Yesterday we mentioned we were having a design contest for a new TopSpot widget design. Today we have our first entry. Check it out. Below.
We’ll refrain from making any comments on entries as they come in, but you can feel free to leave your comments below if you wish. Remember, all entries will be collected [...]

We’re going to begin featuring some of our users who are offering some amazing tipping opportunities for your exposure. If you want to get featured, just send an email to info @ scratchback dotcom and give us your blog url, your daily reader count, and how much your tips cost. We’ll try to feature you [...]

Widget Design Contest Now At Sitepoint, Click Here!
Well, can you? If you think you can, then you should enter the ScratchBack TopSpot widget design contest. All you have to do is design a new ScratchBack widget using the requirements below, then submit it to us, and we’ll let our users vote on the winner.

And here’s [...]

Here’s another article about bloggers who are making some money from their efforts. The point is…
You’re not alone. Many, in fact, the majority, of bloggers don’t make a ton of cash from blogging. But there is hope, as this article suggests.
We built ScratchBack as one of those alternatives that can help you earn a [...]

We use PayPal as the exclusive payment processor for all ScratchBack tips. Here’s why.
#1 - 140 Million PayPal Users Can’t Be Wrong?
Yep, there are 140 million people with PayPal accounts.
#2 - Tips Are Easier To Give With PayPal
Think about it. Most of our users are pricing their tips at $10 and below. If you’re a [...]

Yep, the headline you’re reading above is our new tagline. What do you think? Zesty enough? Fun enough? Dumb-enough? We’re ok with 2 out of 3.
Let us know what you think? We love feedback.
Here it is again…
ScratchBack - A Fancy-Schmancy Tip Jar For Your Blog - Fun & Easy

We just threw up (ok, not like barfing… we put up) the latest version of the new ScratchBack home page design. What do you think? We’re going for a softer, easier to read, less techy, built for everyone type of look and feel. How’d we do? Did we hit all of the most important points [...]

Shawn Collins, a ScratchBack user over at the Affiliate Tip Blog, wrote to me to tell me that a few days ago he installed the WP Stats Wordpress plugin and realized that it was tracking outbound links from his ScratchBack TopSpot widget.
I installed the WordPress stats plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/ ) a couple days ago and I [...]

The two big updates we will have rolling out after the first of the year are going to be smaller widget widths and personalize tipping “buy” pages.
Small widget sizes - Right now the only size available is 200 pixels wide, which seems to work for a lot of people, but also does not work for [...]

Zac Johnson is one of the first ScratchBack users to use an incentive to drive more tips.
Summary: Tip Zac, get a t-shirt.
Today I wanted to introduce you to my “Top Spots”, which is an opportunity for you to advertise your service, web site or blog on ZacJohnson.com for a relatively cheap price, while getting [...]