Paypal Donate Button? anyone

pbryd · 22-09-2010, 01:24:06 PM

Has anyone has any success from adding a paypal donate button to their site?

I've got a pizza recipe site which gets a lot of hits but makes very little.

I've added a donate 50p button to a few of the recipe pages to see if anyone likes the recipe enough to click and donate.

I'm not really expecting anything, but perhaps I'll get a couple per week.

Any one had any success with donation buttons?

P

fish · 22-09-2010, 01:31:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbryd

Has anyone has any success from adding a paypal donate button to their site?

I've got a pizza recipe site which gets a lot of hits but makes very little.

I've added a donate 50p button to a few of the recipe pages to see if anyone likes the recipe enough to click and donate.

I'm not really expecting anything, but perhaps I'll get a couple per week.

Any one had any success with donation buttons?

P

can't comment on a donate button but how many visitors pd does your site get? even if it's only 200 or so a day you should be able to optimise the site to capitalise on the advertising opportunity.

Can't remember the site name is it yours where you can build your own pizza?

pbryd · 22-09-2010, 01:40:25 PM

Yes it's homemadepizza.co.uk

It get around 110 uniques per day but the advertisers on google ads pay very little per click, which is understandable for pizza I suppose.

fish · 22-09-2010, 01:43:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbryd

Yes it's homemadepizza.co.uk

It get around 110 uniques per day but the advertisers on google ads pay very little per click, which is understandable for pizza I suppose.

How are the Amazon ads performing, getting click throughs and sales?
It's a good looking home page / site so there's got to be potential ...

pbryd · 22-09-2010, 01:56:40 PM

I've earned around

�5.06 from Amazon this month. None of the earnings are actually pizza related.
�3.51 from Adsense this month too.

admin · 22-09-2010, 02:13:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbryd

Has anyone has any success from adding a paypal donate button to their site?

I've got a pizza recipe site which gets a lot of hits but makes very little.

I've added a donate 50p button to a few of the recipe pages to see if anyone likes the recipe enough to click and donate.

I'm not really expecting anything, but perhaps I'll get a couple per week.

Any one had any success with donation buttons?

P

There is a PayPal Donate button on the AD homepage button no-one can ever find it!

Admin

mally · 22-09-2010, 06:50:13 PM

I jointly run a security forum and have a donate button, the amount you donate is shows as your usergroup and you are awarded different numbers/types of medals per �10 donated. Works well, as its a forum without any paid membership so users are encouraged to donate

Ashton · 22-09-2010, 07:00:19 PM

Monetising can be pretty hard, but donations aren't the way to go with a minisite, there is no loyalty (like with a forum).
Just thinking out loud here, but your audience is probably house wives who enjoy cookery?

At the bottom of each recipe, put something like "This recipe was inspired by RECIPEBOOKLINK which contains hundreds of delicious recipe's for all sorts of dishes."

Change your writing if you can, write like delia smith, blog about cooking, I dont know! Just housewives are HUGE spenders so monetise them!

davedevelopment · 22-09-2010, 07:23:28 PM

I know they go slightly against the grain of a homemade pizza site, but both Dominos and Just-Eat have affiliate programs on AW!

willbon · 22-09-2010, 07:27:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by admin

There is a PayPal Donate button on the AD homepage button no-one can ever find it!

Admin

I found it... And used it!

Support your local business!

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pbryd Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Newcastle Posts: 348 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	Paypal Donate Button? anyone Has anyone has any success from adding a paypal donate button to their site? I've got a pizza recipe site which gets a lot of hits but makes very little. I've added a donate 50p button to a few of the recipe pages to see if anyone likes the recipe enough to click and donate. I'm not really expecting anything, but perhaps I'll get a couple per week. Any one had any success with donation buttons? P

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pbryd Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Newcastle Posts: 348 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	Yes it's homemadepizza.co.uk It get around 110 uniques per day but the advertisers on google ads pay very little per click, which is understandable for pizza I suppose.

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Ashton Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: South Coast Posts: 1,518 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 21)	Monetising can be pretty hard, but donations aren't the way to go with a minisite, there is no loyalty (like with a forum). Just thinking out loud here, but your audience is probably house wives who enjoy cookery? At the bottom of each recipe, put something like "This recipe was inspired by RECIPEBOOKLINK which contains hundreds of delicious recipe's for all sorts of dishes." Change your writing if you can, write like delia smith, blog about cooking, I dont know! Just housewives are HUGE spenders so monetise them!