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the amount of money people will spend to watch a young Englishman descend into madness if frightening...and very entertaining
That's the price of sanity
"Never underestimate the urge to CRUSH a man's spirit in unique and terrible ways."
And those bottle openers are going to be collectibles.
I was just about to make this exact comment, until I saw yours.
@@brentkeller3826 u a eve player ? sounds like you would fit right in if not haha
The dude who bought it for 0.01$:
*Satisfyed hand rubbing noises*
Person who bought for 0.01$ sees people bought them for $500...resells theirs for $450
Stonks
I tried buying from $5-$250 and they were instantly sold out even when I was spamming the “buy” button all day.
@@ryanschaff2507 that actually sucks
it was actually $8.40 with the shipping btw
Alternative title: "Alec figures out how to put his future children through American College/University"
In 1 day
Haha maybe like a semester's worth lol
@@zillamill -of community college
@@turtlebunch2 Nah that would pay for a state university for a semester, if they don't have to live on campus, and arn't forced to buy a mealplan, and the books aren't expensive, not counting parking... or gas to commute...
Ok maybe it would just pay for community college XD
In one single, but long day. 👏
I bet that person who bought the $450 one was always gonna buy it but waited until the last second for jokes
that person..... pure EVIL
shouldn't of read comments big spoiler lool
that's what I would have done
i bet that person would have done the same for the 600$ one if thier internet wasnt giving out in that 1 minute :D
I bet that person cancelled their order
Best square space ad ever... the only one that’s ever shown me how it can make online selling so easy .... fair play
Yeah thats litteraly one of the best ways
he did one for the label printing/fulfillment side too. was it shopify? i cant remember or find the vid
"Best square space ad ever" i was literally about to type that then i saw your post...............
Quite scummy if you ask me..
@@xZr993 he did act it up for people to keep buying but it wasn’t about the quality of product. It was about people wanting see his reaction which obv he enjoyed making money and also seeing him work on something he made, like art in a way. But other than that he just made a bunch of money and thats more than everyone watching this vid is doing so respect to him
Probably the best Squarespace AD i have ever seen, if i start selling something i will consider them! 😂
I could buy one for 1$ lol
😂😂😂 I thought the exact same thing!! 😁
Should watch his video of make $1000 in 12 hours. It was a great idea of how the business side works
Baaaald!
i never thought i would see you here
I have no love for advertising, but what a brilliant way to integrate the sponsor. I'm genuinely amazed I haven't seen anyone else actually make a compelling showcase for squarespace after a decade on youtube.
Was thinking the very same thing, love this guy and this idea was pure magic, integrated sponsor nicely, made himself some cash for his business and entertainment as the cherry on top
Too bad this video was t
I already kinda recommended squarespace as a meme to people but now that I found out that they supports e-commerce? heck yeah, it seems to be a really compelling service.
I wonder if and how much of that revenue will have to go back to them.
Show don’t tell.
He didn’t just tell you what they could do he showed it in real time.
What I believe you didn’t account for: at a certain point people aren’t buying a bottle opener, they’re buying your suffering, and at that point schadenfreude will sustain the process
This haha
I learned a new word! Thank you.
@@bobert5785 youre welcome! Schadenfreude is a great word to know
Schadenfreude ist in Deutschland Standard 😂
People will never get tired of three things:
1.watching a fire burning
2.watching a water flowing
3.watching a man working
Or a stream of korone and gura etc
4. Watching paint dry
5. Watching grass grow
@@MrKaiyooo Ah yes, the contrarian.
Trust me watching fire gets boring I’ve once spent 6 hours watching it 💀
i really like this quote. thanks for share
Brilliant idea.
Oh hey jerry
jerry you iPhone destroyer you hows it going
Level 7 scratch on a phone for 1 cent. Every other scratch you increase the price ...until ....
So he actually take idea to rip his stuff from this guy...
do a durability test on one of the bottle openers
He should have stamped the cost into each one on the handle
That would of been neat
I don't know if he has number stamps. Probably though.
Or at least stamped a different number on each to signifying which is which.
He did end up switching to wider stock for the ridiculously expensive ones, so if you bought a big one, your friends will know.
If you do this again (perhaps a different product), individually stamp each item with the price it sold for. Getting the exact item that was built by you for the price agreed upon would probably motivate more people to purchase.
He has it all on video. He can reverse order of when he put them in and send each exact one out.
@@Zythan evertime he throws one in they get janked around
Maybe most get "Their" bottle opener, but some wont
Instead of marking every bottleopener a signed band with the price on it would also work, since he would have to make at least 10 stamps just for the prices that he probaply will never use again
@@Soeck stamping numbers on products is pretty common so he'll have plenty use for the stamps. The main issue comes in keeping track of each individual order and sending the right product to the right person.
He could have just laid them in order as he produced them on a big table next to the forge. That would have made a get visual for the video too.
@@grapie93 Pretty easy if each one has its own price, match the price to the purchaser.
Shoutout to the editor for editing a 14-hour stream.
I haven't watched the video yet, but tbf Jamie probably didn't have to watch the whole stream since the stream camera was on a tripod somewhat far from the action, while Jamie was shooting handheld much closer to Alec (and later, when Jamie had gone home already, iirc, Alec placed the camera that was recording this video on a tripod but closer to him, but I might be remembering something that didn't actually happen). And if there are in fact any scenes here from the stream (again, I haven't started watching this video just yet, so idk if there are any), he didn't have to watch the whole thing, instead he could just look up the hour something happened in the handheld recording and then look it up on the stream.
they took snipits from the stream, Jamie and Alec filmed the majority of the video purposefully and chose shots and positions and did retakes and stuff.
@@PaladinCaddy It was honestly really cool to see how they thought through making a video... while on video.
Not sure how one would edit a live stream.. however I do believe Jamie was there for most of the day.
@@jrw0707 Because there's footage of the stream that you can upload and edit.
Business man. $7k on live stream then turn around and make a video about it with a sponsor to rake in more. Dude is genius.
Shrewd
Technically the stream was a 15 hour long add
@@alitis000 and it worked, I threw together a site for my forging, it's not operational yet but I made it because of this ad and the previous germ handle ad.
it's why i am considering unsubscribing. the content has just been getting more and more about money and advertising recently, like that one video that was basically just an entire advertisement for some knife or something, on top of having sponsorship ads at the beginning and end of the video. i am glad the dude is doing well for himself, but i liked when he was doing new challenges and expanding his repertoire rather than making bottle openers
@@SuperAWaC brother, they do this to also make a living while doing what they love. Just skip the videos you don't enjoy and watch the ones you do. No harm no foul. Or unsubscribe, im sure it won't hurt him in any way.
I’m not surprised he got a second wind when his bottle openers started to sell for $300 each🤣🤣
Alec Steele
: "we might be reaching our cap"
**8 minutes left in video**
me: oh no
I never thought I'd spend $71 ($60 + vat and delivery) on a bottle opener but I'm very happy I did! 🤣
Alec, consider it payment for all those hundreds of hours of amazing content you've been producing over the years. One day I hope to learn blacksmithing and try and make my own!
And you make it more expensive for other people.
@@epauletshark3793 to be fair a lot of people made it more expensive for me - I tried every single time up until that point 😆
They say something is worth what people will pay for it so I'm telling my friends I own a bottle opener worth $550 😆
No joke! I got mine at $170 and I couldn't be happier!
This was incredible to watch live. When that $450.00 bottle opener sold and evil laugh Alec showed up I was really concerned that he was gonna snap and forge a Damascus doomsday device and try to take over the world.
I was still trying to get one at that price..... but had to head to bed as the time difference with Oz is a bugger.
I only caught the end of the live stream and I, too, thought I was watching a man go literally insane on camera. Glad Alec got some sleep and seems back to "normal."
Watching the stream was watching a mans decent into madness
Forged from a billet of the most evil doomascus.
I wanted to see him snap at the 600$ unfortunately my online banking app said no
Fiancé : babe the bank just took 500$ out of our account for a bottle opener
her future husband : visibly sweating haha we must have been hacked
Fiance: hmmmmmmm hmmmmmmmm they why you sweating babe
@@StayLazzy_bbbbooiiiiiiii cuz it smells like bull cheese
kids stealing mom's credit cards info is more accurate imo, lol.
Between the sqarespace Ad and all of the bottle openers, sounds like a really profitable workday for making bottle openers
If i could do math better, I'd find out how much he actually made, but I'm just going to guess it's a lot.
@@irishwristwatch92 He made close to seven grand
Don't forget to subtract all the costs. Steel, Tools, Cameraman, Video Cutter, Wife, Pizza, ... and ad RUclips Ad revenue of the Video and the Livestream.
The next time he tries to make a knife he’s gonna accidentally make a bottle opener i swear
And he'll forget the dimple! Dimple!!
Bottle opener knife. Now that is an idea lol.
@@Speedlution my knife already can open caps. Anything with a 90deg edge can. knife has leverage too
@@ac.creations : everything is a bottle opener. exception: living things.
@@kaig.-s.1040 are u sure?
Marketing professors will show this video in classes for years to come.
Economists, pricing experts and marketing professors...
This was really genius.
imagine, using the product you're being paid to use, to get even more money, and thus actually showing the use of the sponsored product
Honestly this is the most genius thing I have ever seen
If he wouldve stamped each one with the price it was he probably would have sold more
Doubt
8:40 Someone literally waited until the last 10 seconds to buy the bottle opener. That's pure evil right there.
Hahahahahaha that’s evil hahahaha
This man really said “let me trick my followers into buying my merch by making them think they’re part of a challenge” 😂😂
People are too easy
Whilst promoting square-space, lmao
Could have been cool if he only went up by $2 each time but instead it turned into a money making scheme. He probably just faked not wanting to make them in order to make more sales.
@@gabemartinez2558 ok if it was only 2 dollars per jump he would literally be making them for weeks dude
@@gabemartinez2558 lets say you weher doing hard physical labour all day into the early hours of the morning would you want to continue?
Ms. Steele: how was work honey? Why did you come home so late?
Alec: THEY BOUGHT THE 500$ BOTTLE OPENER
The thing I think Alec failed to account for is that people aren't buying a "bottle opener," they're buying an "Alec Steele original artwork" and it just HAPPENS to be a functioning bottle opener...
I don’t think he failed to account for that....
No, he knew just how fickle people are, and how easy it is to get them to WASTE MONEY.
And it'll goin to rech the value with each and ever scratch from bear cap it gets ( because if it gets one it means its proper craft brewed bottle)
Don’t forget the “paying to see Alex Steele stay up past his bedtime” aspect
People are also willing to splash out some extra to support a good youtuber.
They say you can feel the emotions of the smith in a sword.
Well now we have Bottle openers filled with Alec`s insanity.
This was a excellent adfor squarespace, I loved the concept, I loved the energy (and lack of towards the end), Thoroughly enjoyed the whole video and will now be patiently waiting for a follow up, or a video titled - I bought a $500 bottle opener!
Worth haha
Almost $7000 in 15 hours/almost $470 an hour for 15 hours...no wonder he was laughing like a madman lol
That's live streaming for popular youtube channels. I've seen channels with a fraction of the subscribers make more in 5 hours without needing send anyone anything.
The buyers felt like they were trolling him, but Alec was the real troll the whole time.
Well now he can buy more tools 🤗
Yea it's crazy if you just pretend you are having a mental breakdown people will apparently just throw money at you lol
Well, at least Alec provides something tangible in return
Feel like I'm gonna survive this day: 14 hours and a 600$ bottle opener later
Not to mention the previous ones.
he made a lot of money for 14 hours work
He made more money than any E-girl can make in a single live stream only selling bottle opener
what a legend!
u sure about that? i feel like you're underestimating e-girls
He also did more work though...
in a day,perhaps, dollar per hour,not so much.
@@rmoody8591 dude the man made somewhere towards 10k so even dollars per hour, yeah XD
@@sniffersmc2827 You are aware they get like thousand dollar donations, right? Didn't Pyrocynical give one of them 5 or 6 grand?
Imagine if mrbeasr was in this live you’d be still making bottle openers 😂
The guy who bought it for $500: *my goals are beyond your understanding*
Sending a man working for 15 hrs straight into pure madness live is worth it.
@@rustymonkey69 this is good content right here
@@rustymonkey69 yeah for him, i work 14hrs in a kitchen basically everyday but im not getting 7k a day for it. This guys a genius, he knew people would spend money on anything even if its completely stupid for a reason and he found that reason. Props to him.
@@bobbygalyon5580 He didn't "find" the reason. He built it. Over years of work by publishing regularly and updating his content to have a wide enough audience.
That's called work. I'm working in restauration aswell, and I'm not mad at his success. I'd never be able to work all day while simultaneously building up a fanbase.
@@bobbygalyon5580 to correct analogy would be that, by keep working, you will one day own a restaurant and be able to earn multiple K a day.
The amount of money people are willing to spend just to mess with someone is astronomically hilarious
You can always make more money
*psychological trauma* is the gift that lasts forever
I think square space bought a lot of bottle openers ;)
It's also a "cheap" way to get something handmade from Alec, seeing as his swords and things are normally thousands and thousands of dollars.
Actually, the only reason why the 600$ bottle opener wasn't sold is cause my online banking app decided to load fir 2 minutes....
KYIN KENREICH it’s more about the name and popularity that moves products. Just having money alone doesn’t necessarily make things sell easier.
Honestly, it's not surprise your business is wildly successful, Alec. You have some incredibly genius ideas that motivate your fans and customers to buy your products whilst they're also being entertained. You're a quality guy, and I am so glad my friend introduced me to your channel. (He's the guy, Pat, that bought that incredible Viking Sword you made years ago)
Any other Streamer: lets have a marathon stream playing videogames and being chill
Alec the absolute Madlad: hold my hammer...
"On second thought, I might need that hammer."
If there's one thing Twitch has taught me, it's that people will spend EXTRAORDINARY amounts of money on the opportunity to troll a content creator.
@28steps people are donating thousands of dollars on twitch and they don't even get a bottle opener in return
@@fourdoorsmorehoes Right, let alone a hand forged one by one of the most recognizable black smiths on the planet who makes $15,000 knives.
@28steps Funny thing is those simple bottle openers are all worth what was paid hell they are worth more than was paid even for the one for 550 bucks all because someone paid that for it. Every single one of them is worth a couple 100 bucks right now. There are so few of them that exist and that makes them worth money
btw meant to add there are only 59 of them that exist
Poor Ludwig
Never underestimate the determination of the masses to push the limits of absurdity for the sheer purpose to moderately torture someone. It also shows just how awesome of a fan base you have and how much they're willing to pay for your creations
Throw a taser collar around Alec's neck into the mix and see how evil humanity can be. Haha, a purchase activated shock collar...too much?
Imagine if this deal had been published on a major news outlet before the event. Alec would still be hammering like a madman creating $100k bottle openers.
This guy just sold BOTTLE OPENERS, for a VIDEO, not a charity event or fund raiser, literally just making a video that was basically one long commercial for Square Space, and while I can't decide what people do with their money, buying a $500 bottle opener that's just a small piece of hand forged metal that took 5 minutes is insane. This guy just made $7,480.01 selling small bottle openers... During one live stream... wtf...
AND !!! This is all on top of the SquareSpace sponsorship AND youtube ad revenue AND possible bits/donations during the livesteam.
Yep. content creators live on easy mode. this dude is definitely rich.
Honestly I'm shocked that Alec has the endurance for this kind of thing
Alec you're a legend, could we possibly see a trident eventually?
Up
Bit of a jump to go from bottle openers to submarine launched ballistic missiles I would have thought.
@@ferretgubbins You don't get it. He means a fork. He wants to have Alec Steele forged cutlery
@@inventiveowl395 Maybe he could start with Blue Streak and then work his way through to Trident via Polaris? He'd get a lot of views from areas of the globe where I suspect he is currently undersubscribed - there'd be a lot of North Koreans watching
@@inventiveowl395 It was a joke......
Video Idea, make a bottle opener that is actually worth $500 and send it out to whoever brought the original one!
This is a really great idea. Would also be a cool inventive to push the price higher if he chose to do something like this again in the future.
I think it should get a diamond inset into it...
Hey are you the one that bought the original? Hehehe
-Worth is whatever the market will bear. (Cost of Production is irrelevant - the sweat should be rewarded, however)
Gold is a "semi-useful"; conductive; malleable, non structural metal, it can easily be mined for
That's brilliant!
The best ad I've seen. Showing someone actually using what's being advertised.
As the saying goes: True Insanity is when you do the same thing over and over again expecting a different result
Best part is, he got a different result every time 😂
@@emptykidmedia2119 "The Bottle Opener that Proved Einstein wrong."
Looking forward to when mine arrives in the mail!
Can we ask, What did you pay for yours?
Yeah what did you pay?
we need the price...
@@domidude If I was on the live stream and living in the US, I would have been very tempted to continue the torture... err live stream.
So what did you have to pay were all courius bit-tech
Mrs. Steele, when Alec came home: "Hey honey, where have you been?"
Alec (tired af): "I´ve been making money.."
ka-ching... The sound of freshly minted bottle openers dropping in the pail.
Before sending out the openers Alex should photograph each one and create an NFT for each numbered opener - the NFT -"digital art"- themselves could Return Mental amounts (Independent of the Devicethemselves) in the Fan inspired Crypto market.
I've been milking a bunch of saps on the internet for all they're worth. XD
She actually called him around 1 AM instructing him to think about heading home
Literally
FORGING money
What a great video for teachers introducing students to economics. “When a product exchange occurs, the agreed upon price is called an equilibrium price, or a market clearing price.”
this is the kind of manic live energy the internet demands and will pay for.
How funny would it be if Will still had his company card for alec steele co and was just buying them with company money to destroy alec mentally.
*Palpatine cackling sounds*
What happened to will?
@@chronus9083 started his own business with his own shop
@@PokeRemcards awe that's awesome :)
One of these days, you should do something similar for a charity livestream. It seems like a really good way to raise some money.
I've seen a lot of squarespace ads but this is the only one that actually makes me want to go use it cause it shows it in action and I might genuinely try this product that I've never considered until now
Would be hilarious if tomorrow mr beast puts up a video of him buying a bunch of bottle openers from this dude just so he can go crazy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Where the hell does me beast get his money from though lol
@@BBCTopgearfan pretty sure he brought like 10k worth of bitcoin when it was less then a dollar
@@BBCTopgearfan he also sells a ton of merch i think
@@BBCTopgearfan sponsors, mainly. as far as i know, he only keeps the money he makes from his merchandise; the sponsorship money goes to charity and video production.
@@BBCTopgearfan LOL you thought it was his money he was spending. Sponsors. Millions of Dollars goes into advertising. Sponsoring Mr. Beast is small compared to a Super Bowl.
"We can stay stupid longer than they can stay solvent." - - Reddit
Alec flew too close to the sun.
🦍💎👐🌕🚀
This is an interesting economics experiment they have going on. Working in reverse on the pricing and demand than it is typically done.
Alex's temporary insanity is how I imagine Yeti's sales meetings go
I like how he's telling people to stop when the dudes made thousands of dollars off some steel with a hole in it
Telling someone to stop usually has the opposite effect tho.
@@donn7456 tell that to rape victims
@@shisuiuchiha1201 why are you like that
@@shisuiuchiha1201 why must you be like this
@@shisuiuchiha1201 viable point
This is genius! Alec sold hell a lot of bottle openers, each one pricier than the last, got a sponsorship, got money from youtube And managed not to go completely insane! Frickin hell!!!
Jury is still out on the last one
Ikr
Kind of my response as well, just in a bit less positive light.
Seems the least they cold have done is keep track of them so the person got the one in order they paid for instead of just a random one from the pile.
The best advertisement for Square Space ever! And some nice blacksmithing....
definitely the best squarespace advertisement in the history of RUclips, great job man
100 years LaItOr, alecs bottle openers are worth a million dollars and hes STILL making them
Lmao
Forget crypto. This is the currency we need.
@@911Tger how many bottle openers does an Aston Martin Vantage cost? (Depends on the time of the night they were made, and if you can verify that.🤔).
This shows how far this comunity is willing to go to support their favorite content creator...and i respect the hell out of it
This, to me, only proves the quality of the craftsmanship and of the craftsman.
Normal people: make money via job
Him: "today we are selling several bottle openers for 100z of dollers"
Before you ship, you should stamp each opener with the price that was paid for it. Make them all unique for the person that bought it.
One of them should also have dimple stamped into it!
its gonna be hard for him to do that he put them all in the same bucket there all mixed up
The livestream was awesome. Alec definitely went insane at the end.
This was the best, absolutely best, product promotion i've seen on a YT channel. So much fun :)
This is the first commercial I have fully watched. Still loved the video and kudos for making a commercial that was entertaining as heck.
At this point you're pretty much sponsoring Squarespace, not the other way around :)
I really like this concept, it was pretty insane.
I saw this and yelled "NO, NOT AGAIN!!!"
Same...
The "Abridged " version. 😁😁😁
If I had caught the livestream I would have payed 40-50 for one of these. Some people are insane. This was a good concept and a great video to watch.
This is the best way you can possibly advertise a product. Really excellent content and the use of the sponsors product didn't interfere with the content but enhanced it. Loved the video and the production was great too. Bang up job all round I reckon.
I kinda wanna see a bottle being opened with the 500$ bottle opener. Would be so satisfying.
This is like the scene in breaking bad when Walt gets all the "anonymous donations" that are actually just his own laundered money lol
Probably the best way for a RUclipsr to make a content and good money worth more than its product.
Actually a fantastic ad. Me and dad just made our first tables and because of this we will start selling on square space
2:15 "the body feel good i think i will survive this day"
Chat: Hold my beer
funny
I remember seeing this, Alec sounded like a manic towards the end;)
5:30 I love that you have a cot for your dog. I assume this is to keep him/her from the floor and getting metal stuffs and gunk all over? It's really thoughtful that you did that, rather than prohibit the dog from being in the shop completely.
This was amazing. Not only the best sponsor ad I've ever seen. But the marketing genius here is unparalleled
I think you should do this but stamp each with the price it was bought at. Then you fans could meet and compare their one of a kind Alec Steele bottle openers.
This dude just came up with the best YT business idea, could probably be one of the best ways of making money as a big RUclipsr. I'm just impressed, it's so dumb but yet so smart at the same time.
Not as good as belle delphine's signed bibles though. But close.
@@GreyPunkWolf bathwater.
Nobody:
Alec at 6:02 : * *eats pizza with a fork and pocket knife* *
Oh sweet lord
Ya gotta slice it somehow. And hold it still somehow.
Not only are you an absolutely brilliant blacksmith, but your marketing skills are amazing as well.
The $450 person knew exactly what they were doing 😂
They even worked out the delay.
Alecs accountant: "So here's the thing, you're now going to continue making bottle openers for the rest of your life."
What a brillant ad. Thank you for schooling al influencers on product placements. I hope squarespace paid top Dollar for this.
This guy's a marketing Genius.
- Makes Sponsorship with Squarespace
- Presents the website by selling his own products -> Better Sponsorship
- Sells Bottle openers for hundreds of dollars through pressure selling on a live stream, because the prices always rise
- Sells his products for forging, while he presents, how easy it is to make money with them, on the same website he has a sponsorship for.
And everything in one go.
You are a true genius.
The burning question I have is "Who the heck has $500 to spend on a single bottle opener?! Jeeeeeeeez"
There are a lot of rich ppl out there. If I had enogh money and I get entertained by this, why not?
I’ve spent more money than that for less entertainment.
bored millionares who are not buying a bottle opener, but a part of alec's sanity.
It is sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh
Squarespace probably. I could see them paying for some of the ad that way to make it happen, smart marketing.
*THIS WAS SUCH A CLEVER IDEA* to gouge as much money as possible from your subscribers - it combines SO MANY psychological manipulation techniques...
Scarcity, competition, reciprocity, etc etc etc
I suspect his overhead is much higher than you imagine. This was not a money grab but a participation opportunity. I wouldn't think anyone got hurt buying one.
Nobody was forced to buy anything, nobody bought anything at an undisclosed price. So I don't see what your beef is.
@@MudOilnGears I don't think it's a beef. I just think it is youth and lack of experiance to understand why someone would actually WANT to pay a high dollar to support a creator they like.
The entire video was an advertisement. The longest advertisement I've ever watched. Its also the only one that has kept me engaged the entire time.
I have no idea why, but I watched this entire thing twice. You tube will serve up a gem every once in a while.
I call this the Ludwig Ahgren phenomenon. People will spend ridiculous amounts of money just to see their favourite streamer/content creator suffer for just a few more minutes.
It’s not the same in this case luds viewers had power people just wanted a thing in this case luds viewers wanted him to keep going with the stream
I hadn’t watched far into the video when I commented that it is pretty similar
Can we just appreciate how this man just advertised someone's company, whilst making 7 grand to prove the app works😂😂😂😂😂
This is for sure the best Squarespace advertisement I've ever seen. I mean I still don't need a website built but when I do.... I know who to call
This is the best sponsor ad I've ever seen! You are brilliant Alec!
I think you really underestimated your fan base there Alec. Lol. I'm glad you had a good day though. It was fun to watch the live feed and see the whole thing condensed in this video. Well done. Just don't kill yourself for us.
Watched most all of this live and bought the shirt 😀
DIMPLE!
Alec takes advantage of memers’ unyielding potential for greatness where it’s definitely gonna matter generatioms down the line.
Fantastic 10/10, please do another one Alec 😂
Man... u r smart, this is one of the best marketing campaign i ever saw.
"So, what did you spend your stimulus cheque on?"
"A bottle opener from some eccentric, english chap at 2am?"
"Huh???"
Best comment.