tibdit

pocket change for the internet

tibdit is bringing a viable solution to 'the Micropayments Problem' to market in Q2 2014.

our pre-alpha demonstration system can be accessed through the scenarios below.

Example Scenarios

Please note the following limitations and known bugs:

• not all the scenarios are active. They will be rolling out progressively.
• you may need to manually refresh (F5, [mac: Cmd+R]) some of the demo pages after tibbing to see the outcome.
• you may encounter log in errors or problems purchasing tibs when using third-party (e.g. twitter) authentication.
• we will be adding the ability to navigate between the scenarios, but for now you need to come back to this page.
• the popup tib confirmation window content is not completely visible in all browsers without scrolling.
• you can only purchase tibs at this time using magic, credit card payment is regrettibly not yet available.

THIS IS A PRE-ALPHA RELEASE
It is intended to show approximate functionality only - very little attention has been given to the aesthetics.

Privacy:

• You don't have to use a real email address, any unique string of characters will do.
• No user-supplied demo registration data will be reused or retained.
• We cannot guarantee the security of the demo system

• A hobbyist blogger with a strong following puts a tibjar on his blog to collect 'beer money' from his fans.

• A trusted product-reviews magazine struggles to get subscriptions in the digital world, they use tibbing at a granular level (e.g. per product reviewed) to better monetise their digital content.

• A web-forum deploys 'tib to register' to establish genuine interest from new members. Furthermore, they offer a tib donation as an alternative to Paypal, and some members include tib URLs in their post signatures to collect 'thanks' when others find their posts particularly helpful.

• A young musician gives her music away for free download from her personal website. She decides to try giving away lower bit-rate recordings, and charging a tib to access the download for the full high-bit-rate versions.

• A site provides an automated document processing service for free, and asks for $3 donations from users via Paypal. The service is getting ever more popular, and yet hardly anyone donates. They decide to charge a tib per document to help cover the operating costs.

• A news publisher with a paywall that bounces almost all visitors decides to offer per-article tibbing as an alternative to registering or subscribing for casual purchasers. They then offer a discounted subscription to people who routinely purchase article access with a tib.

• A free online encyclopaedia struggles to cover it's significant annual operating costs with twice-annual fund-raising drives. They put a tib link on each article page, suggesting that if visitors found the article interesting or helpful, they tib the article.

• A commercial niche news blog with limited resources obtains content from both paid and unpaid contributors, and is laden with targeted advertisements. They provide seven days of advertisement free access for a tib, and they add a tib button to all articles from unpaid authors, so that readers can express their thanks in a tangible way.