My first thought is, “is this money going to the person being tipped, or to a charity? If the latter, which charity?”. After a minute of poking around the site and thinking about it, my next question is who’s the target audience/donor? Is it somebody who doesn’t know where to donate their money, but trusts somebody else (whoever they “tip”) to donate it well?
Thanks for the feedback! Very generally the two sides we envision as users are:
Givers: People who wanna show love or support, maybe for something free or a favor, and want that their money does good instead of just being a simple payment.
Receivers (using the wallet): Basically anyone who gives informal support or provides free stuff – creators, people doing favors (couch surfing thanks, splitting a bill nicely), selling old belongings, or people that want a seamless way to channel gifts or small debts into charity instead of relying on cash. Basically, anywhere there are implicit costs but social norms mean you don’t ask for money.
Our initial target group would be impact-driven creators that have a big crowd and community. By convincing only a small fraction of their supporters to donate a small amount, they could accumulate a significant amount which can be channeled towards donations.
Our future vision is bigger than the above and aims to establish a public API for anyone to use in their products. Think of a marketplace where people “pay” with the GoodWallet, or loyalty/cashback cards where the money goes into your GoodWallet (or pre-selected charity directly), etc.
Thanks for the response! That sounds pretty good, I know I’ve definitely given stuff to friends and said “Donate to X instead of paying me”, so this seems like a good way to enable that. Agree with other comments that direct-to-charity seems way more trustworthy
My first thought is, “is this money going to the person being tipped, or to a charity? If the latter, which charity?”. After a minute of poking around the site and thinking about it, my next question is who’s the target audience/donor? Is it somebody who doesn’t know where to donate their money, but trusts somebody else (whoever they “tip”) to donate it well?
Thanks for the feedback! Very generally the two sides we envision as users are:
Givers: People who wanna show love or support, maybe for something free or a favor, and want that their money does good instead of just being a simple payment.
Receivers (using the wallet): Basically anyone who gives informal support or provides free stuff – creators, people doing favors (couch surfing thanks, splitting a bill nicely), selling old belongings, or people that want a seamless way to channel gifts or small debts into charity instead of relying on cash. Basically, anywhere there are implicit costs but social norms mean you don’t ask for money.
There was a recent post here that is very related: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/rCvaLdjefLoxtfcrv/small-simple-way-to-promote-effective-giving-while-making#:~:text=recommended%20%C2%A0charities
Our initial target group would be impact-driven creators that have a big crowd and community. By convincing only a small fraction of their supporters to donate a small amount, they could accumulate a significant amount which can be channeled towards donations.
Our future vision is bigger than the above and aims to establish a public API for anyone to use in their products. Think of a marketplace where people “pay” with the GoodWallet, or loyalty/cashback cards where the money goes into your GoodWallet (or pre-selected charity directly), etc.
Thanks for the response! That sounds pretty good, I know I’ve definitely given stuff to friends and said “Donate to X instead of paying me”, so this seems like a good way to enable that. Agree with other comments that direct-to-charity seems way more trustworthy