The Solana Saga Phone Is the New Google Ads…
TL;DR
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Having 20,000 actively used Saga telephones on this planet, every with a tagged pockets tackle, means the method can now appear like this:
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Take the cash you’d normally spend on buying a brand new buyer.
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Give that cash to the shopper within the type of crypto tokens, as soon as they’ve signed up/began utilizing your product.
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No extra Phrases of Service violations, no extra banned advert accounts, no extra center males. Only a direct, mutually helpful relationship between you and your customers.
Full Story
For those who missed what occurred with the Solana Saga cellphone over the vacation break, right here’s a fast recap:
20,000 Saga telephones have been made → lower than 1,000 have been capable of be bought → the worth was lowered from $1k to $499…
This value drop then meant the free $BONK tokens that got here with the cellphone basically made it a free buy.
As soon as that arbitrage was found out, Saga telephones bought out inside days, and rapidly began promoting on eBay for $5k+.
And due to that, Solana Cellular has unveiled a less expensive $450 successor to the Saga, which is anticipated to ship within the first half of 2025.
The bizarre factor is, the Saga is (apparently) a fairly lackluster cellphone.
Which made it straightforward for us to border its success as a hype fueled stroke of luck (which it was).
However! The Solana Saga cellphone, and merchandise prefer it, are WAY extra vital than they first seem.
Right here’s why…
If you wish to create and launch a crypto product, the advertising facet of issues can get fairly grim.
Because it stands as we speak, your choices are:
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Attempt to launch Google adverts, earlier than studying crypto adverts aren’t allowed on the platform.
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Attempt to launch Fb/Instagram adverts, earlier than studying crypto adverts aren’t allowed on the platform.
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Attempt launching adverts on the hellscape that’s X/Twitter’s advert platform, earlier than studying that getting of us to buy something from a Twitter advert, is like drawing blood from a stone.
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Promote by way of crypto information publications (hello 👋) which will be efficient, however is far more of a handbook/relationship-based course of.
Having 20,000 actively used Saga telephones on this planet, every with a tagged pockets tackle, means the method can now appear like this:
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Take the cash you’d normally spend on buying a brand new buyer.
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Give that cash to the shopper within the type of crypto tokens, as soon as they’ve signed up/began utilizing your product.
No extra Phrases of Service violations, no extra banned advert accounts, no extra center males.
Only a direct, mutually helpful relationship between you and your customers.
(Helluva idea!)
