Better late than never

[pedroford]

After years of following the forum without posting anything, I decided to introduce myself here. My name is Pedro Henrique, I am a 28yo Brazilian man, and I live in a small southern Brazilian coastal city with around 30,000 inhabitants. My journey on the internet began very early, I created my first website in 2009 when I was 13yo and still in elementary school. It was a PHP site that served as a news portal for my city, had an online radio, a meme section, and even a live chat where people could interact on my site. At that time, I didn't have a credit card, so to pay for the domain and hosting, I had to go to the bank and pay in cash.

Since then, I've started various different ventures, such as a print-on-demand e-commerce business selling t-shirts with designs I created myself. I also imported products from the USA and Paraguay to sell here in Brazil, started a business selling Canva accounts with lifetime access to the premium version, and sold IPTV subscriptions. In 2021, I created and launched my own cryptocurrency, a BEP-20 token, along with my own delivery app similar to Uber Eats, which was integrated with the cryptocurrency. I've tried to build a marketplace like Amazon, Clickbank, and even a digital bank, these last three were set up outside of Brazil, among many other ventures.

I’ve also attempted to build an online betting site, an SMM panel, and even my own social network. There was also a telemedicine app that allowed people to make doctor's appointments online. I tried to create a platform similar to OnlyFans but with additional features like payment splits, allowing payments to be divided between the model and an agency or between two models creating content together. I could spend all day talking about the projects I've undertaken, such as a cryptocurrency exchange and my own print-on-demand website. However, 100% of these businesses I mostly did alone, using my own money, I don't like asking anyone for help or relying on others for anything. In 2015, I even started a business to provide offshore company formation services in the USA, the UK, and the British Virgin Islands for Brazilians, haha. In 2018, I thought about creating a forum similar to Black Hat World, but in Portuguese for Brazilians, although I never got around to launching that project.

Currently, I have a few active businesses, such as a white-label online casino, I have some customers using my whitelabel, my own payment gateway, and an online ticket sales marketplace for events in Brazil and Europe. I quit the OFM some months ago but I still have a good experience.

I speak Portuguese, English, Spanish and I am trying to learn Russian, I love practice martial arts since I was 7yo and my favorite food is sushi.

 

[Dopious]

Nice write-up, good luck on your journey from here now.

 

[SuperNovaProxy]

Welcome, let's practice Russian together!

 

[jskinnerd]

Wait, you have your own payment gateway? How does that work?

 

[junaidCh00986543]

Wow Pedro, what an incredible journey! You've explored so many different business ventures, and your entrepreneurial spirit is truly inspiring. From creating your first website at 13 to launching your own cryptocurrency and delivery app, it's clear you have a deep passion for innovation. It's also impressive how you’ve managed all of this on your own! Looking forward to hearing more about your experiences and learning from your diverse background. Welcome to the community!

 

[Thunderproxy]

Welcome to BHW

 

[pedroford]

Thank you so much

Spasiba bratan, I am here, just Russian cursive that make cry sometimes

I do. I am developing it for six months now. It’s not just a simple payment gateway, it's a cross-border payment gateway, including the black hat niche, where we will accept a variety of segments like gambling, dating, forex, dropshipping, and more. For example, a seller in Brazil will be able to sell to a buyer in Europe, and the buyer in Europe can pay using their local payment method, while the seller in Brazil will receive the payment in their Brazilian bank account. This is just one example, as it will work for any seller and any buyer across many parts of the world. I plan to integrate with many local payment methods in different countries. It’s similar to a proxypay, essentially like this.

Thank you so much. My journey started in 2006 when I got my first PC at 10 years old, a nice Windows XP. I was very curious even as a kid. While my friends were using their computers just for gaming, I was trying to learn many different things on the internet. I met a lot of people from various countries and learned a lot from them. To this day, I keep learning every day, our brain is just like a muscle in our body, if we stop exercising it, it will atrophy."

Thank you so much