TipIt.to - Like it? Tip it!

Show some love, or some cash, to let know you care with the aid of Tipit.to, a recently launched startup which allows users to easily donate a small amount of money to the sites they enjoy and frequently use by making two clicks as opposed to complicated the checkout processes associated with PayPal donations. In order to start tipping, users have to click the TipIt button displayed on the pages they like, and indicate how much they want to donate in dollars, euros or pounds, starting at a 10¢ of each currency as minimum. Once tippers reach a $3 worth of tips they have to submit credit card details to get charged, and site owners can get their collected tips once they reach a €30 EUR (20 GBP or $40) minimum. Tip totals for most tipped sites are published in the TipIt homepage, which is an alternative way to help individual sites get more traffic, and also a way to monitor which sites are getting more tips, and thus a fresh source of information on hot startups, which internet entrepreneurs will probably benefit a lot from.

“You consume great content online for free. You want authors to keep making this cool stuff. Why not show them your appreciation by giving them a small token? Tipit.to makes that possible”.

Unlike similar tipping systems, site owners who belong to the TipIt network can cash the money directly via PayPal, which makes this a great and fast way to monetize blogs and personal websites.

Unlike competitor TipJoy.com’s system where users can submit a site for tipping regardless of whether the site owner is willing/able to paste the tipping button, in order to collect tips from the TipIt.to system you need to have the button on your site already, which makes it harder for this site to start receiving tips. Can they consider directly taking into account tippers’ wills by allowing them to submit sites?