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This seems like a bad PR move. Having been in consulting everything is about perception of value. Why not just plan to spend some of your money (say 5%) on supp
by acconrad 7y ago
This seems like a bad PR move. Having been in consulting everything is about perception of value. Why not just plan to spend some of your money (say 5%) on supporting open source projects and just raise your rates by 5%?
Ticketmaster is the perfect example of this. You buy a concert ticket for $35, but after all of their exorbitant bullshit fees, it's more like $50-55. But if they just told you "$50 is what you pay" then you'd probably not care at all.
So go ahead and charge whatever you want for a fee. Just don't penalize your customers for the things you want to personally support.
- chii 7y agoMy guess is that by itemizing the open-source donation, the higher fees (compared to your competition's) is justified. If you just raised your price by X%, you are now more expensive relative to your competitor's (and they don't donate, so thus out-competing you).