[jack-r-abbit]

Title of HN post: WunWun, a free on-demand anything service, launches in San Francisco

FTA: For a courier service (delivering something or performing a task without a purchase), WunWun charges $10. If you ask for a special request like waiting in line for cronuts or at Madison Square Shake Shack for a shake, WunWun will add an extra $15 for every hour of waiting (after the first twenty minutes of waiting) in line.

Maybe I'm confused but that doesn't sound free to me. What am I missing?

[nlh]

I think the idea is if you buy something, they don't charge for delivery since their plan is to sell your data (i.e. if you order an Oral-B toothbrush, they won't charge but they may give you an ad/offer to buy a SoniCare for X$). The $10/$15 charge looks like a fee if there is no retail purchase (tasks, waiting in line, etc.), hence no opportunity to advertise.

[jboy55]

I hope this isn't true, because there is no way that info is worth $10. Perhaps, if they got you on a telemarketing call, and read you 5-10 minutes of upsells, that could approach being worth $10 to a marketer. My guess is its 'free' until their VC money starts running short.

This reminds me of an exchange long ago over the 'Safeway Club Card' I had with a coworker. He said they could afford the deals because they sold my info. I told him I didn't give them my real info, so they got nothing. But the reality is closer to that Manufacturers have to pay to have their items on the Club Card, the info collected is pretty much used to determine 'unique users'.