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> There is absolutely nothing wrong with charging a fee for a service Agreed, but percentage-based fees can quickly become an unfairly large part of payments.

by rekoil 4y ago

> There is absolutely nothing wrong with charging a fee for a service Agreed, but percentage-based fees can quickly become an unfairly large part of payments. I love the idea of this project, but I'd prefer there to be a 5% or X dollars minimum, so that if 5% is more than X dollars, then it doesn't force 5% minimum. If I'm donating $500 to 45 projects, then each project on an even split is getting $11, but thanks.dev is getting $25 even though their service isn't actually in use by my app/service. Seems unfair to me.

throwaway74567 4y ago
My guess is that more than half of that $25 goes to the payment provider (Stripe etc.). Maybe more. The remaining ~$10 will go to thaks.dev to cover operational costs, administration and other expenses. I don't expect them to work for free. If you think it's unfair, contact the developers directly to see if you can wire them money (to avoid PayPal fees). If it's too much work, you can pay services like thanks.dev that does the work for you.
- 3np 4y ago
  Then they should call it what it is: A fee (to cover operational expenses). It's still not honest to call it a tip. (And now I'm realizing that American tipping culture may be playing in to differing expectations here...) EDIT: I see they have now updated their wording.
- weego 4y ago
  Why on earth would you think that a payment provider is taking 50%? They take ~3% + 30 cents It's literally public information
  - throwaway74567 4y ago
    Please take more time to read the context. If you read the post that I replied to instead of jumping to conclusions, you will find that you are incorrect $25 refers to the 5% fee of the total amount ($500) that the site takes. I said that more than half of that fee is used to pay Stripe.
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- paulddraper 4y ago
  > half of that $25 goes to the payment provider (Stripe etc.) Surely they are not making a transaction for every patron/maintainer combination, but rather batching the payments. Otherwise yes this is a Stripe charity :)

by rekoil 4y ago

throwaway74567 4y ago

My guess is that more than half of that $25 goes to the payment provider (Stripe etc.). Maybe more. The remaining ~$10 will go to thaks.dev to cover operational costs, administration and other expenses. I don't expect them to work for free. If you think it's unfair, contact the developers directly to see if you can wire them money (to avoid PayPal fees). If it's too much work, you can pay services like thanks.dev that does the work for you.

3np 4y ago
Then they should call it what it is: A fee (to cover operational expenses). It's still not honest to call it a tip. (And now I'm realizing that American tipping culture may be playing in to differing expectations here...) EDIT: I see they have now updated their wording.
weego 4y ago
Why on earth would you think that a payment provider is taking 50%? They take ~3% + 30 cents It's literally public information
- throwaway74567 4y ago
  Please take more time to read the context. If you read the post that I replied to instead of jumping to conclusions, you will find that you are incorrect $25 refers to the 5% fee of the total amount ($500) that the site takes. I said that more than half of that fee is used to pay Stripe.
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paulddraper 4y ago
> half of that $25 goes to the payment provider (Stripe etc.) Surely they are not making a transaction for every patron/maintainer combination, but rather batching the payments. Otherwise yes this is a Stripe charity :)