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They wrote about Diaspora looking to raise funds a bit ago. Sadly, they chose PayPal. Yesterday the project reported that PayPal had frozen its account after raising about $45,000. The good news...
MicroPlace is a PayPal company. Their mission is to help alleviate global poverty by inspiring individuals to make investments in the world’s poor. They want to unleash the capital in people’s...
We take a look at the Skullgirls campaign, which raised nearly $830,000 on Indiegogo but recently had its PayPal account frozen due to backer refund requests.
Hundreds of innovative applications have already been built using the Adaptive Payments API. Here are two examples that demonstrate the versatile uses: 1. IndieGoGo was founded on the principles...
“I want to change how scientists think about their data.” It’s a noble pursuit, and one that really could have global implications if it can achieve the kind of data-sharing and project...
In my last post Crowdsourcing Implications for Medium and Large Businesses, I looked at some of the other uses of crowdsourcing beyond the more targeted applications that are being readily adopted by home-office entrepreneurs and small businesses. These included examples in the areas of open-innovation and customer engagement. Another crowdsourcing opportunity relates to the selective out-tasking of highly repetitive, high volume work to a distributed online, on-demand workforce.
We, at Charity Factors Foundation, have developed the free web platform and fundraising tool - CharityFactors.com. You are welcome to use the features of this unique and freely usable...
Back in 2006 UK university student Alex Tew raised more than USD 1 million by selling 100-pixel blocks of space on the Million Dollar Homepage. Inspired to bring such capabilities to everyone, Supporter Wall is a site that lets anyone put a like-minded app on their own web page to raise funds for a specific project or accept ongoing donations.
Now in alpha, New York-based Supporter Wall is an interactive grid that can be customized and installed on any website, allowing visitors to donate small amounts of money in exchange for their own spot on the wall. Each time they do, the square they purchase displays the photo and link of their choice; the funds they pay, meanwhile, go to the wall owner's PayPal account.
When you visit the Kaiser Chiefs' website, you’re asked to choose 10 of 20 tracks to go on your own personalized album. You can then design an album cover using a variety of pre-selected...
Greg Priday, who develops themes and plugins for WordPress, has made a "Crowd Funding" plugin available to the general community. Features include tight integration with PayPal's...
Zuvvu users may now participate in any of the live contests and win instant cash prizes. Yes, Instant cash prizes will be credited to paypal accounts of winners within 3 hours of result...
Some argue that Wikipedia, with its open, free, crowdsourced content, "did in" the EB. Tim Carmody over at Wired purports that Windows, not Wikipedia, caused EB's demise:...
In this sixth installment of Crowdsourcing.org's From the Crowd podcast, senior editor Eric Blattberg speaks with Emphas.is cofounder Fanuel Dewever about the intersection of crowdfunding and visual journalism. Topics covered include the Emphas.is community, the site's recent problems with PayPal, and the economics of photojournalism, among others.
You can Paypal money for Syrian rebels to purchase arms through a US based non-profit called Syrian Support Group. Directly funding armed groups who are killing people is often forbidden, as...
Hi, Sandip from Go Get Funding here :) We've been making a ton of improvements to our site lately and one of the things we're now looking at is our payment method. We thought it...
Funding for projects is now done through crowdfunding or crowdsourcing. One's own networks are utilized with the help of online payment methods like Amazon or Paypal that are accessible to...
This week, we're highlighting the year's most successful campaigns. Thus far, we’ve featured the Pebble smart watch, the Ouya video game console, and Star Citizen. We continue our series with Project Eternity, another video game.
I'm planning to create a website which is hosts equity based donations. I couldn't find a global payment processor that support equity based donations until now. Paypal is only join...
"FundRazr's crowdfunding platform has had a great social impact", commented Tanya Urschel, Manager Nonprofit Engagement for PayPal. Co-developed and co-marketed with PayPal, FundRazr...
Now in alpha, New York-based Supporter Wall is an interactive grid that can be customized and installed on any website, allowing visitors to donate small amounts of money in exchange for their own...
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