# donation pages

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donation-pages/216171>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 1, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donation-pages/216171 "2003-12-01T03:22:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lsnshmit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@lsnshmit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lsnshmit)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donation-pages/216171/1 "2003-12-01T03:22:02Z")

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i have come across several websites that have banners for charities, etc. that receive a donation for every click you give. what’s the deal with this? its this real? also, i have a site bookmarked called “the daily donation page” which claims that everytime i visit it, all sorts of charities get donations automatically. am i a sucker? do these really work?

thanks,  
alison

p.s. forgive me if this question has been answered, but i did not find it anywhere.

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**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donation-pages/216171/2 "2003-12-01T06:31:28Z")

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Are you talking about the [Hungersite](http://www.thehungersite.com)? Yes, it’s a genuine charity that donates its proceeds to Mercy Corps and America’s Second Harvest, among others. Yes, your click does make a difference.

The website gets money from sponsors to put their advertising banners on the click-through page. The sponsors pay, not you. The more clicks they get, the more money they give. You can only click once per day. The Hungersite also has several sibling-sites, like Rainforestsite and Child Healthsite.