Pesky CAPTCHAs

[notforthebirds]

Please reply any questions or concerns so we can get some feedback on this new service...

We have a CAPTCHA service that we are looking to integrate with your favorite products and need to know if this is of any interest. This is the way it works. You would purchase credits for image translation (taking a captcha and returning text). Each credit would cost between 1 and 2.5 cents depending on volume purchased. You would enter in your account information into your bot program and click run. Then its all automated. No more pesky captchas.

Of course there is a cost involved, but we researched this and found many people who were making 5K to 10K per month and then MS made changes that put some serious stops to that. The people we talked to understood that if they were using 2,000 translations per day, they would end up paying $600 per month to automate their business, and have told us it would be well worth that to get that income stream back. After all, paying $600 to get $5000 is better than nothing...or better than going round about to get to the end game. MS changed the rules, and now we would like to give you that edge again.

Timewise, we average 30 seconds round trip. So if you start sending one image per second, you start getting back the text after 30 seconds at the rate of 1 image per second. We can keep up with any amount of volume. Since these are human solved, we must change per image, but we are commited to making sure you get the best service.

We are now asking you all...is this something you would like to see in your favorite products here?

Please reply with your thoughts and concerns...thanks!

[lubber]

I would be interested but I need some more info. I am not interested in giving you $600 and you vanishing so there would need to be something from you that proves this service would be trust worthy. I would buy 5000+ captchas a day depending on your quality of work. also what times during the day etc?

[notforthebirds]

We understand the concerns.

We are williing to run a special if/when the software launches whereby you can buy what you need per day, day by day, at our lowest rate. We are also willing to offer free credits at launch to try the service.

We can only prove trust over time, and we are willing to work with you to make sure the trust is earned. Words are just that, so I will stop here about that.

As far as time goes, we will provide best possible service and we strive to average 30 seconds per image, and we will add resources to make that happen. And we run 24x7x365.

[lubber]

I assume you have worked in the captcha being valid for only 60 seconds, does this cause any failure rate?

[notforthebirds]

Yeah, we make sure we reply in a timely manner, but if for some reason a timeout occurs, the bot software will handle that and we never charge you a credit for it.

[lubber]

cool, hope this pans out, when would you be starting?

[notforthebirds]

Sooner the better...seeing if there is interest, so please anyone else who reads this who has any interest, please do not hesitate to post!

Thanks for the questions lubber!!

[Garr12]

sounds good on a pay per credit option, but wouldnt this be sort of like captchakiller? if so i would be all for it as long as its more stable

[notforthebirds]

We have a stable system. It has handled load tests well. We can also stand up additional servers within minutes to handle any issues with a server being overloaded. We have a dedicated server in place with plenty of power to handle 100s of thousands of requests per day.

[Garr12]

excellent, so what will be the decision point if uberbots will implement this feature, users in demand or uberbots decision himself?

[notforthebirds]

If there is enough demand I think it has a good chance.

[botter]

I would sign up right now to test it out im very very interested in this

[fyrare]

count me in I'm interested

[Uberratio]

i'm also interested!

Greets,
Uberratio

[lubber]

any update on when this might start?

[[canned.ham]]

I, too, am intere$ted.
but there would need to be initial trial credit$ AND/OR $mall purchase bundles to dip our toes into the water before diving in.

[notforthebirds]

This is the pricing, so yes we do have starter packs, and will be giving away some as well when we launch. As for integration with Uberbots, we are working it out and hope to announce one way or the other soon. Stay tuned! And if anyone else has interest, please keep replying to this thread so your voice is heard. Thanks!

Package Size | Price per Package
500 | $12.50
5,000 | $100.00
50,000 | $750.00
500,000 | $5,000.00

[botter]

When will it be ready i would like to do a beta test now

[Uberratio]

Are the package prices to be paid on a monthly basis like $100per month for 5000 captchas a day, or do you have to pay $100 each 5000 captchas? And if the latter applies, will you offer any subscription packages with some major discounts, 'cause otherwise it would be extremely expensive.

Greets,
Uberratio

[notforthebirds]

Good question. It is $100 per 5000. No we do not plan on offering subscription pricing because we have the human element to take into consideration. Purchasing in volume will however allow you to get 5000 for $50.

This can be expensive, which is why you need to run the numbers for your situation. If you are effective at what you do, you can get that old income stream back. And now, you can build a long term business model since you do not need to worry about the captcha issue.

This is not a fit for everyone, but it should be pretty easy to figure out if it is right for you. Here is an example, if you used to make $5000 per month and you require 5000 captchas per day, then you will spend $1500 per month. That is a lot of captchas. However, you profit will be $3500. I am certain most of you are more efficient than that, but regardless, you get some of that money coming back in.

Again, its what is right for you. No one is forcing your hand here...just another option we hope to provide.