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Paypal donate?

by Dylantk
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I want to add A paypal donate button to my site. I would write A page stating that any and if any donations are made they are all geared towards making the site the best it can be. Is this A bad idea?
#donate #paypal
  • Profile picture of the author NewbieImer
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    Well i have never actually done this but it seems like it cant hurt. But i think it probably depends on what your website is about.

    Also you can say that 75 percent of the money donated goes to charity that way you can keep some!

    John
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    • Profile picture of the author MouseandMice
      I suggest selling something instead...

      IMHO, Putting a donate button on your site makes it look less prestigious and makes you look like less on an authority...

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        • Profile picture of the author MouseandMice
          Originally Posted by aadisharma View Post

          I don't think we will be losing our website authority anyway if we use Donate kind of stuff on our website. I even see 'Donate' kind of stuff on Wikipedia.org which is one of best authority website on internet.
          Well, Wikipedia is known to not be an authority at all, since anyone can edit it, etc... IE, I can say that elephants have wings, it would be a few minutes before it was changed back

          Regardless, there is a difference between when wikipedia and the red cross do it, and when a blog teaching people about XYZ does it...
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    you can give free weekly or monthly eBook...
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  • Profile picture of the author JOhnny Depth
    Some are successful on doing this and some aren't. Experiment to find out if this would work for you.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dylantk
      The ebook Idea sounds like A good Start and thanks for the help everyone!
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  • Profile picture of the author snidge
    Depending on what your site is about will determine if this works or not. I owned a site geared towards fans of hockey. The site had updates and all types of things. It made more in donations then any other advertising. Did so well I got clothing made and started to sell that. If you feel your visitors are actually happy with what you are doing, go for it!
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