[ANN][GEMZ] GetGems - Social Messaging App That Pays - Live on Android, iOS, Web

[Gizfreak]

It's indeed easy to make a mistake with the names Gem and Gems, as is seen in this article.

http://newsbtc.com/2015/01/17/gem-partners-expresscoin/

(already posted a comment on this matter btw)

[nextgencoin]

Send my gf 10 gems and the transaction was done in a jiffy. After I waited a bit my balance was showing the correct amount indeed (minus the 10 gems).

I did a test send to my wife's wallet, it took 8 minutes to show up!

I think the receiver needs a notification that X Person has sent X amount, within the chat you recieved from and I guess also a general one if it wasn't from a known contact.

[Netnox]

Is the new version 2.1.6?

Thanks Daniel, i think we are witnessing the birth of something revolutionary in the IM world gentlemen.

[mrkavasaki]

sold all my gemz, i think it will drop soon

[reRaise]

Just thinking or guessing something is going to go up or down is noob trading. Personally i'm more interested in the app than the price.

[Gizfreak]

Always good to see a short term thinking daytrader dump and leave.
For me this app is certainly not intended for speculation purposes only. It's by far more then just another coin.

[Cornett]

sold all my gemz, i think it will drop soon

Lol

Nobody will sell with the loss below ICO prices (which was around 8 Ksat)

I hope we won't talk here about the price.

[nextgencoin]

sold all my gemz, i think it will drop soon

Lol

Nobody will sell with the loss below ICO prices (which was around 8 Ksat)

I hope we won't talk here about the price.

I don't see any problem talking about price until we have a seperate forum and have a speculation section or whatever. It seemed pretty obvious to me that this app wasn't going to get a million downloads in a few weeks so I expected weak hands to take a small profit and go to the next big thing. Price wise the question is where will we be in 6-12 months if we have a successful app, before that does or doesn't happen the price is irrelevant to the apps value. I hope I can pick up some cheap Gems in the interim period.

Saying that I expect a pop when the iOS and airdrop is in place cause I expect many people like me are waiting for that to invite people.

[Cornett]

The most important thing here - don't miss the train... 

[Conurtrol]

We should just consider this time before everything is perfect to be beta testing. We all know that the app market is highly competitive so now might be a good time to talk about marketing plans. When it's ready, how can GEMZ make a huge splash and go viral as quickly as possible?

[nextgencoin]

We should just consider this time before everything is perfect to be beta testing. We all know that the app market is highly competitive so now might be a good time to talk about marketing plans. When it's ready, how can GEMZ make a huge splash and go viral as quickly as possible?

It kind of is naturally viral already. When the app is polished and everything is in place its up to the first users to make sure they introduce all their contacts in as effective way as possible. I mean conservatively if the stakeholders could get 25 users onboard then you already have 25,000 users, and if only a fraction of those then invite others etc etc 100,000 becomes very doable over a few months. I think you need some basic numbers before you can get any free publicity from the tech press. One thing I think worth discussing is how to invite people in as positive way as possible especially to contacts who are already using Telegram who could in theory be 'converted' quite easily.

I know its seems silly but most apps I download often come from these top 10 android app articles or youtube videos. At some point Gems will need a 'story' or hook that makes for an attractive story. I still say their should be a focus on greed e.g some kid makes $20,000 just chatting to his friends type thing. Nothing grabs people more than the chance to make easy money. Or just a reaction against FB type sites making money from users.  To be honest Gems has a lot of great angles, its a technology that its time has come.

[SirChiko]

Where i can read about some payment schemes for just chatting, or does it have to be combined with inviting friends?

[clochard]

@ Daniel

A few more points that you could maybe highlight in the next Q&A.

- Will there be a transaction history built in the wallet?
- Do you know the App LouLou? It allows you to make polls (to pick a date, a topic, or whatever) for group chats. How cool would it be if you could integrate an option like that in the Gems application, so you can start your own poll in a groupchat. Did you guys think about this?
- Did you guys still think about the 'common wallet' idea that I offered for groups? A kind of temporary wallet in a groupchat, where through voting one of the groupmembers is made the treasurer, until the 'timer' (e.g. from 10 pm to 2 am) ends. Whenever the timer ends and there is still money left, this can be manually divided or automatically divided over the group particpants, based on what you put in during the creation of the temporary wallet. Ideal when you go partying with friends and you want to make a pot.

[Netnox]

Where i can read about some payment schemes for just chatting, or does it have to be combined with inviting friends?

See this under referrals and a more detailed calculation. You get paid by advertisers, aswell as rewards on the amount of gemz you have (don't know if this only goes for crowdsale buyers or gemz holders in general).

[Conurtrol]

We should just consider this time before everything is perfect to be beta testing. We all know that the app market is highly competitive so now might be a good time to talk about marketing plans. When it's ready, how can GEMZ make a huge splash and go viral as quickly as possible?

It kind of is naturally viral already. When the app is polished and everything is in place its up to the first users to make sure they introduce all their contacts in as effective way as possible. I mean conservatively if the stakeholders could get 25 users onboard then you already have 25,000 users, and if only a fraction of those then invite others etc etc 100,000 becomes very doable over a few months. I think you need some basic numbers before you can get any free publicity from the tech press. One thing I think worth discussing is how to invite people in as positive way as possible especially to contacts who are already using Telegram who could in theory be 'converted' quite easily.

I know its seems silly but most apps I download often come from these top 10 android app articles or youtube videos. At some point Gems will need a 'story' or hook that makes for an attractive story. I still say their should be a focus on greed e.g some kid makes $20,000 just chatting to his friends type thing. Nothing grabs people more than the chance to make easy money. Or just a reaction against FB type sites making money from users.  To be honest Gems has a lot of great angles, its a technology that its time has come.

How about a contest to see who can make the most profit in 1 month using Gems? The top 100 finishers could get some type of cool prizes with something extra special for the top 3.

[Netnox]

We should just consider this time before everything is perfect to be beta testing. We all know that the app market is highly competitive so now might be a good time to talk about marketing plans. When it's ready, how can GEMZ make a huge splash and go viral as quickly as possible?

It kind of is naturally viral already. When the app is polished and everything is in place its up to the first users to make sure they introduce all their contacts in as effective way as possible. I mean conservatively if the stakeholders could get 25 users onboard then you already have 25,000 users, and if only a fraction of those then invite others etc etc 100,000 becomes very doable over a few months. I think you need some basic numbers before you can get any free publicity from the tech press. One thing I think worth discussing is how to invite people in as positive way as possible especially to contacts who are already using Telegram who could in theory be 'converted' quite easily.

I know its seems silly but most apps I download often come from these top 10 android app articles or youtube videos. At some point Gems will need a 'story' or hook that makes for an attractive story. I still say their should be a focus on greed e.g some kid makes $20,000 just chatting to his friends type thing. Nothing grabs people more than the chance to make easy money. Or just a reaction against FB type sites making money from users.  To be honest Gems has a lot of great angles, its a technology that its time has come.

How about a contest to see who can make the most profit in 1 month using Gems? The top 100 finishers could get some type of cool prizes with something extra special for the top 3.

Good idea, the simplicity of the app allows more possibilities for promotion purposes.

[fulcare]

Send my gf 10 gems and the transaction was done in a jiffy. After I waited a bit my balance was showing the correct amount indeed (minus the 10 gems).

I did a test send to my wife's wallet, it took 8 minutes to show up!

I think the receiver needs a notification that X Person has sent X amount, within the chat you recieved from and I guess also a general one if it wasn't from a known contact.

How is an instant messenger app going to convince people that money can be sent instantly if it takes so long?

[Netnox]

Send my gf 10 gems and the transaction was done in a jiffy. After I waited a bit my balance was showing the correct amount indeed (minus the 10 gems).

I did a test send to my wife's wallet, it took 8 minutes to show up!

I think the receiver needs a notification that X Person has sent X amount, within the chat you recieved from and I guess also a general one if it wasn't from a known contact.

How is an instant messenger app going to convince people that money can be sent instantly if it takes so long?

From q&a: Our plan is that GEMZ will be settled offline through the GetGems internal hosted wallet. This is a hybrid semi centralized database system meant for smaller balances and to allow for speed, security and zero transaction fees. GEMZ will be able to withdrawn to any external counterparty wallet which will be processed using our secure counterparty gateway server.

I believe GEMZ will eventually be instant, don't know about BTC though.

[zebedee]

A feedback about GEMZ's transfert on Android:

My friend had downloaded app for android but he forgot to fill referral's nickname so he generated a new account.
I tried to send some gemz from my wallet directly from the chat BUT the problem is by default it sends to the first wallet created. He forgot to copy the 12 words passphrase so I guess it's lost..
Well, it's just few gemz I don't care but the link phone number/current wallet should be updated.

Thank you for the important feedback, working to fix this.

I had something similar.  I'm also on my second account.  I have the twelve words for both.  A friend sent me GEMS and another friend BTC, and both didn't go to *either* wallet, but to a random unknown address (I've also checked both at counterwallet.io).  Where is the app getting the send to addresses from during chats?  It seems unreliable and dangerous at the moment.

Until reliability is fixed the app should display an address in the send confirmation box so it's possible to see what you're approving, at the moment you're blind.

[tokyosilver]

How about influencing http://ask.fm/ to use GETGEMZ? People can ask specific questions to the specialists with small amount of GEMZ attached. In this case, we will probably need web-based service. And the potential problem is there is incentive for the people but not so much for ask.fm. What do you people think?