[arch-general] Donation options

[Anton Hvornum]

There's also the GitHub Sponsor program:
https://github.com/sponsors

They use their normal billing process, so I guess it depends on what
payment method they allow.
I personally use PayPal, but perhaps they take card directly or
something like that?
Either way, I thought I'd throw that in the mix.

Best wishes:
Anton Hvornum

On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 6:38 PM Keith Scheiwiller via arch-general
<arch-general at lists.archlinux.org> wrote:
>
> Just want to chime in that while I'm not particularly informed on the
> options for donating to projects, liberapay does look quite nice
> compared to SPI (though the $100 cap per person is a little odd in my
> opinion).
>
> I'm personally not all too fussed about the PayPal fees (though I
> understand others' concerns towards it). I'll continue to use SPI
> though unless the team indicates options like liberapay are equally as
> frictionless on their end.
>
> Best,
> Keith
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 3:28 AM Frédéric Tobias Christ via
> arch-general <arch-general at lists.archlinux.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I want to donate to Arch Linux. However, the existing options both take
> > high fees (SPI: Transaction fees via PayPal, Click&Pledge: 2.75%
> > platform + 2,5 % credit card fee ) and I don't want to finance PayPal.
> > What about adding Liberapay [1] <https://liberapay.com/> as a non-profit
> > donations platform? They don't take any monthly fees
> > <https://liberapay.com/about/faq#how-funded> [2], just pass on the
> > payment process fees. For instance, Europeans can use SEPA transactions
> > (without any fees).
> >
> > What do you think about it?
> >
> > PS: I also posted this [3] in the forum, but noticed shortly after that
> > another thread about donation remains unnoticed by the people in charge.
> >
> > [1] https://liberapay.com/
> > [2] https://liberapay.com/about/faq#how-funded
> > [3] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2021543#p2021543
> >
> > --
> > Beste Grüße
> > Frédéric Christ
> >