What is Zapvertising? #HOWDONOSTR Zapvertising is a new form of advertising on the Nostr protocol. It allows businesses to pay users by directly promoting their products or services in their user's notes. When a user or business Zaps a note, they send a small amount of bitcoin to the note's creator. Since these are just payments sent over the Lightning network, the sender can attach any piece of content to the note field. This can be a link to a product image, a video, a podcast, video, etc. The creator receives a notification that they have been Zapped along with an attached note. The user's Nostr app then displays the image, link, etc. for the user to engage with, open, and view. Zapvertising is a more direct and personal form of advertising than traditional advertising. It allows businesses to connect with potential customers on a more individual level. It is also more transparent, as users can see exactly how much money is being paid for each zap. The benefits of Zapvertising on Nostr are as follows: It is a more direct and personal form of advertising. It is more transparent than traditional advertising. It is more cost-effective than traditional advertising. It is more effective at reaching a targeted audience. It can help businesses build relationships with potential customers. Zaps are sent via the Lightning Network, a decentralized payment network that is built on top of Bitcoin. This makes Zapvertising fast, cheap, and secure. All you need is a Bitcoin Lightning wallet to get started. How much is a user's attention worth to you? The larger the Zap sent, the more likely the potential customer is to notice and see your Zapvertisement. If you are looking for a new way to advertise your business, #Zapvertising on Nostr is a great option. It is a more effective and affordable way to reach your target audience, and it can help you build relationships with potential customers.

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Putting this here to read
Derek Ross's avatar Derek Ross
What is Zapvertising? #HOWDONOSTR Zapvertising is a new form of advertising on the Nostr protocol. It allows businesses to pay users by directly promoting their products or services in their user's notes. When a user or business Zaps a note, they send a small amount of bitcoin to the note's creator. Since these are just payments sent over the Lightning network, the sender can attach any piece of content to the note field. This can be a link to a product image, a video, a podcast, video, etc. The creator receives a notification that they have been Zapped along with an attached note. The user's Nostr app then displays the image, link, etc. for the user to engage with, open, and view. Zapvertising is a more direct and personal form of advertising than traditional advertising. It allows businesses to connect with potential customers on a more individual level. It is also more transparent, as users can see exactly how much money is being paid for each zap. The benefits of Zapvertising on Nostr are as follows: It is a more direct and personal form of advertising. It is more transparent than traditional advertising. It is more cost-effective than traditional advertising. It is more effective at reaching a targeted audience. It can help businesses build relationships with potential customers. Zaps are sent via the Lightning Network, a decentralized payment network that is built on top of Bitcoin. This makes Zapvertising fast, cheap, and secure. All you need is a Bitcoin Lightning wallet to get started. How much is a user's attention worth to you? The larger the Zap sent, the more likely the potential customer is to notice and see your Zapvertisement. If you are looking for a new way to advertise your business, #Zapvertising on Nostr is a great option. It is a more effective and affordable way to reach your target audience, and it can help you build relationships with potential customers.
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I can see people doing product reviews on Nostr and readers shooting over some zaps if they find the review helpful. The product vendor might send zaps over too, of course that might be counter-productive since it creates the appearance of a paid review.
not really considering zapvertisements are not very effective in practice and the lack of any targeting, and minimum zap amounts, it becomes very ineffective though actually one great part about this protocol is anyone can do precise targeting themselves
Could there be an option for users to completely opt-out of targeted advertising, or set that as a preference in our profiles so advertising cannot flood our feeds?
zapvertising is a way of advertising, where the owner of the note can not set the price for an advertisement, can not turn down any of the advertisements nor hide them, unless they remove the zaps for all of their notes. why are pushing this on nostr? this concept sucks
It's not new. It's going on for two years now. Here's what I wrote in the past.
Derek Ross's avatar Derek Ross
What is Zapvertising? #HOWDONOSTR Zapvertising is a new form of advertising on the Nostr protocol. It allows businesses to pay users by directly promoting their products or services in their user's notes. When a user or business Zaps a note, they send a small amount of bitcoin to the note's creator. Since these are just payments sent over the Lightning network, the sender can attach any piece of content to the note field. This can be a link to a product image, a video, a podcast, video, etc. The creator receives a notification that they have been Zapped along with an attached note. The user's Nostr app then displays the image, link, etc. for the user to engage with, open, and view. Zapvertising is a more direct and personal form of advertising than traditional advertising. It allows businesses to connect with potential customers on a more individual level. It is also more transparent, as users can see exactly how much money is being paid for each zap. The benefits of Zapvertising on Nostr are as follows: It is a more direct and personal form of advertising. It is more transparent than traditional advertising. It is more cost-effective than traditional advertising. It is more effective at reaching a targeted audience. It can help businesses build relationships with potential customers. Zaps are sent via the Lightning Network, a decentralized payment network that is built on top of Bitcoin. This makes Zapvertising fast, cheap, and secure. All you need is a Bitcoin Lightning wallet to get started. How much is a user's attention worth to you? The larger the Zap sent, the more likely the potential customer is to notice and see your Zapvertisement. If you are looking for a new way to advertise your business, #Zapvertising on Nostr is a great option. It is a more effective and affordable way to reach your target audience, and it can help you build relationships with potential customers.
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