Does the donation model work?

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Say you manage a website with decent traffic and you pin a message saying that the site is only possible through donations. Is this model ever better than just running ads or monetizing it in another way? Does anybody have experience with this model?
 
Say you manage a website with decent traffic and you pin a message saying that the site is only possible through donations. Is this model ever better than just running ads or monetizing it in another way? Does anybody have experience with this model?
not sure about that, but I would be more inclined to help you if I see a button that says: buy me a coffee

have you thought about this?

take a look at this https://gofile.io/donate
 
Say you manage a website with decent traffic and you pin a message saying that the site is only possible through donations. Is this model ever better than just running ads or monetizing it in another way? Does anybody have experience with this model?

So you mean you won't be placing any ads on the website at all? That's definitely not a good idea..
 
Depends on the majority of traffic and what you're providing. But remember not everyone is kind and grateful at all so you know how the model works.
 
In my experience no. I once had a website with thousands of users downloading my free SEO / IM software. Do you know how many donated over 2 years? 3 people.

People generally only hand over their money when they feel they have to or inorder to make more money.
 
If you are providing something useful for the reader, sure. If not, I do not think so. The whole open-source software eco-system mostly survives on the same model. But, I don't think it makes sense to place a donate button just for the sake of it.

Only one way to find out though... do it, and A/B test the hell out of it. ;)

In my experience no. I once had a website with thousands of users downloading my free SEO / IM software. Do you know how many donated over 2 years? 3 people.

People generally only hand over their money when they feel they have to or inorder to make more money.
This makes a lot of sense. Your site was great in terms of the value it provided. I have visited that site too. If you did not get donations, it proves my point lol.
 
not a good idea
better monetize in the classics methods
 
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