ScratchBack has been live a week or so, and we launched it intentionally with a “higher” cut for ourselves, just so we could see how our users reacted to it. That cut wasn’t publicized, but it was easy to figure out. It was 50/50 after PayPal fees. Much has been made about this cut and [...]

Today was a huge day for ScratchBack. We got mentioned in Techcrunch, and hundreds of signups and five times that in emails came in. Whew… we’re still wading them all. Not to mention all the custom designs to implement! Who said that was a good idea to do??? Wait, we did, it’s just a lot [...]

NOTE: The ScratchBack BIG Directory is now live! Add your site/blog here, free!

http://www.scratchback.com/directory/
We’re working on putting together a user-generated marketplace for ScratchBack. In the meantime, if you are using the TopSpot widget, we encourage you to post your site/blog here in the comments so that others may browse this page and see that you’re using [...]

Duncan from Techcrunch wrote a nice piece today about the Scratchback Beta. So far our system and server at Rackspace are holding strong against their 600k rss subscribers.
New comer ScratchBack, led by well regarded online marketer Jim Kukral, offers an online “tipping” system. It allows a publisher to accept tips and “give back” links or [...]

It’s early in the beta launch, but I thought I’d give you an indication of the types of links that people are listing from their tips. To do so, I’ve taken a look at the TopSpot widget that is running on the ScratchBack home page and website. Here’s how it breaks down. You’ll see the [...]

Update: ScratchBack is now paying 90% on ALL tips during the beta period!
View the blog entry with more information.

Responding in video form to Shawn’s video about ScratchBack.

So, do you think we should have a marketplace? What would you like to see? Remember, this is beta, send us your feedback!

Looks like word is spreading from our soft launch of the beta. Shawn Collins from the Affiliate Tip blog posts up a nice blog review and video of ScratchBack in action.

It’s basically an online tip jar where friends and fans of a blog or site can make a donation, and in addition to good [...]