Mission · Act II — the boss fightIV
Take The Money
Get one stranger to pay you €1 or more.
ProofA receipt with a name on it that is not yours.
Clock48 hours from the moment you accept it.
Act I is free
Act II — the boss fight · Mission IV · First Dollar pass
How to get your first paying customer in 48 hours
The boss fight of the First Dollar campaign. One stranger, one real payment, one receipt with a name on it that is not yours.
Every campaign starts at Mission I, which is playable at the bottom of this page.
What counts as proof
- A payment from somebody who was not in your phone
- Money that has actually moved
- A receipt, a payout line, or a transfer with a name on it
What does not
- A promise to pay next month
- Your own card, your partner's card, or a refunded test
- An invoice you have sent and are waiting on
The usual route
How players pass this one.
The game master does not grade the route. It grades what you come back with.
- 01
Go back to the five
The stranger who negotiated in Mission II goes first. They already argued about the price.
- 02
Send the link and name the day
“Here is the page, it is €40, can you pay it today?” One message, no discount.
- 03
Take the money before you do the work
Payment first is normal in every trade. You may say so plainly, and most people agree.
- 04
If all five go quiet, ask five more
The mission is not a particular person. It is the payment, from anybody who is not your friend.
- 05
Take €1 if €1 is what is on the table
The amount is not the mission. The name on the receipt is the mission.
The usual failures
Proof that got rejected, and why.
Written by the game master from its own rules, not yet by players.
Proof
RejectedThey said they will pay on Friday.
Friday is not a receipt. Nothing has moved, and the mission ends when money arrives.
Send the payment link and ask them to press it now. Resubmit.
Proof
RejectedI paid myself €1 to check that the checkout works.
That is your own name on the receipt, which is the one name that cannot count.
Send the link to a stranger who already said yes to the price. Resubmit.
Proof
RejectedInvoice sent, waiting on their finance team.
An invoice is a request. A stranger has not paid you until the money lands.
Offer a card link for the same amount so it can clear today. Resubmit.
Proof
RejectedMy friend bought one to support me. Real €40, real receipt.
Your friend bought you, not the thing. That is a gift with a receipt attached.
Sell the same thing at the same price to somebody who does not know you. Resubmit.
Proof
RejectedSomeone paid, then I refunded them because it was not ready.
The payment happened, and then you undid it. Nothing is on your record but a refund.
Deliver something rough to the next payer, and keep the money. Resubmit.
What accepted looks like
AcceptedStripe receipt, €40, a name from a Facebook group, paid at 23:12 on day 6 of the campaign.
A stranger, a real payment, a receipt with their name on it.
First Dollar is beaten. Your win page is live. Send it to the person who has heard the idea for two years.
Mission 1 of 12 · free
Start at Mission I. It takes six minutes.
One sentence, a real stamp, no account. Nothing here is simulated.
Mission · Act II
Declare The Target
One sentence: what you sell, who pays you, how much.
ProofThe sentence.
Three verdicts per mission per day. No account, no card.
What counts as proof
- One sentence, in your own words
- A price with a number in it
- A payer you could go and find this week
What does not
- A market, a category or a niche
- “Affordable”, “premium”, “to be decided”
- Anything you would put in a pitch deck
Most sentences are rejected the first time. That is the game working, not you failing.