Thanks for the Tip!

Most RSS readers of this blog would have seen the “Buy me a beer” link I recently installed as a plugin for the feeds. It uses Paypal to receive small amounts of tip from readers. Problem is, Paypal fees are still high that tips in the range of a dollar doesn’t do any good.

Rico Z. of Tongits fame once bought me a beer (or a cup of coffee) with that plugin and by the time the Paypal reached my account, it was less than half the original amount. The plugin practically becomes useless for micro-payments.

Several days ago, Maruel emailed me telling me about TipIt. Now this answers our problem above. TipIt was created to provide virtual tipping service with very small amounts, even as low as a couple of cents.

Tip It

Tipping is easy. They have a nice tutorial here and if you already have an account, you can just send a tip by following this format http://tipit.to/DOMAIN [http://tipit.to/www.yugatech.com]. There are no fees when tipping so the recipient gets 100% of your tip, however small it is.

The only time they charge is when you withdraw all of your tip. Current withdrawal charge is at 6.44%.

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16 Comments

AnitoKid · 18 years ago

Thanks for the great tip, Abe!

Fitz · 18 years ago

Nice tip. This is definitely great news for all bloggers who likes being tipped. :D

Alper · 18 years ago

And to add something, Rico, if a tipper stops before paying up their tips, they were probably not going to tip you anyway. Tipit is focused on making it easier to tip for people who do want to tip you.

Maruel · 18 years ago

@rico… Sa pagkakaintindi ko po eh wala na yun, mananatili nalang ata siyang unpaid tip (intention). Pwede niyo naman na po bayaran agad kahit na hindi pa umaabot ng $3. Mapupunta dun sa wallet niyo yung sobra.

Rico Zuniga · 18 years ago

Abe thanks for the mention!

I’ve read from their site that the tipper won’t have to actually pay the amount until it reaches a minimum of $3. What if the tipper stops tipping before it reaches the minimum?