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If Twitter Charges, Users Would Pay: Survey
SitePoint —
... Another option: transactions. A new startup that launched today Twitpay, allows users to send and receive money via Twitter. The service handles transactions form $0.01 to $50. It takes a 5 cent fee on any transactions over 99 cents, and allows users to promise money to other Twitter users and have the transaction completed automatically once their accounted is funded to above the promised amount. ...
Twitpay Monetizes Twitter [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network —
... A new service built on top of Twitter by a third party, Twitpay is interesting both in its own right and as an example of the way the Twitter ecosystem continues to grow. You may remember a number of attempts to launch micropayment services a few years back - none of which ever got much traction. Well, Twitpay layers a micropayment service on top of Twitter. ...
Send Payments Via Twitter: Twitpay
The Next Web —
... in a Twitpay account. They track all the money that has been sent to and from this account with the ability to cash out or donate the money to a TwitPay charity. You can cancel a payment up to 30 minutes after you tweet it out, by sending a direct message to their account. Twitpay charges $.05 for sending amounts over $1 and users will occur the usual PayPal fees. Their FAQ helps quite a bit. ...
Brother, Can You Spare a Tweet?
Internet Evolution: —
... or something. So I'm fascinated by micropayments. Probably, because they make me think about money, and what money is, and isn't, and what it represents and how it's represented. And because my money has been leaving my coffers through my stock portfolio and 401K faster than I care to admit, and by focusing on smaller increments of money, I can feel much better about myself and the world. So, with that backdrop in mind, check out a new Twitter online payment service, entitled " Twitpay ." Twitpay is positioning itself as a simple way to send payments via Twitter. It's scary ...
Barack Obama's Change.gov Adds OpenID http://tinyurl.com/6hetj6
Politweets —
Loader Twitter.com Profile_bird Hey there! flyinglens is using Twitter. Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Join today to start receiving flyinglens's updates. Already using Twitter from your phone? Click here . [image] flyinglens Barack Obama's Change.gov Adds OpenID http://tinyurl.com/6hetj6 7 minutes ago from diigo @ MCHammer Do you still have your *can't touch this* trendsetting hammer pants? about 2 hours ago from ...
Send Money Through Twitter With Twitpay
Bits —
... . And soon it will become a way to transfer money over the Web. Twitpay is a start-up that aims to allow people to send small payments through Twitter. To do this they include the recipients’ username in their message. For example, posting the update “@johnsmith twitpay $10 for lunch” would deliver the cash to that Twitterer’s Twitpay account. The company monitors the public stream of messages for the keyword “twitpay” and facilitates the exchange. You replenish your Twitpay account using a site like PayPal. Once recipients have accumulated more than $10 in their accounts, the ...
Send Money Through Twitter With Twitpay
textually.org —
Twitpay is a start-up that aims to allow people to send small payments through Twitter. Bits reports.
To do this they include the recipients username in their message. For example, posting the update @johnsmith twitpay $10 for lunch would deliver the cash to that Twitterers Twitpay account. The company monitors the public stream of messages for the keyword twitpay and facilitates the exchange. You replenish your Twitpay account using a site like PayPal. Once recipients have accumulated more than $10 in their accounts, the ...
Twitpay brings micropayments to Twitter
The Social —
... The New York Times has a nice little writeup about Twitpay, an experimental new app that lets you send payments using Twitter.
Here's the premise: Sign up, put some cash in your Twitpay account through another payment service like PayPal, and then send out a "tweet" to another Twitpay ...
Twitpay brings micropayments to Twitter
Webware.com —
... The New York Times has a nice little writeup about Twitpay, an experimental new app that lets you send payments using Twitter.
Here's the premise: Sign up, put some cash in your Twitpay account through another payment service like PayPal, and then send out a "tweet" to another Twitpay member, structured like "@josh twitpay $10 for beers." Twitpay takes a five-cent commission. Its founders are hoping that, eventually, it can be used for charity and disaster relief payments.
It's a nifty idea, though not for everyone. You don't get cash out ...
Using Twitter for Distributed Fundraising [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network —
... Nor is this the only success story. Nonprofit consultant Beth Kanter has looked at a number of fundraising efforts on Twitter, from gathering money for heart surgery in India to motivating people to donate blood to raising over $10,000 for a classroom in Tanzania. She brings out a number of valuable lessons, from the need to have a human theme to how to best leverage multiple channels of motivation.
At least two services - Tipjoy and Twitpay (which we wrote about last month) are working on making it easy to collect and ...
8 Ways to Give Back with Social MicroFunding This Holiday Season
Mashable! —
... TwitPay - This microfunding application uses a Twitter-only payment system to generate funds. This application is in its infancy, and currently offers only an IOU system for payment. Once they get fully rolling, however, they will require both the giver and the receiver to have TwitPay accounts, something that TipJoy and ChipIn don’t do. ...
Tweebay Offers A Rudimentary eBay For Twitter
TechCrunch —
... Right now, there is no way to actually pay for items via Tweebay (options are on the way). It simply connects buyers and sellers, and they have to figure out payments (which is less than ideal). Perhaps Rawlings should look at integrating Twitpay, ...
HOW TO: Give Back With Social MicroFunding in 2009
Mashable! —
... TwitPay - This microfunding application uses a Twitter-only payment system to generate funds. This application is in its infancy, and currently offers only an IOU system for payment. Once they get fully rolling, however, they will require both the giver and the receiver to have TwitPay accounts, something that TipJoy and ChipIn don’t do. ...
TwitPay.me - Twitter Payments in 140 Characters or Less
louisgray.com —
... " here in Utah, where several startups were enabled to pitch their business in front of an audience, get critiqued, and share with the world an idea. After the presentations, the audience was given the opportunity to each pitch their own products, each with just 30 seconds to share their idea. I was amazed to find that with just 30 seconds one product in particular, TwitPay.me really stood out, with little to no explanation necessary. ...
RT2Buy: Twitpay’s Twitter Version of the iTunes Store
Mashable! —
Twitpay is already receiving some buzz as a simple and useful way to perform simple micropayments using a tweet and Amazon Payments (i.e. @benparr twitpay $0.42 for being awesome).
Twitpay isn’t done turning Twitter into a full-fledged trade and financial transaction platform though. Today, they are launching the first of three products in their new Retweet Commerce Suite, RT2Buy, which empowers users with the ability to sell digital content via Twitter. And coming soon: RT2Get and RT2Give.
RT2Buy is like ...
5 Ways Twitter Can Save You Money
Mashable! —
... Twitpay uses Amazon Payments to send money in increments of $0.01 to $1000.00 via Twitter. The charge is $0.05 for any transaction over $0.99. ...
Wanna Free Ticket to PayPal's 1st Dev Conference?
SOMEWHAT FRANK —
... from the PayPalX team on BlogTalkRadio as she talked to Khurram Khan, Product Owner of Adaptive Payments from PayPalX
TwitPay founder Michael Ivey to discuss the upcoming PayPalX Innovate 2009 conference. You can listen to the discussion ...
