Grande update: Offline, Donations and more!

So did you think we took Christmas off? You’d be right!

But we’ve also had several major things bubbling in the pipeline for quite some time that we can finally tell you about because they’re now out in the wild!

Donations!

From the start people have asked for a way to give more to something they find extra awesome like giving some extra (specific amount of) money to it, now you can =)

On every user-profile page you will now find a “Donate” button in the profile box to the right. Click it and you can give some of your available means away. Alternatively after you’ve flattred something and re-click to Subscribe (automatically flattr each future month), you can also Donate from that pop-up too. A donation is an anonymous payment of minimum of 2 euros. The fee is a fixed 20 cents per donation. If you receive any donations they will arrive together with the rest of your revenue on the 10th of the following month. You can donate a maximum of 50 euros from your account per month.

Offline Flattr!

As we think physical things are as important as the internet we now have enabled your to flattr them too. Submit a physical (offline) IRL thing and then print your thing QR-code. Stick it to the wall (or something) and wait for a flattr user to see it. They then bring up their Flattr or QR-mobile-app, aim it at the button and flattr you!

Hoooray, why not print the code and stick it on the tipjar at your cafe, or some other nice stuff.

You can find more info about offline flattr here >>

And we also updated a bunch of other stuff:

• The dashboard has been updated with reserved and available means for a simpler breakdown of upcoming monthly amount and donations; forthcoming donations are also listed here.
• You can now choose 3 euros as a monthly allocation.
• If you don’t flattr in a month we will give your money to charity, and you can see what charities here >>
• Related things are now listed on a thing page, it’s based on tags so things without tags can’t get relations. (Start tagging!)
• Gravatars are now displayed beside comments and also in thing lists if you got a gravatar. (Get one!)

Hope you like it all and happy new year! All of us at Flattr wishes you an awesome 2011!