Adding Flattr button to your site – a step-by-step guide
You’ve signed up and want to put a nice friendly Flattr button on your site? This step-by-step guide explains how to get set up – quick and pain free. 1. Visit our Get button page (you need to be logged … Continue reading
Selling digital beer – not the economy as my grandad knew it
Does price per kilobyte equal price per kilo? Normal rules of distribution and cost of raw materials don’t apply in the land of ones and zeros which means only one thing – pricing of digital goods needs a proper shake … Continue reading
The catalog is dead, long live the Catalog!
I’m the first one to acknowledge that our catalog hasn’t been great. To be honest it was quite awful. And so I’m super happy to say that we killed the old one and just minutes ago released a new an … Continue reading
Flattr ❤ Hubot
Here at Flattr we spend much time on IRC and lately we have a new friend, Hubot. Hubot is a chat bot built by GitHub that helps us out with tasks ( for example pulling funny images from internet ) … Continue reading
Paying for free – is Flattr a payment or a donation?
One thing that we have been discussing back and forth since we started our company is if “flattring” is a payment or a donation. I don’t think we’ve come to an agreement or decision, or if we ever really will, … Continue reading
The categories, they are a changin’
This post is important to users who add Things to Flattr system. In a few days we will change the category system of Flattr to make finding things in catalog easier and overall improve the usefulness of it. It also … Continue reading
Developer Challenge, January edition – it’s a GO!
What better way to kick off 2012 than with a proper developer challenge? We’re inviting all software developers, hackers, code slingers to get their API hats on and mash up Flattr in a new and incredible way. Back in November … Continue reading
Completing the circle – thank your supporters
A simple “Thank you!” (or “Danke”, “Merci”, “Gracias”, “Tack”…) is one of the most powerful things in the world you can say to anyone. Add a smile and you’re ready to make the world a better place. You can now … Continue reading
What data does Flattr collect about you and why?
Some of our more privacy-consious users have asked us what kind of data do we collect about our users and what do we do with this information. There’s also the “why collect data at all?” question and I’ll start with … Continue reading
I’ve signed up with Flattr, now what?
Welcome! Let’s walk through all the options that Flattr gives you whether you’re someone who creates and shares content or you simply want to support your favorite blogger, coder, web comic artist…* Broadly speaking people sign up for one of … Continue reading
