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Is Codeberg.org financially sustainable relying on member fees? Any precedents?
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- lijunhao 2y agoCan Codeberg.org achieve long-term financial sustainability relying solely on member fees? Are there any successful precedents for this model ?
- notpushkin 2y agoPerhaps add an "Ask HN" in the title?
- phoe-krk 2y ago> solely on member fees No, you can donate: https://docs.codeberg.org/improving-codeberg/donate/ https://docs.codeberg.org/improving-codeberg/donate/ Codeberg e.V. is a non-profit.
- karma_pharmer 2y agoOh it's much worse than that. They only accept member fees paid by SEPA transfers. As in Single Euro Payment Area. Don't live in a country that uses the Euro or is part of the EU? Your money isn't welcome here. What a dumb policy.
- m0nhawk 2y agoThis is just wrong: they support both SEPA and international bank transfers through IBAN.
- manuel_w 2y agoIsn't IBAN just the account identifier SEPA uses? (The other identifier necessary to make SEPA transfers being the BIC = bank id.)
- arianvanp 2y agoYou can make SWIFT transactions to IBAN numbers. no problem whatsoever.
- jwildeboer 2y agoFor donations they also offer liberapay so you can use stripe and PayPal. For membership fees you can also use direct bank transfer.
- hedwall 2y agoIBAN is the international bank number.
- jwildeboer 2y ago(no, that’s the BIC (Bank Identifier Code AKA SWIFT). IBAN is the International Bank Account Number.
- p_l 2y agoSEPA is essentially just a specific subset service set of a SWIFT international bank transfer. Or in other words, the interface of SEPA is a subset of parameters in SWIFT transfer. And it mandated IBAN numbers on stragglers in EU.
- anonzzzies 2y ago> What a dumb policy. It would be, if it were true.
- gruez 2y agoJust use a service like Wise?
- rty32 2y agoYes, sign up for a service I would never use otherwise to send money is a very convincing and straightforward way to support this project.
- p_l 2y agoThey support SEPA Direct Debit or a manual bank transfers over SWIFT. The latter works everywhere you can make a normal international bank transfer. It's just manual, while SEPA Direct Debit is automatic payment.
- jwildeboer 2y agoYes. I am a paying member and thus I get the member newsletter where finances are disclosed and discussed. It’s a low-cost operation and we have enough reserves in the bank.
- lijunhao 2y agoThank you for sharing this information. I am also applying for membership and am eager to see Codeberg succeed. However, I am concerned about the long-term sustainability of Codeberg, especially if it plans to support CI (which is resource-intensive) and attract a significantly larger user base. Similarweb statistics indicate a substantial difference in traffic between Codeberg and GitHub. While Codeberg has approximately 2 million page views (700.8K visits * 2.78 pages/visits) per month, GitHub boasts over 2.7 billion (462.4M visits * 6 pages/visits). This translates to Codeberg having roughly 0.1% of GitHub's traffic. If Codeberg aims to reach even 10% of GitHub's traffic, the operational costs would likely increase by a factor of 100 or much more ( almost certain ). Has Codeberg internally addressed this scalability challenge and outlined strategies for managing such growth? What are Codeberg's long-term goals in terms of user base and features, and how do they plan to balance these aspirations with sustainability? Thank you.
- bananapub 2y ago> However, I am concerned about the long-term sustainability of Codeberg Why? If you want to support it, do so. If it collapses, change some git repository URLs in your READMEs.
- lowdownbutter 2y agoFor anyone wondering, e.V. stands for "eingetragener Verein", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_association_(Germany) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_association_(German...
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