Updated 10/24/2009
We're excited to invite you to take the Kachingle Pilot Medallion for a test-drive. If you are a first-time visitor, click around to preview how Kachingle works (though note that it does not connect to our back-end yet). If, in addition, you're a site owner and want to experiment with the Medallion's placement and functionality, please send an email to "futurecontent (at) kachingle (dot) com". Then, after you have reviewed the Kachingle Pilot Medallion, please provide us with your feedback. Scheduled launch date: November 2009!
Here are the basics:
• What is Kachingle — How visits become income without subscriptions or paywalls
• How the Medallion works — What visitors will see when kachingling a site
• How visitors can login — Experiment logging in via two demo accounts
• Known issues — Display and functionality concerns already on our radar
If you have additional questions, please feel free to Ask a Question in our Community Forum, where Kachingle staffers will reply.
Or you can visit the Community Forum thread dedicated to this Pilot Medallion program to ask questions and discuss ideas with other Medallion testers.
(Community Forums are hosted by GetSatisfaction.com and may require separate login.)
Kachingle is also the easiest way for sites to monetize online content without resorting to paywalls, manual micropayments or other easily-bypassed (and traffic-killing) revenue collection methods.
Kachinglers choose to support sites simply by clicking the Kachingle Medallion (how it works is explained below).
From then on, each day they return, the Medallion recognizes Kachinglers and counts their visits. At the end of each month, their monthly Kachingle deposit is divvied up between this site and the others they support, based on the frequency of the Kachingler's visits.
But what makes Kachingle the best model for online content-funding are its two most unique features:
- Kachingle is also a social-networking system. When Users Kachingle a site, they have the option to tell their friends via our Facebook and Twitter applications. These social signals are a positive type of peer pressure -- meaning Kachinglers are driving more traffic to Kachingled sites.
- Kachingle is user-centric. It's a way for Kachinglers to centralize their support of the sites they use, rather than being forced to make payments to every site separately.
The Medallion is a small Kachingle widget created by javascript code placed in the HTML of a site's pages.
Kachinglers start supporting a site just by mousing over the Medallion to "unfold" it, then clicking "Kachingle [Site Name]."
The gray coin on the Medallion turns green, and the count showing how many Kachinglers support the site increases by one Kachingler.
Whenever that Kachingler returns to the same site, they will see the green coin on the Medallion, indicating the Medallion recognizes them and has counted their visit.
When visitors mouse-over the Medallion, they see additional options, including the opportunity to check out who else is kachingling the site (part of the social signals that make Kachingle unique).
Only Site Owners may register for a copy of the Pilot Medallion to test on their pages. However, to see how the Medallion works, anyone may login to a Medallion with one of our test accounts:
Name: Daffy Duck
Email: duck@kachingle.com
Passwd: test
Name: Bugs Bunny
Email: bunny@kachingle.com
Passwd: test
- TypePad & Drupal - Similar issues with Medallion opening in a way that makes the "unfolded" area not visible.
- In some browsers, the closed Medallion is about 2px taller than it should be.
- In IE7, the open Medallion seems to have extra white space
All these issues are being addressed by our design team and should be resolved for the official launch of Kachingle.
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What is Kachingle and other FAQs
We're excited to invite you to take the Kachingle Pilot Medallion for a test-drive. If you are a first-time visitor, click around to preview how Kachingle works (though note that it does not connect to our back-end yet). If, in addition, you're a site owner and want to experiment with the Medallion's placement and functionality, please send an email to "futurecontent (at) kachingle (dot) com". Then, after you have reviewed the Kachingle Pilot Medallion, please provide us with your feedback. Scheduled launch date: November 2009!
Here are the basics:
• What is Kachingle — How visits become income without subscriptions or paywalls
• How the Medallion works — What visitors will see when kachingling a site
• How visitors can login — Experiment logging in via two demo accounts
• Known issues — Display and functionality concerns already on our radar
If you have additional questions, please feel free to Ask a Question in our Community Forum, where Kachingle staffers will reply.
Or you can visit the Community Forum thread dedicated to this Pilot Medallion program to ask questions and discuss ideas with other Medallion testers.
What is Kachingle?
Kachingle is an effortless way for everyone to support their favorite sites, online publications, and blogs through automated micropayments based on their web surfing.Kachingle is also the easiest way for sites to monetize online content without resorting to paywalls, manual micropayments or other easily-bypassed (and traffic-killing) revenue collection methods.
Kachinglers choose to support sites simply by clicking the Kachingle Medallion (how it works is explained below).
From then on, each day they return, the Medallion recognizes Kachinglers and counts their visits. At the end of each month, their monthly Kachingle deposit is divvied up between this site and the others they support, based on the frequency of the Kachingler's visits.
But what makes Kachingle the best model for online content-funding are its two most unique features:
- Kachingle is user-centric. It's a way for Kachinglers to centralize their support of the sites they use, rather than being forced to make payments to every site separately.
How the Medallion works
The Medallion is a small Kachingle widget created by javascript code placed in the HTML of a site's pages.
Kachinglers start supporting a site just by mousing over the Medallion to "unfold" it, then clicking "Kachingle [Site Name]."
The gray coin on the Medallion turns green, and the count showing how many Kachinglers support the site increases by one Kachingler.
Whenever that Kachingler returns to the same site, they will see the green coin on the Medallion, indicating the Medallion recognizes them and has counted their visit.
When visitors mouse-over the Medallion, they see additional options, including the opportunity to check out who else is kachingling the site (part of the social signals that make Kachingle unique).
How Visitors Can Login
Only Site Owners may register for a copy of the Pilot Medallion to test on their pages. However, to see how the Medallion works, anyone may login to a Medallion with one of our test accounts:
Name: Daffy Duck
Email: duck@kachingle.com
Passwd: test
Name: Bugs Bunny
Email: bunny@kachingle.com
Passwd: test
Known Issues
- WordPress & BlogSpot - In some templates, the Medallion opens with the "unfolded" area appears behind other components on the page.- TypePad & Drupal - Similar issues with Medallion opening in a way that makes the "unfolded" area not visible.
- In some browsers, the closed Medallion is about 2px taller than it should be.
- In IE7, the open Medallion seems to have extra white space
All these issues are being addressed by our design team and should be resolved for the official launch of Kachingle.
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