[p2pu-dev] [p2pu-community] Re: A PayPal Donate Button for P2PU

[Alison Cole]

It'd be cool to have response messages that let the donor know they "just
helped make the site more readable" or "helped fund a new schools outreach
program in Nairobi", etc..



On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 2:58 AM, Rebecca Kahn <bekka.kahn at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>
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