I recently came across another way to make some money that appears to be still in Beta form but nevertheless is a pretty good idea. It's called Scratchback.

You have probably seen blogs asking for donations - sometimes by asking for a cold beer at the end of an article or even as a menu item. I have never received a donation so I have to believe the big boys in blogging who swear that it works. It never has for me.

Well, I think that Scratchback is a great movement forward in the area of donating. Basically, as you can see in the left hand column of this site, there is a widget that says Are you in my topspots?. This is a Scratchback widget. If you donate $1 to me, you get to list your site on this widget. Its $1 advertising but it's also a donation. Pretty neat huh?

Of that $1 you get 60 cents. Their payout minimum is $25 and they pay to a paypal account.

In fact, if you open a Scratchback account, you can pick from a number of different widget designs and you can set your own donation price.

I know that this works because I have had some success with it already at another blog site.

Currently, they don't offer an affiliate program unfortunately.