Do people really donate through PayPal?

Do people really donate through PayPal????

I got a site that is FREE and am thinking of putting a DONATE button on there from PayPal in the chance i get a few donations to help support hosting/domain/maintenance ect ect.

Any thoughts?

 

ya i got donated two times in last three months but very small amount..........

 

Yup people do leave a tip if they find your website useful

 

yes =]
i got some money from it

 

Not had one donation yet. Working on it though

 

A friend of mine once got a $75 donation once.

 

Do you guys offer any incentives for those who donate?

 

+1IntellectToday good Q

 

So far, only 5 donation received. Eventhough it is not a big amount, but as they, a dollar can actually help others. Thanks to those who donate.

 

There are some people out there who donate regularly to sites they find useful!
However, none of them has yet landed up at my sites yet!

An don't anyone dare questioning the usefulness of my sites

 

One of my friends has a video site getting over $2000 a month in donations, ive yet to set on up my self but intend to soon.

Tom

 

What I've discovered that it really depends on the niche of a given site. If the primary audience has any disposable income and they feel your content is valuable enough, they may donate. On the flipside however; if your content is targeted to tweens/kids, and teens -- you may not see as many, or any donations.

 

I've gotten 3 or 4, i have a classifieds section on one of my forums and a couple of the sellers donate 5 or 10% of the price, even though there are no fees to list stuff, so that works out well.

 

A lot of times, it really isn't worth the ad space to have a PayPal donation button installed on your blog or website, what have you. I have had one in the past, and got a few small donations of $5 or less.

If you feel that this small donation process is worth the hassle, then by all means go for it

 

yes, i got small amount of donation.
but you need to add values to those donators, so they'll feel special.

 

Nah, donations aren't even worth it. You might get luckily once in a great while, but it ain't steady income to pay for your hosting. If your site has tons of good info, maybe offer rehosting services for those people who love & trust your content, but just ain't ready to go at it 100% alone.

I did this for friend. She needed a website, I needed a website. I created a reseller account for $30 bucks a month. Gave her a website with it's own IP for $10s a month and offered email support. Next thing someone else needed a site and so I made the same deal. Doesn't take much, you just a few small business that get no traffic to order a very basic plan. Next thing you know, your not only having them pay for your hosting, but your netting a small profit.

 

dont think that you can put a donation box on a empty page and you'll get funds....nope.
only quality sites get donations that too rarely......the only sites that get donation (good amount of it) are CHARITY sites....

 

My warez site has had $100 in donations in 6 days, so yeh ppl will donate if theres something worth donating for

 

Never even thought of doing something like this. I guess it can't hurt...

 

I've never even cosidered this as I thought it was a non-starter but looking at this thread may make me reconsider. I'll wait til I have a little more content first.