Short story: we had a blast and the Berlin tech scene is by far the most vibrant and creative in Europe. I can not tell how many times we got asked when Flattr was going to move there, to which I could only answer that Malmö is awesome in it’s own way.

Even though my head is still spinning around from all the crazyness, I will try to recap what we did. In short we presented our API at the Berlin Tech Meetup, handed out t-shirts at the re:publica conference, hung out with our friends at Readmill and SoundCloud, attended a Ruby user group, hacked away at the 5apps hackaton and visited c-base (an alien excavation site/hacker night club).

Our API attracted a lot of interest and people now see Flattr as a platform on which they can build on. We also had an interview with Berlinow which is going to be interesting to read once it’s out.

Questions we got a lot:

Q: Can I integrate Flattr in my app/web site some way?
A: Yes! This is what our API is for.

Q: Does Apple allow Flattr inside iOS apps?
A: We have not had any discussions with Apple regarding this topic, but we advice that you are careful with how you present Flattr inside your app.

Q: When are you moving to Berlin?
A: We do not have any such plans at the moment, but you are welcome to drop by our office in Malmö for a cup of coffee!

Q: How is the situation at Flattr now with Peter Sunde facing a prison sentance?
A: It’s not affecting us much since Peter is not involved in our daily operations, but has more of a visionary role.

Q: How much money can I earn with Flattr?
A: Some people make their living from Flattr, and others just use us as a tipping jar. German podcaster Tim Pritlove revealed that he earns about €2500 each month from using Flattr.

The world’s 2nd largest video hosting site Dailymotion announced that it has integrated Flattr and is making fan support available for all participants of its MotionMakers program.

To say that we’re excited about the partnership is an understatement. With over 100 million unique visitors clocking up 1.5 billion video views every month, and 20,000+ new videos uploaded every day we couldn’t have hope for a better partner to introduce Flattr to the masses.

If you’re a film maker then all you need is a Dailymotion MotionMaker account and a Flattr account. Connecting the two will display Flattr buttons next to your videos and when people click the button they make a small micropayment that goes to you. For those not familiar how Flattr works we’ve made a short video that explains all.

There are already many successful video projects and film makers who’ve used Flattr as an additional revenue source to fund their next projects. The deal with Dailymotion makes it much easier. Eating our own dog food I created a short tutorial how to get going on Dailymotion platform.

If you’re a MotionMaker on Dailymotion then drop us your URL, we’re happy to promote you in our blog and other channels.

For everyone else: sign up with Flattr »

* Signing up is free – no set up or subscription fees
* PayPal and Moneybookers – this is how you add funds to your Flattr account to click the buttons and support film makers (and other authors online who are using Flattr buttons on their sites, blogs, podcasts etc)
* Works everywhere – Flattr started in Sweden but it works everywhere around the world.

Media coverage:

The Next Web: Social micro-payments startup Flattr strikes deal with online video giant Dailymotion
Financial Times: Flattr brings social micropayments to DailyMotion
Wired: Flattr Partners With Dailymotion for Video Crowd-Funding
GigaOM: DailyMotion teams up with Flattr for crowdfunded video
VentureBeat: Dailymotion adds Flattr’s crowdfunding button to original videos
Mashable: Crowd-Funding Video Platform Launches, But Would You Pay?
TechCrunch: Flattr Finally Lands Big Dailymotion Deal, But Its Business Model Still Sucks
Forbes: Dailymotion Deal Could Finally See Us ‘Tipping’ More Content On The Web

Keep in mind it’s sort of beta feature, not entirely polished, missing a few features etc. We wanted to get it out there to start getting your feedback.

Highlights:

* Follow anyone to track what they flattr, who they follow (unless they keep their stuff private)

* Your Facebook and Twitter contacts are automatically followed – you must have connected with Facebook and Twitter before.

* Hide certain people, or hide only their follow actions, for example.

* Review the people you’re following – add and remove

* Quick overview of your Facebook/Twitter friends who have joined Flattr.

Note that unclaimed stuff does not show up in the Social feed yet. So if you’re flattring a lot of good tracks on Soundcloud (get our browser plugin for that) and their owners have not yet joined Flattr then that’s hidden just now. But it’s in near future todo list.