On Friday 31 October 2008 12:49, Zero3 wrote: > Matthew Toseland skrev: > > On Thursday 30 October 2008 15:59, Zero3 wrote: > > > >> Matthew Toseland skrev: > >> > >>>> We need to start thinking about raising more $$$. > >>>> > >>>> > >> Random ideas for inspiration: > >> > >> - Did you consider raising the possible donation amounts on > >> http://freenetproject.org/donate.html as we spoke about earlier? (I'm a > >> student, and if I can afford 20$/monthly, surely some people out there > >> can afford more!) > >> > > > > So add a $50/mo option? Yeah we could do that. Anyone think that's a bad idea? > > (With the default still being $5)? > > > > Also, there is some evidence that people give more if presented with a box to > > fill in. OTOH it's more effort to give anything that way. Thoughts? > > > > > I think it is important to give the donator maximum service and > flexibility. They are the ones giving us "free money", so the least we > can do is to give them full opportunity to decide how much they would > like to donate. I'd vote for a couple of presets (e.g. 5/10/25/50), and > an "Other amount" box where the user can enter any amount he would like.
Well, I've done it, but it looks hideously ugly. Please could somebody fix my broken HTML ? > > ... and containue to stress that even a small recurring donation is > better than a bigger one-time donation. > >> - What about (optionally) listing people, ordered by amount donated, on > >> the website? To kind of give "credit" for the donations. People with > >> privacy concerns can simply not opt-in. > >> > > > > I wonder how we could implement this with paypal? > > > IIRC, several sites allowing Paypal donations have dynamically updated > donators pages. So it should be possible in one way or another. Sure it's possible, it's a question of how much work is involved. > > > >> - Figure out what else you can "reward" donators with, besides credit on > >> the website. Throw some Freenet branded stickers and a mug after people > >> who've donated at least 100$, other wacky things etc. It's much more fun > >> donating money if you get some kind of proof/credit/item/etc. in one way > >> or another. > >> > > > > Not bad ... except they could just buy them from cafepress. Hmmm. > > > ... but really, you could buy mugs and stickers with all kind stuff on > it. And most people won't by themselves. It's *much* more fun when it is > sent as an "official" gift from a project you've been supporting > financially :). Obviously you would need to compare the cost of this > gift with the amount donated (over time), but I think it will pay out in > the end in terms of more donations. Hmmm... possibly. > > - Zero3 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 827 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20081031/a441c9ae/attachment.pgp>
