Affiliates Tested

You may notice the new Scratchback widget at the top left of the menu.

I've used it in the past on a popular blog (100-200 readers per day), and despite getting my first tip within minutes, it stalled somewhat, and never really went anywhere.

Possibly that's a comment on the quality and relevance of that particular blog, so I'm giving it another chance here. Having logged in for the first time in a long while, there's also some useful information about pricing, which makes me think my first attempt didn't quite do the system justice.


So what is Scratchback?
Scratchback is intended to be a quick, easy and fun way to get 'tips' for creating good content on your blog. You set a price for tips, and tippers get a return link and recognition in return for giving you a small amount of cash.

Signing up is really quick and easy, and you simply pick whichever design you like from preset templates which should cover most blog designs and colour schemes (You don want it to stand out a bit at least!).

And that's it. Payment is by Paypal, so you'll need to have a valid account - and remember that Paypal fees will be taken out of your tips when you transfer them.

Once it's set up, you can either manually approve tip listings, or let them auto update. And once your spot is full, new tips bump off the oldest one (Assuming it fills up).

As I said, previously I had it set up on a couple of blogs, and I come across it a lot on smaller blogs when I'm randomly surfing - it's rare to see a Jar totally full but this may be down to bloggers always selecting the maximum display number, or getting the pricing wrong...we'll see.