How about offering something extra for people supporting. It amazes me that people slap some PayPal logo and expect people to contribute. Create an emotional appeal and call to action.
Donate 50k or I'll eat this rabbit?
About the goodwill of people: 4,500 users and 0 donations
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Re: About the goodwill of people: 4,500 users and 0 donations
#22If you are looking for donations, make something worth paying for. Personally, I spent 15 seconds on your site, and couldn't find anything of value to me. The act of making it doesn't entitle you to turnover....
And even if someone does find a tool of value there's the 'many small cuts' problem; I can't afford to give every creator $5 or even $1.
Re: About the goodwill of people: 4,500 users and 0 donations
#23Hey HackerNews! Thanks for all the.. uh. Tough love. Your message has been received loud and clear and I will definitely try to do better next time before being whiny.
You'll hear from me again!
Re: About the goodwill of people: 4,500 users and 0 donations
#24Don't mix charity and business.
If you want to give something away, then do just that, give it away expecting nothing in return.
If you want to profit, then build and monetize for that.
Don't expect a middle ground between the two.
Re: About the goodwill of people: 4,500 users and 0 donations
#25If you really want people to donate, (this is on mobile) make it way way way more obvious than the third of four icons on the side. And I get the beer mug concept, but that still doesn’t scream “donate” to me.
Also anyone with a lick of JS experience could make this in less than an hour.
Also 4500 isn’t a lot.
Re: About the goodwill of people: 4,500 users and 0 donations
#26Hey HackerNews! Thanks for all the.. uh. Tough love. Your message has been received loud and clear and I will definitely try to do better next time before being whiny. You'll hear from me again!
> You'll hear from me again!
I'm glad to hear that!
And good luck, I'm one of those who love smaller projects submitted on show HN.