Show HN: Swiftgive – free, easy mobile fundraising and tipping

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by smholloway • 12 years ago

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smholloway• 12 years ago

We believe the world deserves a simpler, more convenient way to pay, so we created a free, mobile-friendly money transfer service using Square Cash and QR codes.

This was born out of necessity. We never have cash. Why would we? We shop online at Amazon. We pay for food and drinks with credit cards. We settle up with friends using electronic fund transfers. But there are so many times that cash would be handy, like tipping the local band playing at dinner or donating a few dollars to the grassroots organization set up outside the grocery store. As techies, we think the answer is for fundraisers and people working for tips to post a QR code that people can scan to donate. It’s passive like a tip jar, but it scales a lot better.

What do you think? We’d love feedback.

sensarn• 12 years ago

Great idea! Tipping with cash is surprisingly inconvenient these days.

tiogemini• 12 years ago

Yes, this! I never have cash. After Thursday night date night I looked like a cheapskate because I couldn’t tip the valet. Whoops...

mfcjiggs• 12 years ago

Interesting angle... There's a lot of activity in the fundraising space right now (everybody is launching their version of kickstarter), but this seems to better explore the concept of receiving donations in the real world vs online. I don't really work for tips or fundraise, but if I see one of your codes in the wild I might use it. Good luck!

prplppleater• 12 years ago

I'm not sure I understand--why not use something like Stripe to process the transfers and take a cut yourself?

Show HN: Swiftgive – free, easy mobile fundraising and tipping

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