Mahalo Answers
On December 15, 2008, Mahalo launched a new service called Mahalo Answers. The service is similar to Yahoo! Answers in that it allows users to pose questions regarding a wide variety of subjects, and those questions will be answered by other users. A key difference between the two services is that Mahalo Answers allows questioners to give a monetary reward (called a "tip" on the site) to the user who provides the most helpful response. Tips are paid using "Mahalo dollars", which are bought using PayPal, and, once earned, can then either be used to tip other users or be cashed in at the Mahalo Store. At one time, Mahalo Dollars could be converted to cash at a 75% exchange rate, but this ended in June 2010. Mahalo.com has launched revenue sharing to their Answers users, giving both asker and answerer a portion of Google AdSense money in the form of Mahalo Dollars that can be used only to purchase items in the Mahalo.com online store.
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