@blocktrades I just went to https://www.steemnow.com/upvotecalc.html and put in 100,000 SP. It calculated that full power upvote to be worth $8.44.
Is that correct? (For instance) paying $2,000 for approx 100,000SP only gets one less than $10/upvote? (yes I know steem price varies, etc.)
In your experience so far, what do people do with the delegated SP they buy from you? If they buy, say $2,000 for an approx $9 upvote....even if they do all 10 full power votes for themselves they're running a loss on that investment. I guess they're hoping for followers and 'trend' upvotes...)?
I haven't done the math, but I think delegations are only cost effective if you are able to get others to vote for your posts as a result of the higher profile your own vote brings. But you are missing one factor in your calculations that improves the value of getting a delegation: a delagatee doesn't just get extra money when he self-votes, he also gets higher curation rewards on all his votes (not just his own posts).
Hmm, right. Thanks.
If, for instance, one bought 2,000 of delegated SP (about a $.15 upvote), and JUST curated, could one break even or profit in 30 days?
I haven't seen the values there yet (will go google something like 'how much can one make curating on steemit').
I doubt it, but in theory I think you SHOULD be able to, because more people would see the post you've upvoted and upvote it as well. In practice, I doubt you would unless you were very good at finding posts that other people just don't see at all, because the 30 minute rule tends to crush a curator's potential for profit (this is something I would like to see change).