When you run a website, there are all kinds of ways to make money doing what you love. From paid product features to working with ad networks to selling custom-made products, the sky is the limit when it comes to putting a little extra money in your pocket!

One of the lesser used money-making options, though, is microtransactions. The basic method of making money through microtransactions is similar to working with an ad network. But instead of being paid by an advertiser for displaying their product, you’re paid directly by your reader for the content you provide.

The Canadian-based QUID wants to bring the benefits of microtransactions to North American website owners with its new platform that lets bloggers and content creators add payment buttons to posts and collect money from readers with ease. [Read more…]