payment-examples

Examples of real-world UIs for payment, i.e. transferring monetary value from one person to another.

Real World Examples

flattr

flattr is a service for tipping creators via the web. Creators sign up and place a flattr button on their website, which can be clicked by flattr users in order to give tips. Patrons set a monthly tipping budget which is divided equally between all tipped creators that month.

• Example of a flattr button in-context (at the bottom of the article)
• Flattr hooks into existing microinteractions e.g. liking a video on youtube and turns them into monetary tips

fido dogecoin twitter tipbot

fido is a twitter bot which allows you to transfer dogecoins to other twitter users within tweets. example of a tip tweet. Its usage is built around existing Twitter idioms which all users are familiar with:

• Follow @fidotip to get a holding address for DOGE
• Tweet using microsyntax, e.g. @fidotip @recipient 100 anywhere in your tweet to tip @recipient 100 DOGE. Add #confirm and @fidotip will tweet a transaction confirmation
• DM fido with an email address and dogecoin address in order to withdraw any DOGE you’ve been tipped

[tipdoge.info/ tipdoge.info] works pretty much the same.

dogecoin reddit tipbot

/u/dogecointipbot is a reddit bot which can be used to easily transfer dogecoin between reddit users, usually for tipping posts. Example of a tip post, followed by its confirmation comment.

Typical usage is described in the documentation and getting started guide, and involves:

• register with the bot, giving you a holding address
• transfer some doge into the holding address, which can now be used for tipping
• comment on a post with, for example, +/u/dogetipbot 100 doge, which tips 100 DOGE. Optionally add verify to the end and dogetipbot will comment on your tip when it’s verified
• withdraw any tips you’ve received by sending the bot a message with an address to transfer to

bitcoin tip bot

bitcointipbot.com is a BTC tipbot for the bitcointalk.org forums. Similarly to other tipbots, you register with it to generate a holding address to which BTC are transferred, which can then be tipped to people by quoting a post by them with, e.g. the microsyntax +tip 0.01 btc to tip 0.01 BTC (example tip). Due to technical constraints these posts are not detected automatically and need to have their URLs pasted into a form for tips to be sent.

See Also

• payment
• payment-brainstorming