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		adventured on Oct 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1k u... PayPal's most effective technique by a dramatic margin was paying users $10 to get other users to sign up. It was an early example of using that sign-up referral payment approach at scale online. https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-paypal-paid-cust...

jonplackett on Oct 11, 2021 [–]

I remember the good days when Uber paid £20 per sign up here in the UK.

I was on early and would just round people up at the end of a house party by shouting “who wants a free taxi home?!”.

I had free service for about a year.

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