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> impulse nature How about reverse-order micropayment for donations? The site lets you start tipping right away, but doesn't actually pay until you load money.

• vonklaus 11y ago
  this is a great idea. maybe even casually prompt you at dollar mark milestones. e.g. you viewed 59 applications. supported by teams totalling 489 people. running 78 servers. you didn't see 4900 adverts. your charity account has reached $5, if you have the time, those teams would appreciate your support.
  • IanCal 11y ago
    Or at the end of the month rather than pre-paying at the beginning. I might be more willing to chuck in $10 once I know what I've received than I am $5 beforehand. Removes a hurdle when first signing up (just like a free trial does). There's nothing stopping you asking people to setup something regular either, just support people putting money in afterwards. This would add complexity to the backend, but I'd be surprised if it had an inherently high cost overall. A user that actively uses flattr but doesn't put any money in each month probably only represents a small overhead in resources. I guess there's a risk that someone who otherwise would have setup a regular payment now doesn't (or contributes less). This feels like one of those ideas that is incredibly obvious in retrospect but until I'd heard someone suggest it I hadn't thought about it.
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• jacques_chester 11y ago
  Tipjoy tried this, it didn't pan out at the time.