Hyperlocal German site Würzblog has come aboard with Kachingle and site owner Ralf Thees has been interviewed about his choice in vorwaerts.de. Thees expects reader financial support for a site like his with 400 regular readers to be modest but useful and in any case an interesting experiment to add to his community.
Nice writeup of Kachingle by German media analysts Famos Mediens: Crowdfunding mit Kachingle.
Michael Miner has published an analysis of Kachingle in the weekly Chicago Reader, Pay for News, Then Brag About It, summarized in his subtitle: “Kachingle, a smart combo of micropayments and social networking, has launched.”
The Center for Public Integrity produces original, responsible investigative journalism on issues of public concern in the US and around the world and has adopted Kachingle as a tool to support their efforts.
Suw Charman-Anderson, in her Strange Attractor block post Experimenting with Kachingle talks about how Kachingle can not only support her own efforts but also allow her to support other bloggers too!
Carta.info recently wrote a detailed analysis of Kachingle and also installed the Kachingle Medallion on their site. Their description of Carta written on the Kachingle site is: “Carta is a German language online-publication on politics, economics and the digital Public. It is based in Berlin. We are interested, among other things, in the political economyContinue Reading
Kachingle launched our friends and family and colleagues Beta site last month. It’s going great thanks to our early adopters and our slew of usability testers. Our main focus over the last 30 days has been to study and then improve the usability of our service, both for Kachinglers and Site Owners (our bible isContinue Reading
We are really pleased that the Miami Herald has taken a leadership role by news sites in experimenting with new business models for journalism. We are thrilled that the Miami Herald now embraces voluntary contributions, although of course we are disappointed that they did not choose Kachingle as their platform — they built their ownContinue Reading
Kachingle Beta 1.01 is available to a select few early adopters to check it out, give us feedback, and just play around and have fun. We are looking for both consumers (“Kachinglers”) and Site Owners.
What problem does Kachingle solve? Many online content and service creators, from individuals to startups to giant media corporations, are unable to sustain their businesses based on advertising revenue alone. Kachingle implements a new business model for these sites that can coexist with, complement, or in some cases, replace advertising.
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