On August 9, 2016 8:59:16 AM EDT, Bryan Richter <br...@snowdrift.coop> wrote:
>On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 03:55:42PM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>> On 08/03/2016 03:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote:
>> > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>> >> On 08/03/2016 03:29 PM, Stephen Michel wrote:
>> >>>  What happens if someone wants to set their limit lower than the
>> >>>  minimum credit card charge?
>> >>>
>> >> We would not allow such a low limit. The range of allowable
>> >> limits will start high enough minimum to be sensible.
>> > 
>> > What is the current thinking on the minimum value? I've seen $2
>> > and $5 thrown around.
>> > 
>> 
>> There's no more clarity than that. I guess I'll go ahead and propose
>> we start with $5 as minimum budget.
>
>Related question:
>
>What is the minimum sensible charge?
>
>Stripe's front page advertises a fee of 2.9% + 30¢.
>
>Crowdmatch    Fee    Total  Fee/Total   Fee/Crowdmatch
>-------------------------------------------------------
>     $0.10     30¢   $0.40      75.18%          302.90%
>      0.20     31     0.51      60.46           152.90
>      0.30     31     0.61      50.71           102.90
>      0.50     31     0.81      38.61            62.90
>      0.80     32     1.12      28.77            40.40
>      1.30     34     1.64      20.62            25.98
>      2.00     36     2.36      15.18            17.90
>      2.10     36     2.46      14.67            17.19
>      3.40     40     3.80      10.49            11.72
>      5.50     46     5.96       7.71             8.35
>
>Based on that table, I think $2.00 is the minimum sensible charge.
>
>I suggest we specify it as a maximum fee percentage, however, to help
>adapt to future fee differences. That being the case, I propose we
>choose 15% as the maximum fee percentage (plus or minus some tenths of
>a percent).

A % fee max, rounded to the nearest pretty dollar amount, seems like the way to 
go to me. 15% / $2 seems reasonable to me.
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