Donations - extra source for income

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by darkbreed, Dec 5, 2006.

  1. #1
    Well, I stumbled over a site that is similar in content to my own, and I noticed they were asking visitors for donations if they liked the site. So, I thought what the heck, why not try put up some donation requests on my own site and see what happens. And I'll be darn, I put up the donation feature today and allready got a 10$ donation :)

    So gonna run with this and see how it will go, nice start at least :p
     
    darkbreed, Dec 5, 2006 IP
  2. Austars

    Austars Active Member

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    #2
    Nice, what sort of site do you run?
     
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  3. AdsenseChic

    AdsenseChic Well-Known Member

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    That's great! Congratulations, it never hurts to ask for a few bucks. ;)
     
    AdsenseChic, Dec 5, 2006 IP
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    techblog Banned

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    I'm planning to run my site from donations % work only.
     
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    #5
    Isn't donation the equivelant of begging on the streets.:cool:
     
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  6. AdsenseChic

    AdsenseChic Well-Known Member

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    qwestcommunications, who cares? they can't see your face. :p
     
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    Computerized Well-Known Member

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    I tried this on my forum and it failed miserably, lol. It was probably because I didn't talk much about it, just put the button onto my site. :p
     
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  8. FOX LORE

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    You know that something i been meaning to do with mysite but keep forgetting..quess i'm do it now. Wish me Luck!
     
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    What do people use to make doinations? Is it paypal, credit card?
     
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    AdsenseChic Well-Known Member

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    #10
    All of them and money orders.
     
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  11. aramiK

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    I've been meaning to do it for a while. I guess it's time.
     
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    Austars Active Member

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    I'm probably going to do that with my site, but only after I release something, like programs or perhaps plugins for WordPress...
     
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    sebastya Well-Known Member

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    #13
    this never worked on my hip hop site, haha
     
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    lol I wonder why.
     
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    #15
    I run one site where it says if you want to donate please donate to your nearest free clinic.

    I am not sure why I do that, if your idea is working, may be I need to put a donate button myself.

    But I may not do that in the near feture.

    Thanks
     
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  16. adwordaffiliate

    adwordaffiliate Active Member

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    #16
    If you're asking for donations you usually need to also offer something in return.

    So for example:

    Give them a link to their site
    Give the access to a members area

    etc etc :)
     
    adwordaffiliate, Dec 5, 2006 IP
  17. darkbreed

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    I run an alternative news related site. And I put up paypal for the donation function. I have a link on bottom of every page saying "Please consider a donation if you like this site" which links to a donation page telling them how much i appreciate their contribution etc :p
     
    darkbreed, Dec 5, 2006 IP
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    Giving link to their site means it becomes a link sale rather than donation, per se.
     
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    i've run into the problem that when people donate they think you owe them something... i run my sites for profit, not for fun... on one site members started bitching b/c i bought a house, a new car, etc... while my day job paid for those things, the website certainly helped... so i took the donation thing off, and decided that i dont want to give the members any reason for them thinking i owe them something...
     
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    Alternative sites usually do well for donations. I make at least $250 a week on mine.
     
    akamaimommie, Dec 5, 2006 IP