Comments on: To tip or not to tip? http://www.26econ.com/to-tip-or-not-to-tip/ Online economics Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:07:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: janya http://www.26econ.com/to-tip-or-not-to-tip/#comment-1061 janya Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:56:28 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/to-tip-or-not-to-tip/#comment-1061 Free dial-up access providers required clicking on advertising. NetZero would show a pop-up every few minutes saying something like 'Please support us by clicking on an ad'. The user can close the pop-up, but if no advertisement is clicked within a few minutes, the connection would be closed, and the user would have to dial again. Free dial-up access providers required clicking on advertising. NetZero would show a pop-up every few minutes saying something like ‘Please support us by clicking on an ad’. The user can close the pop-up, but if no advertisement is clicked within a few minutes, the connection would be closed, and the user would have to dial again.

]]> By: aaron http://www.26econ.com/to-tip-or-not-to-tip/#comment-975 aaron Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:29:40 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/to-tip-or-not-to-tip/#comment-975 Francisco: It sounds like a good idea. In fact I think I've seen that on some blogs, but I can't remember where. Even for regular ads, clicking to tip is pretty painless if you use the Firefox browser. You can just control-click the ad to open it in a new tab, and then close the tab without even viewing the advertiser's website. So I don't really understand why people don't do it more often. Francisco: It sounds like a good idea. In fact I think I’ve seen that on some blogs, but I can’t remember where.

Even for regular ads, clicking to tip is pretty painless if you use the Firefox browser. You can just control-click the ad to open it in a new tab, and then close the tab without even viewing the advertiser’s website. So I don’t really understand why people don’t do it more often.

]]> By: Francisco http://www.26econ.com/to-tip-or-not-to-tip/#comment-930 Francisco Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:03:15 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/to-tip-or-not-to-tip/#comment-930 I don't think that, in people's minds, there's a connection between ad clicking and monetary reward for the author -- certainly not people who don't run a website. And, yes, being taken away from the website and having to visit a page you don't want to see (the advertiser's page), seems like a big psychological cost (even though it's just a few seconds and a couple of clicks). How about this idea: create an ad that says "Tip the author with one click (no data entry needed). By clicking here you're tipping the author with $0.01. Sponsored by Acme" The ad takes you to advertising by Acme. It seems like both Acme and the author would have an interest in doing something like this, especially if the author posts good content (stuff that people wanna tip for) and Acme sells something that the website's audience is interested in. Maybe this wouldn't work, what do you think? I don’t think that, in people’s minds, there’s a connection between ad clicking and monetary reward for the author — certainly not people who don’t run a website. And, yes, being taken away from the website and having to visit a page you don’t want to see (the advertiser’s page), seems like a big psychological cost (even though it’s just a few seconds and a couple of clicks).

How about this idea: create an ad that says

“Tip the author with one click (no data entry needed).
By clicking here you’re tipping the author with $0.01.
Sponsored by Acme”

The ad takes you to advertising by Acme. It seems like both Acme and the author would have an interest in doing something like this, especially if the author posts good content (stuff that people wanna tip for) and Acme sells something that the website’s audience is interested in.

Maybe this wouldn’t work, what do you think?

]]>