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This is exactly right. I help run a small local non-profit makerspace, and donations through Smile help keep the space open and free, without a membership fee.
by tacitusarc 4y ago
This is exactly right. I help run a small local non-profit makerspace, and donations through Smile help keep the space open and free, without a membership fee.
- SamBam 4y agoHow much was the makerspace getting from Smile, if you can answer that? I'm involved with some small makerspaces. The largest has a few hundred members. If a quarter of them both used Smile and pledged their donations to us (a quarter is almost certainly way too high), let's say that's 100 people. If the average person spends about $1000 on Amazon (almost certainly too high [1]), then that's $5 per person, or $500 per year total. I guess it's something, but all those estimates are on the high end for the spaces I know, and still wouldn't cover a couple weeks' rent. 1. Prime members spend an average of $1400/yr, non-prime members spend $600, and roughly one out of the adults are prime members. https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/personal-finance/articles/the-average-amazon-prime-member-spends-this-much-per-year/ https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/personal-finance/articles/th...