I asked myself this question, because I have a product now, that I spent a lot of time on and I think that it might be time to ask for a little financial thank you
So I browsed the internet on the hunt for ways, that people use to make inviduals donate money or items...
Here's what I found, please expand the list!
The well-known PayPal-Button
I suppose this is the easiest and most popular way: One places a little button or link in a prominent position on the website or pops up a window in the app every once in a while, which asks you to donate a few bucks.
Alternatives are: publishing the bank account number, other services, etc. The idea stays the same.
The Amazon Wish List
You put a link to a wish list on amazon.com online, so that the people that donate you money, know what they give you money for.
advantage:people understand what you need money for. Nice books etc. and not world domination :-)
disadvantage:only fixed amounts of money. you don't get the (i think) usual amounts of money like 5 bucks, because books and other amazon-stuff is normally more expensive
Selling Merchandise
There are ready-made solutions on the internet, like t-shirt shops etc.
nicest thing ever is, if you have a sweet mascot and can produce it cheaply but uniquely.
good example Haekelschwein.de
advantage:people actually get something for their money -> more will do it
disadvantage:you need a cool logo, a product with a good attitude and the they give/you get factor is probably about 4-10.
Make people buy stuff using links on your website
I don't actually know a good serious service, that does this, but I didn't do much research. Google has it for the Adsense-recommendation program, I think Amazon and eBay have it too, but I didn't find it directly.
It works this way: people buy something, that they want anyway by clicking on a link on your website and you get your share.
advantage:people want the stuff anyway
disadvantage:probably not very effective
So that's what I can come up with for now. Please enlarge the list with me and tell me what you think works best!
", Amazon, and Selling things would be your, or any single serving internet user. My reasoning behind this? Well, all those things are managed by yourself, so you can work at your own pace, quit the program when you want to, and not have to make deadlines if you don't have the time (though you'd lose buisness that way...). However, when you're selling things for another company, you're dependant on how well they fair, on your cut, and on how much you're willing to advertise their products...Which leads to people losing interrest in what's really important..YOU, well, your website more specifically.
This I find a lot of attractive as an option.
