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For a moment there CrowdTilt had me really excited, but then I came across: 1) Need to be in the US and have a US bank account 2) Need to be on Facebook I'm
by buro9 14y ago
For a moment there CrowdTilt had me really excited, but then I came across:
1) Need to be in the US and have a US bank account
2) Need to be on Facebook
I'm weeks away from starting a £25k funding round by tapping up my users (who have been badgering me to do this for the longest time).
The biggest issue I've got is that I'm in the UK.
I dislike that the most cost effective and convenient way to do this is to use PayPal and build my own front-end.
PayPal.
I want to use Kickstarter, or Crowdtilt, or Stripe (if I have to build my own front-end). Anything but PayPal.
PayPal it looks set to be though. I can't find another <4% method of doing this if you're not in the USA.
If anyone knows a UK or EU based crowdfunding solution with fees 4% or lower, then I'd love to hear about it.
- ZeroMinx 14y agoFor the UK, perhaps GoCardless is an option? https://gocardless.com/paylinks https://gocardless.com/paylinks
- buro9 14y agoGood suggestion. I'll ask the users how comfortable they are with paying via direct debit.
- buro9 14y agoInitial indications from a small sample size says that they strongly prefer direct debit for recurring subscriptions of any kind, and still like the concept for one-off payments. What they like is the direct debit guarantee and that they have visibility and control of the payments.
- MrDOS 14y agoMight be worth putting your name down for the Stripe global beta access: https://stripe.com/global https://stripe.com/global.