Nothing Sadder Than A Fat Guy Begging For Change
In spite of my massive number of readers, I’m not making much money off this site. I’ve got a little adsense up, but unless you scroll down the main page a few posts you’ll never see it. I’ve posted some affiliate links, but for some reason no one is buying my favorite zester. And all over this site I’ve had the tipjoy button up:
And so far I’ve gotten a whopping 0 cents.
And according to this article from TechCrunch I’m not alone. They’ve only collected about $2,500 for all 300 blogs that have signed up. I’m not complaining. Nobody owes me anything and a silly little tip button isn’t the kind of thing I would normally click on either, but I hope to do this professionally some day and I think tipjoy could be a big part of that. Let me explain why.
I genuinely believe people want to give to bloggers, writers and video creators who make something good. What they don’t want to do is go out of their way for it. And let’s face it, currently tipping a web site is a pain in the ass. You have to go through paypal and they take a certain percentage and you never know how much to give. Is a dollar enough? If you give $5 are you covered for life? If you give $10 and the guy quits blogging next month does he owe you a refund? The point of tipjoy is to remove all the headache.
Give a dime to any website, the only info they need upfront is your email address. When enough people promise money for it to be worth everyone’s while, they send you an email asking for whatever you promised. It’s a great idea, even with all the news sources I use a dime a piece wouldn’t feel like a burden to me. And I’m a cheap fuck. So what’s the point of this post?
I’m begging for a tip. Please click on the button below and give me a dime. If you’re reading through your RSS reader you may need to click through, or if you have javascript blocked you’ll need to enable it for this page. I think I’m worth it.
In addition to giving me a little bacon money, this is something of an experiment. I want to know how this works for you guys. Do you like this idea? Was this as easy as it seems? I’m looking to make this work for you really, since without you I don’t have a damn thing. How would you like to handle tips, ads or anything else on this site? Let me know with a comment or on the contact page.
May 27th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
A couple of caveats:
Comments that I’m a major douche who shouldn’t be asking for anything also welcome.
Since this is more to find out how many people are comfortable using tipjoy, don’t give more than a quarter. If one guy gives $5 out of guilt that would really throw my calculations off.
May 28th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
fine, take the .25. You owe me.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Well Wade, I’m willing to pay you back with sexual services. Your quarter means that much to me.
But I don’t kiss and no bath-time!
December 21st, 2009 at 2:49 pm
IT’S NOT AS PATHETIC AS A GUY TALKING ABOUT A FAT GUY WHO WANTS CHANGE. GET A FUCKING LIFE LOSER;IF YOU HAD ONE YOU WOULD NOT BE WASTING YOUR TIME ON SUCH MEANINGLESS BULLSHIT!!!