# Wildeye

Pay to talk with influencers via private video calls 🔥

## Elevator pitch
We provide a marketplace that lets people bid or pay for video calls with influencers, athletes, professionals, and personalities worldwide.

- Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/wildeye
- Entity ID: wefunder:company:65426
- Last updated: 2026-06-06T05:01:02Z
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## Quick facts
- We plan to go public on the OTCQB in 2021, with plans to move to NASDAQ later down the road.
- CEO/CTO Ted Cohn worked for Steve Jobs at NeXT & authored 10 technology patents.
- Leveraging the network effect of 38 million influencers promoting to 3.8 billion fans—huge market.
- Millions of influencers are looking to monetize remotely in the age of Covid-19.
- Those investing the first $500,000 get a 50% discount on the share price.

## Active fundraises
- wefunder:fundraise:36600: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)

## Story
Spotting opportunity.Ted Cohn worked remotely as a software developer for 16 years, and sometimes that got lonely. He was looking to connect with mentors to help him with his consulting business.Diane Cohn was a budding YouTuber who noticed that big creators had hundreds of fans asking questions that went unanswered, some even offering to pay to speak with them.Then Covid hit, suddenly making video calls the new normal. A viewer approached Diane and offered to pay to speak with her. The lightbulb went on, she and Ted collaborated, and Wildeye’s BidToTalk was born.How do you connect with influential people?Billions of followers want to connect with millions of influencers but can’t because the influencers are inundated by too many requests.Millions of influencers are looking for new ways to monetize. They want to connect with fans but want to do it conveniently and safely on their own terms.So we created a BidToTalk, a marketplace where people can bid or pay for private video calls with influencers.Influencers, athletes, professionals, and personalities can auction specific time slots for video calls to the highest bidder. Or, they can simply charge a fixed fee to speak to fans during the time slots they make available. Our technology handles search, bidding, scheduling, payment processing, security, and video calls. Fans get access to influencers, and influencers get an easy way to monetize.Speaking with fans via video calls is an expedient way for influencers to earn income versus chasing elusive, complicated sponsorship deals, creating digital products, or continually having to push out additional content on subscription membership sites.How we make money.Our business model is simple. We charge 20% for every video call.3.8 billion people use social media, and the top 1% or 38 million are influencers. Influencer marketing is a growing $10 billion industry, and the professional consulting industry is $130 billion. The market opportunity is huge.Try our prototype here.The road ahead.We plan to launch the commercial version of the web app within 90 days of funding and intend to scale rapidly. We've also identified some intellectual property that may be patentable.Our plan is to go public in 2021, and we intend to start the Direct Public Offering process concurrently with product development. The reason we’re going public early is that it should open additional financing opportunities and provide stock options to incentivize staff and talent.In five years, our conservative financial model estimates 200,000 active influencers using the platform, $84 million in annual revenue, and fans enjoying 17 million meaningful video conversations per year with 0.5% of total influencers worldwide.A team that delivers.The founding team has been working successfully together for over 30 years.CEO/CTO Ted Cohn has been a software developer for both high-profile companies and startups such as Apple, Excite, and Barns and Noble. He worked for Steve Jobs at NeXT and has 10 patents.CMO/President Diane Cohn has a background in digital marketing for luxury brands such as Apple and Chase International and is an emerging YouTube influencer with over 800,000 views.We also have a top-tier advisory team, some talented hires in the works, and just about everybody we talk to loves what we’re doing:Help us help people connect with those they admire.This is a win-win in a massive market. We have the technical and marketing expertise to launch, grow, and build a successful, profitable company, and we'd love for you to join us.Invest with us today.Play with the prototype.

## FAQ
1. **Hi. Can you give me a breakdown of your revenue goals for the next 5 years? That would give me an idea of the kind of growth you are visualizing for he company.**
   - Hi Leonardo, Thank you for your question. As you can imagine, our revenue model is speculative given the current stage of our development. At a high-level, we intend to charge influencers a fee based on the transaction value of each video call. There are many variables to what our future revenue would look like, including but not limited to: the number of influencers that use our marketplace, how interested fans are to connect with the influencer, how frequent the influencers sets time aside ...
2. **Not really a question, more a suggestion - get Kato Kaelin for this - he is the perfect type of B or C list celebrity/influencer who would probably like a way to make extra money but not be so expensive so as to be beyond most consumer's price point. I'd for example happily pu...**
   - Francis, you understand the business model 100%. We view the influencer-fan segment as a large spectrum based on follower count and engagement, with different levels of engagement. And thanks for your suggestion—we’ll see if we can reach him!
3. **Hi Ted, there's a lot to like in this presentation and the idea seems quite timely and intriguing. There are just a few things holding me back. First, you say you plan to go public next year. That makes it sound a bit easier (and faster) than it usually is. Where do you feel y...**
   - Hi Alan, thank you for your questions. 1. We’ve engaged Joel Arberman at Meraki Partners, LLC (www.PublicFinancial.com) to take us public via direct listing. They’ve completed the process a number of times. The high level steps including accounting, audit, legal, SEC review, regulatory review and trading approval. With our anticipated level of funding, we’re confident we can be quoted by the end of 2021. We’re actually planning to start the first steps of the process shortly and will update e...
4. **What's the share price???**
   - Hi Leonard, the offering price is $2 per share but investors who commit the first $500,000 receive a 50% discount, or $1 per share.
5. **I understand it's all speculation at this stage and nothing can be guaranteed but it would help me decide whether to invest if I know what numbers you are aiming to reach. I need to know what kind of potential the company has. Thanks.**
   - Our goal is to onboard at least 1,000 influencers by the end of 2021 with revenue capacity of $2.5 million. Longer-term, we believe tens of thousands of influencers and professionals would be interested in monetizing their fan and customer base using a marketplace like ours. Again, completely speculative, but hopefully this provides you with some perspective and some of our thoughts.

## Team
- Ted Cohn (CEO & CTO)
- Diane Cohn (President & CMO)
- Curtis Sasaki (Product Advisor)
- Bob Christopher (Strategic Advisor)
- Christine Zalocha (Marketing Advisor)
- Joel Arberman (Direct Listing Advisor)

## Recent posts
- Only a Few Hours Left to Invest 🔥 (2020-12-28T22:02:01Z)
- Jeff Bullas Interviews Wildeye CEO Ted Cohn (2020-12-22T20:05:37Z)
- Stranger Things Actor Matty Cardarople Talking with Fans Today 12/22 & Wed 12/23 (2020-12-21T12:50:29Z)
- Mega-Influencer Cam Casey Talking to a Few Lucky Fans (2020-12-18T15:48:01Z)
- TikToker Travis Zip has 3 Million Followers & Will Soon be Talking to You (2020-12-17T18:06:51Z)
- What is Your Time Worth in the Evolving Attention Economy? (2020-12-08T18:56:43Z)
- Why TikToker Cortney Dryden Looks Forward to Speaking with You (2020-12-03T21:28:47Z)
- Why Instagrammer Kariss Farris Appreciates Wildeye's BidToTalk (2020-12-01T17:52:48Z)
- BidToTalk Platform Would Create Auction-like Platform for Social Media Influencers (2020-11-25T00:08:27Z)
- Talk to Influencers Starting Thursday 11/19 (2020-11-18T21:06:38Z)
- Our Startup Story (2020-11-16T18:28:10Z)
- Why TikToker Yuliya is Excited About Wildeye's BidToTalk (2020-11-09T21:47:10Z)
- Why Comedian Lily Lei Thinks You Should Invest in Wildeye (2020-11-03T21:58:28Z)
- BidToTalk Ready for You to Try (2020-10-29T19:05:26Z)
- A Fantastic First Week on Wefunder (2020-10-23T13:35:49Z)

## Q&A
- Q: What's to stop Zuckerberg or TikTok from just rolling out a clone once you guys gain traction? I like the concept, not seeing the moat here, at all.
  - A: Hi Josh, there will be competition, and we will do our best to be competitive and succeed. We are not diminishing the fact that we may have large potential competitors. If we do a great job at servicing influencers and their fans, we believe there’s a significant opportunity for our business even if other platforms decide to pursue the idea as well. We don’t believe this concept will have monopolistic characteristics for us or others.
- Q: Do you intend to pay dividends?
  - A: Hi Craig, not as this time.
- Q: Thank you for reaching out Ted. I have increased my investment. Hope to see WeFunder acknowledge.
  - A: My pleasure, and thank you.
- Q: Intriguing concept for sure. However, influencers, celebrities, etc., already have a large social media followings. Why do they need you and what's to stop them from offering a similar opportunity on their own site? Thanks
  - A: Hi Doug, Good question. Influencers, celebrities and others routinely leverage third-party solutions instead of doing everything on their own. For example, influencers usually hire people to create courses, edit videos, run their affiliate programs, coordinate their sponsorships, manage subscriptions, etc. We believe using BidToTalk.com will make it faster, easier, less expensive and more efficient than if they tried to create and manage their own solution. Over the next few weeks, we'll begin to share details about influencers who have decided to use our solution. Stay tuned!
- Q: What's the share price???
  - A: Hi Leonard, the offering price is $2 per share but investors who commit the first $500,000 receive a 50% discount, or $1 per share.
- Q: Not really a question, more a suggestion - get Kato Kaelin for this - he is the perfect type of B or C list celebrity/influencer who would probably like a way to make extra money but not be so expensive so as to be beyond most consumer's price point. I'd for example happily put down 2 or 3 hundred bucks for a few minutes of Kato's time, and I'm sure others would also. That is the sweet spot here - celebs / influencers just well known enough to command an audience but not "Lady Gaga" level famous so as to be out of the price range of the average consumer. [I don't know Kato personally, lol, this is just an example.]
  - A: Francis, you understand the business model 100%. We view the influencer-fan segment as a large spectrum based on follower count and engagement, with different levels of engagement. And thanks for your suggestion—we’ll see if we can reach him!
- Q: Hi. Can you give me a breakdown of your revenue goals for the next 5 years? That would give me an idea of the kind of growth you are visualizing for he company.
  - A: Hi Leonardo, Thank you for your question. As you can imagine, our revenue model is speculative given the current stage of our development. At a high-level, we intend to charge influencers a fee based on the transaction value of each video call. There are many variables to what our future revenue would look like, including but not limited to: the number of influencers that use our marketplace, how interested fans are to connect with the influencer, how frequent the influencers sets time aside to connect with fans, the price fans are willing to pay, etc. We’d love to provide specific numbers but we don’t yet have enough visibility to say for sure. What we can tell you is that we’re working hard to make BidToTalk a strong platform to handle millions of transactions per year. Let me know if you have any additional questions as you consider an investment in Wildeye. Thank you for your interest.
- Q: I am writing as an investor who supported your company through the Wefunder platform. First and foremost, I want to express my support for your vision and mission. As someone still learning the ins and outs of early-stage investing, I would appreciate your help in understanding how my investment may benefit me in the future. Specifically: 1. How does my investment convert into financial return over time? 2. In what scenarios (e.g., acquisition, dividends, revenue sharing, etc.) would I start to see a return? 3. How will your team notify investors of significant developments or opportunities to access value from our investments? 4. What type of investment agreement did I receive (e.g., SAFE, convertible note, equity), and how does that impact my potential return? I understand that startup investing is a long-term process, and I greatly appreciate any transparency and guidance you can provide regarding expectations and next steps. Thank you for your time and for building something meaningful.
- Q: Hello Is this business still there? Have not received anything since I invested. Google search shows that the Wildeye brand name has been taken away and is being used by an IT company. There is no website for BidtoTalk as well anymore. Can someone from this business respond and advise what's going on please. Regards Tahir
  - A: Hi Tahir, yes, the business is still active. I've communicated to all investors at least annually via email, and periodically here. Wildeye.com points to Warmlink.io, the company's new pursuit and DBA presently displaying an early MVP in the affiliate space. The company pivoted from BidToTalk in early 2021. More to come regarding Warmlink. Ted
- Q: I haven't received any information regarding this Wildeye Start Up. I invested a little! Just curious what is the current status?
- Q: When the new Minting & listing video NFTs for creators in minutes to open up and be live?
  - A: We've changed our direction again trying to find our market fit. By tomorrow we plan to post the recording from our investor call held Friday, Oct 22, 2021.
- Q: What’s the difference between Cameo.com and Wildeye? I understand the communications between customer and influencer are prerecorded, but them already being an established company, who says they don’t simply make 1on1 calls an option for their customers?
  - A: Cameo's been around for 3 years and they focus primarily on A-list celebrities. We're open to all influencers and professionals. They're already experimenting with 1:1 calls. It's a massive industry so if they offer 1:1 calls officially, it will just validate the market.
- Q: Hi, can you please directly answer if you intend to enter the adult marketplace? There are many investors who due to their ethics can not invest in such companies. Additionally, major companies such as Visa/MC recently stopped servicing places like pornhub, potential financial risk.
  - A: Although we haven't decided to go there yet, we aren't ruling it out. I would suggest not investing if you're uncomfortable with that space.
- Q: Why would an influencer choose you rather than implementing their own solution: using a scheduling software like calendly and adding a "schedule a video call" link to their profile/videos?
  - A: Influencers, celebrities and others routinely leverage third-party solutions and they certainly can do what you suggest. We think an all-in-one solution such as BidToTalk will make it more efficient, faster and easer for them, plus they will have the benefit of discovery, auctions and built-in private video calling.
- Q: How is this is this idea proprietary? Do you have a patent or secret sauce? What is your competitive advantage? What is stopping larger firms firms from implementing similar concepts?
  - A: This has been answered.