You don't understand what Patio11 is saying. He wants to know that your product can actually get people to pay up. It's the ultimate in product validation. Until people will pull out that wallet and sign on the dotted line, you don't know that your product solves a real problem.

That's what Patio11 wants. He doesn't want to get paid up front and he's not in "business mode". He's trying to validate his product in the best possible way.