a multi-tiered referall system. When you refer a user, you get a 4% bonus calculated based on any money they cash out for the following year. You get a 3% bonus from any friends they refer, and so on to the fourth level. Multi-level referrer programs are smart, in a pyramid scheme kind of way.
It’s in private beta now. You can sign up for the beta on the home page.
It’d be great if someone could send me an invite, though considering there are already 100 comments, my chances are probably low. My emails is benhiller [AT) gmail (DoT] com
I guess I can’t resist - PLEASE INVITE ME!
dlaubner “AT” hotmail.com
please…
timefish@lycos.de
…just my 0.01 to your richness :p
send me an invite please…I will make you some MONEY!
chad.webb “at” gmail.com
I wouldn’t mind giving this a shot.
spidrw at gnt dot net
Thanks!
Someone please refer me too,
unkosan [at] gmail [dot] com
Please invite me? I will be your friend.
m25lee at gmail dot com
Could you please invite me to?
tomcupr[at]yahoo.co.uk
Please
I have some invites to give out…not sure which of you have gotten invites already so just email me with your email to nick [at] illeat [dot] com…
please send me an invite to emailadi[at]rediffmail.com
I would love it if I was invited. Thanks!
chris.l.tran[at]gmail[DOT].com
i have 3 new invites send me an email at emailadi[at] rediffmail.com
PlayMoola.com’s invite problem has been fixed. Invites should be available. If not, go to the back up source at the forums. Thanks for the support guys!
I would like to join the fun… be kind… invite me.. good things will happen to you…
NhanTrongPham@hotmail.com
Please don’t send me an invite.
That’s quite some number — 114 comments !!!
Definitely a lot of buzz around moola. Who doesn’t like moolah
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=moolah
Regards,
Startups.in
http://www.moolapro.com is the best help website for this game
Would love an invite:
dsmntlr [at] hotmail.com
Thanks!
If someone can please sign me up …nickepic@gmail.com
Hello Michael,
Did you win any money from moola.com? What is it about their biz model angle that interested you? Thanks!
please sent me an invitation for moolah
This sounds like a very cool thing.
I wonder for how long they will give people money in an advertising based model. Most similar models haven’t lived for long
An invite, please?
photomikey@hotmail.com
Can someone send me an invite please?
brentgrif@gmail.com
Can someone send me an invite please?
bbarker@yahoo.com
TIA
i got several moola invitations, anyone who wants just leave a email at my web page in the comment section
invite would be sweet…the more the merrier!
ryan {DoT} brack at gmail (dot) com
thanks in advance…
If you want an invite just email me at
counsel(at)yahoo[dot].com
opps… YOU THINK I WOULD KNOW MY OWN EMAIL!!
try counsel2k2[at}yahoo{dot]com
Find some invites here:
http://www.playmoola.com/commu.....howforum=6
I got some invites. Email me and I’ll send you one. vobx[at]hotmail[dot]com
Hi, could you give me one ivit please? Thanks
My mail : norbert.justin.06@voila.fr
got 3 invites to give out! Ill post back here when there all gone. e-mail me with moola.com as the subject and i’ll send the invite right away.
evanh001(at)gmail(dot)com
Hi i’d like an invite thanks Coolboy699@hotmail.com
Could you send me an invitate as well? Email address is howtobewebsmart (at) gmail.com
I’m dishing out three invites. As long as you go and invite three more people right away, there yours. The first three emails to jsnoek at gmail dot com get the goods.
It’s really fun. I was up to $40 this morning!
please send me an invite?
Would appreciate if someone sends me an invite. My email is deb007 [at] gmail [dot] com
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I have 2 invites for whoever wants them, I just need your email address.
Invites are avalible at Http://www.Net2pt0.com
Email: net2pt0@googlemail.com to be put on a waitlist. (waiting time about 1 week).
Thanks
Net2pt0
From the “That didn’t take long” dept., Moola Invites are on Ebay.
Pay a Buck for a Penny, and a slim chance.
Just go to: http://www.moola.com/moopubs/login/register.jsp
and they’ll send you an invite in due time. Seven days for mine.
James.
I got 3 new invites e-mail me if u will actually accept
Bob, i’d take an invite if you still have some, aaron.sebesta gmail. Thanks.
To the people who think they know math: Moola does not require 1 billion (I assume here that you simply calculated 2^30= 1,073,741,824) people to pay out the 10 million dollars.
Rather, it requires a minimum of 1,073,741,823 million individual games to be played. This is what it would take if no one withdrew any money, and everyone always played the highest level they were able. (Note that this would result in 2.15 billion ad views).
At a minimum, 31 people (not 1 billion) are required in order to play 536 million games. Don’t believe me? Consider:
Player 1 VS Player 2 - Player 1 wins. Player 1 waits at level 2.
In matrix form, this looks something like:
1 2
1
But, player 2 is not completely eliminated from the tournament, rather he can start again at the bottom against player 3. Assume player 2 wins, moves on to level 2, only to lose once again to player 1. Now the matrix is:
1 2 3
1 2
1
I’ll take this one step further just to make it painfully obvious. P2 returns to level 1, plays p3 and wins. Waits at L2. P3 plays p4, wins, moves to L2. P2 plays p3, wins, moves to L3. P2 VS P1 (@ L3), P1 wins. Matrix now resembles:
1 2 3 4
1 2 3
1 2
1
By this logic, we can see that the strict minimum number of unique players required for 1 person to reach level 30, is 30. However, for one person to win the 10 million, 2 people must play at that level, so we require 31 people for one person to win 10 million.
Also, count the number of games, and you’ll notice that the number required for one person to reach, say, level 5, is
=(((1*2+1)*2+1)*2+1)*2+1 = 31. Follow this logic (use a speadsheet if you need) and you’ll arrive at 1,073,741,823, as above.
Oh, and a quick note about the payouts. You’re not really being paid 1 cent to watch ads. In the above scenario (the minimum case) only the big winner walks away with any money. So after 1 billion page views, 10 million has been paid out. 10M/1B = $0.00005 or 5/1000 of 1 penny.
Last line should be 10M/2B.
I’d like an invite too if theres any left.
Spare616@gmail.com
Can some one give me an invite. My e-mail is kingbd47@yahoo.com
This sounds neat! So you have to be invited to sign up? Has anbody made any good $$? I’m on a bunch of differnt survey sites like this SurveySavv (link below):
http://tinyurl.com/nymks
It’s not a place to play games & you won’t get rich but you will make some extra “cha-ching”! You get paid to take surveys but you ge tmost of your money from referring friends. They pay you an average of $2 every time a member you refer completes a survey and an average of $1 every time a member they refer completes a survey! Pretty cool, eh?!? ;D
Could someone give me an invite?
My e-mail is shih0910 {at} hotmail.com
Thanks a lot!!
PLease send me an invitation.Thank’s.