Even a reasonable fixed referral bonus or 'markup' should be incentive enough to encourage the onboarding of new users...but yeah it's still early days! Very happy to learn about the topside cap. It just occurred to me that someone might feel ripped off...unknowingly buying an account marked up high and realizing later on another referrer is offering a link to the same service for lower. On a large scale this seems like it might make steem look like a scam and this probably won't help with user retention. Anyways...thanks for getting back to me. I have this annoying habit of trying to see fifty steps ahead of any given scenario. Interested in putting a few links on my website when it goes live :)
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This is something we will watch very closely, of course we want to avoid the 'ripped off feeling'. This is why we put the cap. however, yes, its early days, lets see how it goes. It may be that other users want to sell an account that includes other benefits / products for example. Thanks for this very insightful question. It is noted and we will adjust the way this works if required.