RE: My 2 reasons why I am not gonna put Steempress on my website.(warning: a little bit of rant)
In a way, it sucks that they do that. But from their perspective though, it surely feels nice and I bet many of us would do the same if they had the chance or the determination to build such a plugin or something similar.
On the other hand, for me for example, steempress' plugin is a good start, as sometimes, the biggest vote on my posts is theirs, which makes me still want to use it despite that cut - which from what I know, is 15%.
I've noticed other apps or interfaces that take their cut and stopped using them if they didn't bring any other value. But so far it's been a good boost. Maybe later, if my account grows, I won't need that anymore, but for starters like me it feels like a good enough compromise.
Also, from what I know from other bloggers who use Patreon or things like that, donations aren't really consistent. And I guess this gets us pack to the first point. Most people would take a bigger share for themselves if they could. I guess history has proven that many times so far.
Cheers, and keep on rolling, man. ;)
P.S.: Forgot to mention their curation rewards, which almost doubles their fee.
Hey man! it's good to hear some people are using it still! That was actually my concern.
Yeah the "fee" is at 15% now, I dont know where I got the 10% from but I am too lazy to correct it now, the message is the same regardless!
Can I ask you, how much are the upvotes you are getting from them? and is it on every post you are making?
Just wondering!
Cheers man! :)
Depending on the post. If it's a small one - the last one was around 300+ words plus some photos, I got 11% of their full vote - that was around $5. If it's a long and more interesting one - 2000 words, travel related, nice photos, which got me also curie and travelfeed votes, it was 20%, and around $10-12, depending on the value of steem at that moment.
I know. It's not much, but it's the best way I found so far to monetize my blog. I'm more concerned about the SEO part and the duplicate content issues than about the 15% that steempress takes as a fee.
For me, it's alright so far. I mean, it makes a little difference.
Yes! the duplicate content issue is also something that was on my mind! Another reason I guess.
It's cool you are finding it useful though! and the votes you are getting seems to be quite big considering the low price of steem atm. :)