Comments on: Tipjoy Raises $1 Million For Its Simple Micropayment Platform

By: Micro-Blogging Meets Micro-Payments, Courtesy Of Tipjoy’s API | CHARGED's Digital Lifestyle at Work or Play

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:15:53 +0000

[...] company, which was originally seed-funded by Y Combinator and went on to raise $1 million in Series A financing in September 2008, is currently running a contest for developers who use the API for their [...]

By: Micro-Blogging Meets Micro-Payments, Courtesy Of Tipjoy’s API

Micro-Blogging Meets Micro-Payments, Courtesy Of Tipjoy’s API — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:04:15 +0000

By: Discover the new TipJoy.com: Micropayment on Twitter Universe | 2 above: All things Twitter

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:01:25 +0000

[...] Twitter It!TipJoy.com was founded in early 2008 with $1m venture funding from YCombinator’s. TechCrunch first reviewed it on Feb. 2008, the app/site has seen some traffic surge lately, standing at 80k alexa ranking as of this blog [...]

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Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:17:20 +0000

[...] Tipjoy Raises $1 Million For Its Simple Micropayment Platform [...]

By: huh

huh — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:31:40 +0000

Huh? Ze Frank built this IN ONE NIGHT two years ago in reply to a user comment on his video blog. Then Google shut him down (and apologized) and he rewrote it for PayPal before the next show aired. He built the damn thing twice in 36 hours.

The concept is solid as he made SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS per day (all donations were public) — but a million to fund this? C’mon. One coked up videoblogger can build it as a side project while writing and performing a daily performance show, sheesh.

By: DOA

DOA — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:27:15 +0000

This is Dead On Arrival. DOA.

By: tipd.com

tipd.com — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:12:25 +0000

Tipjoy Raises $1 Million For Its Simple Micropayment Platform…

Tipjoy, a Y Combinator-funded micropayment startup that launched in February, has closed a Series A funding round led by Betaworks, with The Accelerator Group and Chris Sacca also participating. The company hasn’t disclosed the exact amount of the fu…

By: Ξ Tipjoy: der Ein-Klick-Spendenbutton Ξ UPLOAD - Magazin für digitales Publizieren Ξ

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:20:55 +0000

[...] Aber dann könnte man gleich den “Donate”-Button von PayPal nutzen. Gefunden bei: TechCrunch [...]

By: GB

GB — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:21:52 +0000

imooch.com has a different take on a similar concept.

By: Mark Z

Mark Z — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:15:12 +0000

why the hell would i use this and not just paypal?

By: Ivan Kirigin

Ivan Kirigin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:40:23 +0000

Have you ever actually used paypal to make a donation? It’s a 9 click process. Tipjoy leaves you where everyone wants you: right there with the content. Single click payment is very different than paypal.

By: Texas Lotto Result

Texas Lotto Result — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:01:07 +0000

with paypal do the same thing, but they have a million and this is the true

By: Aaron Dragushan

Aaron Dragushan — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:54:38 +0000

Not only that, but if you’re not actually interested in what’s being advertised then you’re just taking money from the advertiser to give some to the publisher. Not the most honest way to give someone money.

By: Ivan Kirigin

Ivan Kirigin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:20:54 +0000

We turned on cash out to a PayPal account
http://tipjoys2...ng-lead-by.html

By: Ivan Kirigin

Ivan Kirigin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:19:02 +0000

I’ll give you $25 in Tipjoy for each.

By: Ivan Kirigin

Ivan Kirigin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:18:22 +0000

Micropayments can be defined as tolerating small amounts, but they don’t need to be small. Imagine a web app that uses Tipjoy for one-click subscription purchasing. Sure they have a $1/yr mode (which is pretty much untenable without Tipjoy), but they might also have a $200/mo mode using the same API.

With billions of $1 mp3s sold, I don’t think I need to argue too hard for the market.

By: Ivan Kirigin

Ivan Kirigin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:15:47 +0000

Cut out the middleman with ads? Do you mean by adding the advertiser, the ad network, and google into the picture?

The site owner sees much less than 97% of ad revenue. And ads usually take a user away from the page. Why would a content creator want that?

By: zena

zena — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:58:59 +0000

it is stupid to by a domain

By: zena

zena — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:57:45 +0000

it is to stupid to by a domain

By: zena

zena — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:57:08 +0000

who would buy a domain

By: huh

huh — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:57:25 +0000

No one’s gonna buy your stupid domain name.

By: MatthewS

MatthewS — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:53:01 +0000

Are u able cash out or is it still only amazon gift certificates? If the latter, they are screwed. If the former, can’t this be used for money laundering and all sorts of shady stuff?

By: Tipjoy obtiene 1M en Serie A

Tipjoy obtiene 1M en Serie A — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:51:24 +0000

[...] una compañía de micropagos financiada por Y-Combinator, ha recibido una ronda de financiación Serie A de cerca de 1 millón de dólares. Dicha ronda estuvo dirigida por Betaworks, con la participación de The Accelerator Group y Chris [...]

By: aj

aj — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:07:32 +0000

this is lame…paypal has donate button for ages…i believe even amazon has this kind of stuff….if bloggers really want peanuts like this those two services would have been very popular….don’t think this will take off….nice try though!!

By: O.S

O.S — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:36:59 +0000

Yes, but now it’s quicker and doable for everyone. With less coding skills. Like an embed tag. See the good thing in that?