[119s Video] Day 5, John Orion of PlayAtCreation.com

How’s it going?

Hi Jason.

You doing all right?

Yes. You?

Doing well. A little bit warm, but doing well.

You don’t look like your picture.

Oh, I don’t?

On Skype.

I have a face made for radio. All this video freaks me out. Hey, I just wanted to hear some stories of other people that use Rainmaker for their business. I’ve had one caller so far, you’re the second, so I really appreciate you taking the time. I guess, the other thing is, what was the problem from your perspective that kind of drove you to look for and then end up choosing Rainmaker Platform?

Okay. I started off a few years ago creating a site using WordPress on Bluehost. It was just to get something up there, I wasn’t worried about security, anything like that. Then when I started getting real about bringing [plant 00:01:00] creation to life, I started looking at security and a learning management system, and I wanted to do podcasting and to have a membership site. I actually interviewed a developer, locally, who runs the WordPress meetup group, and he gave me 3 prices. “If you want me to advise you and you do all the work, it’s going to be, I don’t know, 3,500 bucks or something. If you want me to do the work its going to be $7,000. If you want a membership site it’s going to be like $35,000.” It’s like, ooh, wow! It’s because of all the security and stuff you’ve got to get built into that with payment schemes and things.
He saw my reaction and said, “the other thing you might want to do is look into Rainmaker.” That’s when I said, “okay, I’ll take a look at that,” and I did. I was already on a copy blogger following their stuff, and I like their stuff, I like the idea that they are proposing.