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What share of donations do the different platforms actually take?
Or, in other words, which one is the most "efficient"?
Or, in other words, which one is the most "efficient"?
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What share of donations do the different platforms actually take?Direct Stripe payments on Liberapay probably gives us the best rate. Direct to PayPal next, then Patreon. Patreon though gives us the stability.
Or, in other words, which one is the most "efficient"?
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 4 May 2021 at 12:13 pm UTC
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It pains me that I can't afford it right now, but will do so as soon as I'll have normal salary again.
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Just learned about the GOG affiliate link. Hope these next purchases helps.
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Arehandoro May 4, 2021
What share of donations do the different platforms actually take?Direct Stripe payments on Liberapay probably gives us the best rate. Direct to PayPal next, then Patreon. Patreon though gives us the stability.
Or, in other words, which one is the most "efficient"?
I'd be happy to change from PayPal to LiberaPay, do you guys have planned including the benefits from Patreon and the "Supporter Plus" badge for LiberaPay users at some point?
* I remember there were some benefits for Patreon users, but correct me if wrong :)
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Afraid not, Liberapay is anonymous.What share of donations do the different platforms actually take?Direct Stripe payments on Liberapay probably gives us the best rate. Direct to PayPal next, then Patreon. Patreon though gives us the stability.
Or, in other words, which one is the most "efficient"?
I'd be happy to change from PayPal to LiberaPay, do you guys have planned including the benefits from Patreon and the "Supporter Plus" badge for LiberaPay users at some point?
* I remember there were some benefits for Patreon users, but correct me if wrong :)
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If you use PayPal then yes, of course it does, you can't do anonymous on PayPal. Stripe still goes through Liberapay, we don't see any user details through it.Liberapay is anonymous.It used to be anonymous when they were still working with Mangopay, but during my last tests the actual Stripe/PayPal payments gave away the donor identity.
This is one of the reasons I left Liberapay.
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Arehandoro May 4, 2021
If you use PayPal then yes, of course it does, you can't do anonymous on PayPal. Stripe still goes through Liberapay, we don't see any user details through it.Liberapay is anonymous.It used to be anonymous when they were still working with Mangopay, but during my last tests the actual Stripe/PayPal payments gave away the donor identity.
This is one of the reasons I left Liberapay.
You can still see the account ID from the donation in liberapay, isn't it? Wouldn't be possible to map the account ID, if a user wants, to the user in GOL? If the user does not have the real name in GOL or LiberaPay the donation would still be anonymous.
There must be a way I reckon. I donate, without PayPal, via LiberaPay to Codeberg and they use that payment for my membership.
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Nope. We don't get an ID details on Stripe for Liberapay.If you use PayPal then yes, of course it does, you can't do anonymous on PayPal. Stripe still goes through Liberapay, we don't see any user details through it.Liberapay is anonymous.It used to be anonymous when they were still working with Mangopay, but during my last tests the actual Stripe/PayPal payments gave away the donor identity.
This is one of the reasons I left Liberapay.
You can still see the account ID from the donation in liberapay, isn't it? Wouldn't be possible to map the account ID, if a user wants, to the user in GOL? If the user does not have the real name in GOL or LiberaPay the donation would still be anonymous.
There must be a way I reckon. I donate, without PayPal, via LiberaPay to Codeberg and they use that payment for my membership.
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I've been meaning to look into LiberaPay for a while anyway. Seems like a good time to get on that now. Liam, you mention the stability of Patreon but isn't LiberaPay just as stable?
I quit Patreon all those years back after the small donations 'scandal'. Can I ask: Is it dumb to still be sore about that? I felt like they never acknowledged _what_ actually was bad about what they did. Instead they just reversed course and a month later tried to joke about it, like 'oopsie haha!'
(Also: PayPal is Peter Thiel. F that guy. Seriously.)
I quit Patreon all those years back after the small donations 'scandal'. Can I ask: Is it dumb to still be sore about that? I felt like they never acknowledged _what_ actually was bad about what they did. Instead they just reversed course and a month later tried to joke about it, like 'oopsie haha!'
(Also: PayPal is Peter Thiel. F that guy. Seriously.)
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I've been meaning to look into LiberaPay for a while anyway. Seems like a good time to get on that now. Liam, you mention the stability of Patreon but isn't LiberaPay just as stable?Not really. Liberapay just pays in a lump sum for each donation, even though everything still mentions weekly and so on. Whereas Patreon is a nice sum every month, that's what gives us the stability - as we know roughly what we will get each month with Patreon.
I quit Patreon all those years back after the small donations 'scandal'. Can I ask: Is it dumb to still be sore about that? I felt like they never acknowledged _what_ actually was bad about what they did. Instead they just reversed course and a month later tried to joke about it, like 'oopsie haha!'Patreon has taken heat a few times, and rightfully so, but thankfully most of the time they've rethought their decisions. They still offer the best service to small creators.
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Not really. Liberapay just pays in a lump sum for each donation, even though everything still mentions weekly and so on. Whereas Patreon is a nice sum every month, that's what gives us the stability - as we know roughly what we will get each month with Patreon.
Yeah, I can see that. I hope at least the charges are up front because LP confused me a bit saying "Next payment is in a year". I'm guessing "next" here means "after the one that just went through that we just did".
Anyway, thanks for getting me to finally put my money where my mouth is
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You can still see the account ID from the donation in liberapay, isn't it? Wouldn't be possible to map the account ID, if a user wants, to the user in GOL? If the user does not have the real name in GOL or LiberaPay the donation would still be anonymous.
There must be a way I reckon. I donate, without PayPal, via LiberaPay to Codeberg and they use that payment for my membership.
I read their 2021 new years status blog post and the one change they hope to ship this year is the option to donate un-anonymously.
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