Peerflix p2p disc trades
p2p news / p2pnet: Peerflix, an online p2p service that allows members to trade DVDs, says it now has more than 100,000 discs available …
… and that new investments will, “optimize its P2P platform for continued growth”.
At $1 per trade, “Peerflix itself carries no inventory and does not participate in the transaction,” the company points out. It, “simply matches people and products while optimizing for trade speed, frequency, and geography”.
“With Peerflix, we see a legal P2P community that provides mainstream movie fans with a new way to get movies without contracts or high monthly fees," said new investor Battery Ventures.
Peerflix says it has a patent-pending "PeerMailer" which allows users to turn a normal sized piece of paper into a custom DVD envelope and mail it directly to the peer who has requested it.
“Peerflix plans to also introduce U.S. Postal Service tracking information so users know exactly where their requested DVD is located at all times,” it says.
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See:-
online p2p service – New way file swapping, July 20, 2005
Peerflix – Peerflix Members Offer More Than 100,000 DVDs for Trade, October 26 2005
October 27th, 2005 at 11:08 pm
On the whole this is not bad idea. Limited life span, but not bad. This part cracked me up.
“…a patent-pending “PeerMailer” which allows users to turn a normal sized piece of paper into a custom DVD envelope and mail it…”
WOW! print an address on a piece of paper, then fold it up and tape it! If the patent office grants them that one I’ll know they have really lost it.