Support Cryptogon
Cryptogon wouldn’t exist without support from readers. Thank you for deciding to keep Cryptogon up and running.
Payments Over the Web
Secure online payments to Cryptogon are handled through PayPal.
Make a Single Donation or Recurring Donations to Cryptogon Using PayPal
Affiliate Relationships
Affiliate relationships are very important to Cryptogon and represent a substantial proportion of earnings. When you want to support Cryptogon by using one of the affiliates that you see on the site, simply click on the corresponding banner and conduct your business as you normally would. I will automatically get credited.
There has been a bit of confusion in the past about how the affiliate situation works, especially as it relates Amazon. You DO NOT have to purchase whatever item that I’ve linked to in order for me to get credit for the purchase of a different item or items. As long as your Amazon session began as a click on a banner or link from Cryptogon, no matter what you wind up buying, I will automatically receive a commission. Here are links that start Amazon sessions with Cryptogon’s affiliate code built in:
amazon.com – amazon.ca – amazon.co.uk
Don’t worry if you don’t see Cryptogon’s affiliate code once you’re on Amazon. This is normal. Amazon’s system knows to credit Cryptogon with your purchases.
A Note About Minimum Monthly Income and Where Your Money Goes
Cryptogon needs to earn a minimum of US$1000 per month to remain up and running.
How did I arrive at that figure?
At current exchange rates, my family’s monthly expenses are running at between US$600 to US$700 per month. This covers things like: food, fuel, electricity, telephone, Internet access, property insurance, property taxes, and vehicle-related fees (besides fuel).
At a minimum, an additional US$300 to US$400 per month must come in for farm related projects, savings, our outgoing contributions to people who do good work and wildcards (chiropractic visits, vehicle repairs, book purchases, etc).
While it would be possible to thrive on less than this, I’m not willing to do that, or ask Becky, my wife, to accept anything less. If Cryptogon cannot generate at least US$1000 per month, I’ll return to the traditional workforce and close down the site. It’s nothing personal, that’s just the reality of the situation. Either my work on Cryptogon generates enough to support my family (as detailed above), or it doesn’t.
How it goes is completely up to you and the other five one hundredths of one percent of the people who read the site each month and choose to support it. (This number isn’t sarcasm, or some kind of attempt at humor. According to my best estimates, using several different traffic measurement methods, about five one hundredths of one percent of people who read the site each month do anything to support it.)
