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Get the Tipjoy Bookmarklet. Tip any site, while you're on it.
- anewaccountname 19y agoAt least be honest: tip Tipjoy and any site you chose while you're on it. Tipjoy does take a cut, right?
- ivankirigin 19y agoWe take a small cut. Smaller than other services, like PayPal. We're open about this: http://tipjoy.com/faq/14/#q14 http://tipjoy.com/faq/14/#q14 I stress the bookmarklet not because of our cut, but because it will grow our userbase -- people receiving lots of tips without being Tipjoy users will probably soon become users to claim the tips. edit: I should also mention that our effective cut is small when you consider that tips can be recycled back into the community. Tip receivers can tip other things for essentially zero overhead. We take our small cut when someone cashes out.
- anewaccountname 19y agoCool, allowing tips to be used inside the system to fund other tips is a good touch that also have the side effect of encouraging even more generosity.
- PStamatiou 19y agohow does a site that does not use tipjoy ever find out that someone tipped them? Is it one of those if they login they'll find out things?
- ivankirigin 19y agoWe actively seek out people that have received money that aren't users. We're thinking about ways to automate this, but making it personal is probably going to be the most effective. You can search for a domain, url, or email here to check if it's been tipped: http://tipjoy.com/domainSearch/ http://tipjoy.com/domainSearch/ If it has, you need to authenticate that you own it through one of a few methods.
- anewaccountname 19y agoDoes the tip get debited only after the intended recipient receives it?
- ivankirigin 19y agoNo, when the tipper gives it. Also, someone only receives the money into their account when the tip is paid, but they are shown the level of unpaid tips. I expect a number of blog posts of people saying "hey folks, pay your tips!". We're deploying some friendly ways of encouraging it too.
- mdemare 19y agoIt's actually kinda cool, going around the web, reading articles on my favorite blogs, and for once, leaving a tip. It makes me feel good.
- ivankirigin 19y agoI love the internet