<p>On the <a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/114585/do-bounties-work-on-some-stack-exchange-sites">network-wide question</a>, several people suggest that <em>bounties don't work on small sites</em>. I'm not sure I agree, but if it's true, several things can be done:</p>

<p><strong>A) Turn off bounties completely until the site reaches a threshold in traffic/users.</strong></p>

<p>or </p>

<p><strong>B) Decrease the cost of bounties to question-askers until such a threshold is reached.</strong></p>