6 responses so far ↓

• Pat B. Doyle // Oct 30, 2007 at 12:07 pm

  I just tried out the widget and purchased a couple of my own links. I think the amount you take for commission is kind of large, but I understand it since you don’t have many users yet and you probably have a lot of expenses.

  I would not mind so much if the money was for me, but I am using it to collect money for my favorite charity.

  I would suggest leaving it as is for now, but changing it to a lower percentage once you have a lot more users (hopefully your costs per user will go down with more users).

• DazzlinDonna // Oct 30, 2007 at 1:13 pm

  I really believe any commission more than 50% is too much. A service will get flack at 50% but so what. A service will likely be praised if the cut is better for the publisher (such as 70/30 - publisher/service). But for a startup - I think 50% would be fair and acceptable. As it is right now, I think you’ll get a lot of flack for the current cut.

• ScratchBack Team // Oct 30, 2007 at 1:25 pm

  Just to be clear, the cut is not higher than 50/50 after paypal fees. But again, this is beta, and that will change (for the better)

  Also, we’re working on an affiliate program

• Michael VanDeMar // Oct 30, 2007 at 4:58 pm

  Jim,

  Are you familiar with PayPal’s Merchant Rate? That would lower the amount they take out on a per transaction basis, increasing what you could give to the clients.

• ScratchBack Team // Oct 30, 2007 at 5:04 pm

  @Michael,

  Yes I am, but it only applies to $3k/month in earnings. We’re not there yet a couple days outta beta

• Mojo // Nov 1, 2007 at 3:08 pm

  I would suggest 50/50 to start is ok. Then move to 60% blogger, then 70% blogger based on volume or tip rate.

  Mojo

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