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if companies try bounties, are satisfied and would like to utilize them at a bigger scale, we offer the option to pre-pay fees at a discount for a bounties budg
by irf1 4y ago
if companies try bounties, are satisfied and would like to utilize them at a bigger scale, we offer the option to pre-pay fees at a discount for a bounties budget of their choice.
there's definitely room for experimentation here. that being said, we do not think the Algora 20% fee (+3% Stripe fee) is unreasonable, especially when we offer discounts upon request & are happy to accommodate non-commercial projects.
perhaps "non-commercial" (no monetization / financial backing) is a more appropriate term here?
- ralusek 4y agoNo it's definitely unreasonable. It should be maximum of 5%, which is still high, but acceptable.
- kybernetikos 4y agoIf I think in terms of rewarding open source contributors for the work they do, anything more than 10% (with that including credit card fees) feels extremely unfair, but if you think of it instead as providing effectively contractors for commercial projects that just happen to be open source, then higher percentages might be reasonable. I think it depends a lot on how you feel about what is happening. Fairness is important. I've refused to use platforms because the cut seemed unfair before - it's one of the reasons I've had to stop buying kobo books through the android app- and I'm sure that's a common sentiment.
- irf1 4y agohey kybernetikos, appreciate your input here! wanted to clarify that contributors get 100% of the bounty our fee is paid by the bounty creator (org) on top of the award