RE: Steembux is now officially open source!
That's awesome! I have got the website design covered, but thanks for your offer to help. I have been making a full time income as an Internet Marketer since 2008. I mainly concentrate on digital self-improvement products such as eBooks and video courses. I also coach people who are looking for legitimate ways to use the Internet to pad their income (none of that "fly by night" or "get rich quick" crap, either).
I teach actionable methods such as how to set up blogs, create valuable, entertaining, and informative content, and profit from advertising revenue models such as Adsense, Taboola, Outbrain, etc. I also teach people how to build email lists and how to ethically use email marketing to build their businesses. In addition, I instruct people how to do ETHICAL product reviewing.
My store would be a place for me to sell my original digital products and the reason why I would like to make Steem the only currency accepted in my store is because I really believe in Steem and I think that the more options there are for people to spend their Steem dollars on quality products will in turn add legitimacy to the currency itself.
I would also be offering these products at a massive discount for people that would like to pay with Steem. In this way, I think it will help to stimulate the Steem economy and it will also help bring more contributors to SteemIt.
Now, I realize that this is only going to make a small impact, but if others pick up on my business model and decide to copy it (which I would encourage and maybe even create a free manual to help them get started), I think we could build our own little economy around SteemIt. I'm sure people are already doing this as we speak, but I think it's a great way to help the Steem dollar grow in popularity, rather than people simply writing some articles, making a little money, and then withdrawing and leaving SteemIt.
I will be reinvesting my SBD 100% and not making any withdrawals for the foreseeable future. While many people have started to panic over the recent drop in value, I see it as an opportunity to BUY and build your Steem portfolio.
If my predictions are correct, people that invest heavily in Steem right now should see quite a substantial ROI within the next 5-7 years. SteemIt is a fantastic, original idea, but it's only the beginning. I am quite sure that Steem is going to be HUGE!
I'm sure many people have heard about this BitCoin success story:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/09/bitcoin-forgotten-currency-norway-oslo-home
That just goes to show you how cryptocurrency can literally change people's lives!
Could YOU be the NEXT Steem millionaire?