[p2pu-dev] A PayPal Donate Button for P2PU

[MJ Advincula]

OK, so there'll be a PayPal donate button on P2PU.

However, I think it'll also be a good idea if someone will right a little
something about where those donations are headed.

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Rebecca Kahn <bekka at p2pu.org> wrote:

> Hello good people
>
> As most of you will know, one of the outcomes of the last board meeting
> was that the Board have agreed that we should actively pursue small
> donations as a means of fundraising for P2PU. One relatively easy way to do
> this would be to set up a PayPal Donate button on the site, which will
> allow people to make small donations (under U$100 000) to P2PU through the
> site.
>
> I've been looking into the logistics of this, and it's a relatively simple
> and straightforward process (if anyone is particularly interested, you can
> find the details of how to do it on PayPal's Donations page:
> http://bit.ly/b8srqy). We just need to create a PayPal Business account,
> register with them as a nonprofit, supply them with some documentation, and
> then put a donate button on the site.
>
> There were a couple of issues that various members of the community were
> concerned about, and I think I have answers for you on all of them:
>
> Q:  Do donors need a PayPal account to make a donation?
> A: No! Yay! Donors can use a PayPal account or a credit/debit card to make
> a donation.
>
> Q: Will it cost us more than the donation is worth to accept small
> donations?
> A: No! Yay! The pricing on donations between U$0 and U$100,000 is 2.2% +
> $0.30 and we can set the minimum donation, so it will never cost us to
> accept a donation.
>
> So the next step will be for us to set up the account, sort out the
> documentation, and get the button on the site. Once that's all organised,
> we can start thinking about formalising and creating a killer campaign that
> will get the money rolling in.
>
> If anyone has any questions about this, or want to discuss it a bit more,
> please feel free to do so, either here, or off-list.
>
> Here's to making our first million by the end of 2012...
>
> Best
> Bekka
>
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