Click-to-donate site

A click-to-donate site is a website where users can click a button to generate a donation for a charity without spending any of their own money. The money for the donation comes from advertisers whose banners are displayed each time a user clicks the button.[1][2] While not directly contributing (though many sites offer additional ways of support), visitors are making a difference in the sense that, had they not visited, no donation would have been given.

For websites where people donate their own money, see crowdfunding.

In most cases, the donation generated by each user only amounts to a few cents, but the goal is to accumulate enough clicks to add up to a significant amount.

Many charities launched this style of program in the late 1990s. However, the constriction of online advertising spending around 2001 following the dot-com collapse caused many sites to be closed. Yet there are still many in operation, notably Freerice,[3] The Hunger Site, and Por Los Chicos.[4]

Flattr and CentUp (now defunct) used click-to-donate technology on many sites instead of being centralized on just one.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Ask Andy: Click-to-donate sites". WMC TV Action 5 News. Memphis, TN. March 18, 2009. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  2. Stonesifer, Patty; Stonesifer, Sandy (April 8, 2009). "Do "click to give" sites actually do good?". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  3. "FreeRice: Totals." FreeRice. 2009. 4 May 2009 Archived 27 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "They give food for each click". La Nación. 11 May 2002. Retrieved 23 January 2020. (in Spanish)
  5. "Pirate boss to make the web pay". BBC News. February 12, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.