[p2pu-dev] A PayPal Donate Button for P2PU

[Rebecca Kahn]

That's a good question MJ, and I think it will be something that we're
planning to do once we get our fundraising campaigns up and running.

One of the discussions at the workshop in Berlin was about this, and we
agreed that targeted campaigns would be the most effective way to raise
money - that is, asking for a specific target (say, U$5000) to pay for x
amount of hours of development work, or to build a new tool or buy more
server space, for example. I don't think we'd ever just assume that people
will donate money without knowing where it will be going.

B

On 29 November 2011 03:33, MJ Advincula <mj.advincula at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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