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I don't understand. They offer: Stripe Connect, ACH transfer, or wire transfer. Only Stripe Connect (whatever that is) seems to have a list of countries. Wire

I don't understand. They offer: Stripe Connect, ACH transfer, or wire transfer. Only Stripe Connect (whatever that is) seems to have a list of countries. Wire transfer should work all over the place.

feross 7y ago
It's not trivial to just support all countries from day one. GitHub has never done marketplace-style payments (individual to individual) before. When you're dealing with money, it's best to take a measured approach. I'm actually super impressed with how fast the team has been rolling out support for new countries.
- fierarul 7y ago
  I didn't claim it's trivial or not. The message itself is confusing. There are 3 concerns here: beta, Stripe, countries and it's no clear how they inter-relate from the blog posts. As far as I can tell now, no-beta==Stripe Countries, beta==non-Stripe-Countries and other payment options like wire transfer have no weight.
derekprior 7y ago
GitHub Sponsors is out of beta for developers with a bank account in any of the 30 countries supported by Stripe. For folks with bank accounts outside of that list, GitHub Sponsors is still in beta, we're accepting applications, and we’ll continue to roll out general availability to those countries in the coming months.
- fierarul 7y ago
  Thanks. The blog post could be edited a bit then. It says: > GitHub Sponsors is now out of beta and generally available to developers with bank accounts in 30 countries and growing. and the link points to https://help.github.com/en/github/supporting-the-open-source-community-with-github-sponsors/becoming-a-sponsored-developer#submitting-your-bank-and-tax-information https://help.github.com/en/github/supporting-the-open-source... where only Stripe Connect has a list of countries while wire is also a possibility. It's not obvious that somehow out of beta means mandatory Stripe Connect and no wire transfer. Although I assume that perhaps you use Stripe for wire transfers too?
  - devonzuegel 7y ago
    Thanks for the feedback! We've updated the post to clarify the options for folks who don't have a bank account in one of the 30 countries currently out of beta: https://github.blog/2019-11-04-github-sponsors-is-now-out-of-beta-in-30-countries/#next-steps https://github.blog/2019-11-04-github-sponsors-is-now-out-of... We do support ACH transfer and wire transfer (as noted in the documentation) for developers with bank accounts in countries that are still in the limited beta. In the coming months, we'll be expanding general availability for more countries on a rolling basis. I'll look into clarifying that in the help docs too.
- chrismeller 7y ago
  Couldn’t one also just use TransferWise, which provides you a local bank account in whichever currency you need?

I don't understand. They offer: Stripe Connect, ACH transfer, or wire transfer. Only Stripe Connect (whatever that is) seems to have a list of countries. Wire transfer should work all over the place.

feross 7y ago

It's not trivial to just support all countries from day one. GitHub has never done marketplace-style payments (individual to individual) before. When you're dealing with money, it's best to take a measured approach. I'm actually super impressed with how fast the team has been rolling out support for new countries.

fierarul 7y ago
I didn't claim it's trivial or not. The message itself is confusing. There are 3 concerns here: beta, Stripe, countries and it's no clear how they inter-relate from the blog posts. As far as I can tell now, no-beta==Stripe Countries, beta==non-Stripe-Countries and other payment options like wire transfer have no weight.

derekprior 7y ago

GitHub Sponsors is out of beta for developers with a bank account in any of the 30 countries supported by Stripe. For folks with bank accounts outside of that list, GitHub Sponsors is still in beta, we're accepting applications, and we’ll continue to roll out general availability to those countries in the coming months.

fierarul 7y ago
Thanks. The blog post could be edited a bit then. It says: > GitHub Sponsors is now out of beta and generally available to developers with bank accounts in 30 countries and growing. and the link points to https://help.github.com/en/github/supporting-the-open-source-community-with-github-sponsors/becoming-a-sponsored-developer#submitting-your-bank-and-tax-information https://help.github.com/en/github/supporting-the-open-source... where only Stripe Connect has a list of countries while wire is also a possibility. It's not obvious that somehow out of beta means mandatory Stripe Connect and no wire transfer. Although I assume that perhaps you use Stripe for wire transfers too?
- devonzuegel 7y ago
  Thanks for the feedback! We've updated the post to clarify the options for folks who don't have a bank account in one of the 30 countries currently out of beta: https://github.blog/2019-11-04-github-sponsors-is-now-out-of-beta-in-30-countries/#next-steps https://github.blog/2019-11-04-github-sponsors-is-now-out-of... We do support ACH transfer and wire transfer (as noted in the documentation) for developers with bank accounts in countries that are still in the limited beta. In the coming months, we'll be expanding general availability for more countries on a rolling basis. I'll look into clarifying that in the help docs too.
chrismeller 7y ago
Couldn’t one also just use TransferWise, which provides you a local bank account in whichever currency you need?