Joe's Apt.

First things first. What is BrowserCam Complete? The BC-Complete plan offers unlimited access to their Capture service, unlimited access to 30-minute Remote Access sessions on Windows, Mac and Linux machines, plus unlimited access to their new DeviceCam service (screen captures of PDAs). Check out their feature list for more details.

Next, the more interesting question for those not in the know. What is Fundable? From the FAQ:

Fundable.org lets groups of people pool funds to make purchases or raise money. Similar to online auctions, Fundable’s pages, called “group actions,” are created by people who use this site. Each group action has a description of how much money needs to be collected and what it will do. Once enough pledges (not payments) have been collected, Fundable turns them into real payments and sends the total to the group action’s organizer.

No one takes a risk when making a pledge: if a group action expires before reaching its total in pledges, Fundable deletes all pledges and never charges money. This lets you participate in a group purchase or fundraiser without worrying about what other people will do. No one pays until and unless everyone else makes a pledge.

In the BrowserCam campaign case, the group organizer never gets the money. It goes straight to BrowserCam, the organizer receives the accounts and doles them out to the contributors. (Note that you can change your BrowserCam account name once you receive it, so you’re not stuck with the name you get.)

Is this legit? You bet it is. I know because I’ve already gone through fundable.org and received my very own BrowserCam Complete account. In a word: I love it! (OK, three words.) I use BC just about every day.

Since individuals outside of BC and Fundable need to start these campaigns - and none were available after mine ended - I thought it would be nice to return the favor and help shepherd another group on through. So here goes …

You can take advantage of the exact same offer I got by pledging $25 US (via PayPal or credit card) to my BrowserCam campaign. The catch? There is none, other than this offer ends at 11:59pm ET August 22nd. “So hurry!” Happy pledging.

Other questions? Comment away …