Show HN: OpenClickWin.com – Hopefully I don't go broke with this idea

openclickwin.com

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Woot Woot! I can't believe the day is here.

Tomorrow I will be sending out my very first prize email from open. click. win!

To celebrate the opening (and election day) I will be giving out cash money (via PayPal) to one lucky entrant.

Deadline to enter tomorrow's drawing is MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

Head over to http://www.openclickwin.com and put in your email address.

It's that easy.

Then keep an eye out on your email tomorrow and be the first click on the link and you could be the winner of cash money!

If the email list gets large enough, some people will get the email way before others.

If I see the email in my inbox but it's a couple hours old, I'll still just delete it.

I think completely random might help open rates

Thanks Aaron. That was a big concern when coding this and have a few different "playing" options in mind such as the "x" person to click, or a click doesn't count until 10:00am, etc. But I do like the completely random part as well.

So it's like a reverse lottery? The more people that play the lower the payout?

Kinda. I am rethinking various ways to run the daily contests which could switch that part up.

i'm waiting for someone to write a bot that would ruin it for everyone

Easy enough - the bot would just open it as soon as it sees the email.

The prize amount would be too low to justify the time necessary to send the prize and would disincentivize anyone else from even bothering.

TBH, not even sure writing the bot is worth the time and effort.

When did that stop a troll?

I'm thinking a simple captcha would help with that.

Link does work

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