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ScratchBack is a new platform which can make money for a webmaster or a blogger. You can easily make money when your visitors buy a text link or banner link in your ScratchBack widget. Although the platform is putting emphasis on a “tipping” system, I see this as another form of advertising alternative for bloggers and a money making opportunity for fellow bloggers as well.

10 Must Know Stuffs of ScratchBack

• You can set your own price for a link or a banner for them to appear on the widget.
• Both text links and banner links are allowed to appear in your TopSpots widget.
• Advertisers will not know how long their text links and banner links will appear in the widget, which is pre-set by the publisher.
• ScratchBack will only pay you 90% of your earnings after deducting PayPal fees in the current BETA stage. For example, if you earned $100 from it, the PayPal fees are $3, you will be earning 90% of $97.
• Publishers will have the rights to delete your ads without notice and earn the money you have paid. This is because when you pay for the link, you are tipping the publisher, not for displaying your links.
• You can pay them to customize your widget according to your likings which is stated here but since it is now in the BETA stage, this service will be provided free of charge!
• It will not make your blog go against Google TOS as the links are inside a javascript and parsed with “nofollow” tags.
• The payment cycle of ScratchBack is 30 days and the minimum payout amount is $25 which is quite low.
• They don’t need details other than your PayPal e-mail address which is the only payment options that they offer currently.
• They don’t offer referrals programme.

Why this deserves a try on your blog?

Low Payout Rates
Some of you must be earning very hard through advertising platforms like Adbrite and Google Adsense since it is hard to you to reach the minimum payout amount. With a minimum payout amount of just $25, you can easily reach it by writing contents that are a little better than before.

Advertising Opportunity
Although the platform is saying that this is not an advertising service, I still see advertisers looking at it as another advertising method since there will be not many people will pay just to support you. I know there might be some but not many will donate for nothing.

Low Prices
The placing of the links can change whenever the publisher decides to reset the widget or there are a lot of links coming in. Apart from this, Page Rank can’t be given through the widget and maybe this is what that causes the low price for a link. Regular readers can simply have their links set up for just $1!

Fast Load
Compared to WidgetBucks, their widget loads superbly fast although the widget is attracting. If you want a fast loading site and you have WidgetBucks on it, you should definitely try ScratchBack out.

Various Colour Schemes
They have a few widget template of different colours for you to choose from which will bring you to a conclusion on whether to place the widget on your blog or not. Also, you may utilized the free customization service offered only now during their BETA stage which you might include your avatar or logo into the widget.

Although I still see blogs that don’t get their TopSpots filled up, I still think that it deserves a try.

Why should you tip me now?

Support Me, Tip Me
You are reading my articles. If you think it is great, don’t buy me a beer because I am under-age! Instead, get yourself a link through the widget. A win-win situation for everyone!

Low Prices, Wide Coverage
I am offering a spot in my widget for $1 per link! This is very cheap if you look at my Advertise page which other methods is way too expensive. On the Advertise page itself, you can also see my stats and I think the spots will definitely be worth it.

Visibility of Links
The widget is right above the fold of my blog. Readers will noticed about your links at first glance! If you are finding difficulty to compete with all the great commentators of mine, get yourself a link on this widget to get a share of my traffic.

Get My Attention
I do care about every readers who leave their footprints on my blog. If you buy a link through ScratchBack, I might just scratch your back to look for some good contents in your blog for me to link to next time. I can guarantee you about this.

Tip Me!
Can you help me to fill up all those empty spaces please? Don’t worry that there will be not enough space. If 4 of the spaces are sold out, I will add in more so start tipping me now with just $1 per link! Come on, you can set off the $1 by writing just a paid post. Don’t make me feel upset with the widget because of the sarcastic image below.

What do you think about this new tipping platform? Will you try it on your blog? Do you think people will actually tipped you for your contents or just for the links? One last question, will you tip me?

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