I'm currently looking into donation platforms.
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I'm currently looking into donation platforms.
Patreon is obvious no no.
Liberapay is very nice and completely free software of course. But I feel like Liberapay has some very critical design issues.
For example they force people into a recurring payment model and they do not support one time donations. I think a lot more people would be willing to donate if they could just a quick one time donation.
In Liberapay the donors are anonymous for the donator. This is definitely a good thing, because you shouldn't have to identify yourself.
But I think this anonymity should be optional. A lot of people like it when their donations are publicly visible. It makes them feel proud for supporting the people that they like. It also gives receivers an opportunity to give a thank you message or a shoutout to their donators, which currently is not possible.
This all feels very disconnected. -
I have also seen that a lot of people here on fedi use Ko-fi.
My first impressions are:
* Supports things I want such as both one time donations and recurring.
* Seems very proprietary.
* No anonymous donations possible.
Is there a good reason to use Ko-fi that I am missing? -
@SuperDicq no payment fees
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@k1tteh@uwu.social This is false, Ko-fi has a %5 free.
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@SuperDicq @k1tteh uh? does it? isn't it optional? did they make it mandatory?
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@steffo@a.junimo.party @k1tteh@uwu.social
You’ll pay 0% on donations and 5% on Shop, Memberships, Monthly payments, and Commissions.
It's not optional.
Ko-fi is a commercial company that has to make a profit. It is mandatory, but only on certain types of transactions. -
@SuperDicq @k1tteh ah, i see! i've never seen the latter options being used so it checks out that i wasn't aware!
