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harrymcwealth · 02-12-2007, 05:56 PM

Hey guys I have an idea for a charity website called donateapenny.com. It's a website that allows people to donate a penny to kid's in developing/3rd world countries. They visit the website and click on a button and the sponsors will pay for that penny. When they click the user will be taken to a few small ads, so everyone benefits.

I know a penny doesn't sound like a lot of money, but considering some people make 10 cents an hour in various countries, a penny can add up. 100 visitors = $1.00.

MarcL · 02-12-2007, 06:27 PM

Good idea. The site doesnt work for me. So if your going to go through with this then you should buy the domain before someone else does.

SSM · 02-12-2007, 07:37 PM

What method of donating are you going to use? Can you transfer as little as a penny on paypal?

journeyoftheanimala · 02-12-2007, 07:56 PM

In reply to SSM

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Originally Posted by harrymcwealth

They visit the website and click on a button and the sponsors will pay for that penny. When they click the user will be taken to a few small ads, so everyone benefits.

I like the idea. I think you could get some real good sponsors. If this ever takes off please let me know. I would be interested in placing the site in my banner rotator.

Nigami Enterprise · 02-12-2007, 08:21 PM

There is similar things to this already not the same but similar. There are some search engines that when ever you search a donation is sent and others where u click there sponsour a donation is sent. I will try and find them for u

Gator · 02-13-2007, 01:32 PM

im not sure there are countries where somebody make 10 cents an hour

but good luck

ChaseManset · 02-13-2007, 02:12 PM

If you knew anything about the non-profit industry, you would influence people to donate to the Red Cross or a similar well known charity. Start-up non-profit charities have huge administrative overhead, meaning in most cases, less than 5% of your donations actually go to charity. With an established non-profit, they typically receive 30-40% of your contribution.

greggomatic76 · 02-13-2007, 06:13 PM

Good idea, I hope it works for you...there are lots of generous people out there and I think your biggest obstacle will be convincing people that it is a non-profit program

zoobie · 02-14-2007, 04:10 PM

Sounds good but complicated.

Nigami Enterprise · 02-14-2007, 04:31 PM

Here is the sites i was thinking of.

http://www.goodsearch.com/

http://www.thechildhealthsite.com/cl...faces?siteId=5

Gator · 02-14-2007, 08:17 PM

Yep the one big problem is that people dont trust those sites, how do i know the site is really for charity