Charging rep for a free service?

[Ache]

This is about to sound super retarded so if you have a short temper or are in general a terrible human-being who enjoys taking their anger out on others skip this thread.

I have recently begun learning how to make basic thumbnails. These thumbnails are a pretty garbage, but are better than uploading a video without any thumbnail. Because these thumbnails are genuinely poor quality I would feel bad for charging for them. I also don't really need the money and more so just enjoy doing them in my free time for fun and/or experience in graphic design. Even though I do these for fun I'd still like to get something out of it. Would I be able to charge 0$ yet still get rep per thumbnail? Does anyone know if this would conflict with any possible MC-M rules, etc? Thanks!

* don't flame me too hard, but attached I've attached one of my first thumbnails for an example (this post was made at 2 am for me so ignore any spelling/grammar errors)
https://prnt.sc/ufxmy6

 

[Dread]

As TastySchnitzel said, it is a vouch copy and it is allowed on MCM (everyone do that at start)

 

[Ache]

That is called vouch copies, you just give them a thumbnail, and in return they leave a rep on your profile, this is all allowed.

As TastySchnitzel said, it is a vouch copy and it is allowed on MCM (everyone do that at start)

Thanks alot for the help!

 

[User]

You can ask for vouches, but I don't believe you can say that they have to rep you to receive the product. That would fall under Rule 9.4: "Do not use feedback as a currency, reward, condition, incentive, threat or deterrent."

 

[Ache]

You can ask for vouches, but I don't believe you can say that they have to rep you to receive the product. That would fall under Rule 9.4: "Do not use feedback as a currency, reward, condition, incentive, threat or deterrent."

tyvm !:tup:

 

[InternetThing]

You can ask for vouches, but I don't believe you can say that they have to rep you to receive the product. That would fall under Rule 9.4: "Do not use feedback as a currency, reward, condition, incentive, threat or deterrent."

Adding to this, at the end of the deal you can just ask for a rep as in addition if the customer is satisfied, but even if they didn't agree to rep you it doesn't affect the deal and you can't force them to rep you.