[Theforum] RE: fundraising/hosting

[Daniel J. Cody]

good ideas lach, thanks..

what other services accept donations besides paypal? i know amazon does
something, but i've heard they use the information of people who use their
service for marketing or something. not sure. anyways, thanks :)

.djc.

On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Lachlan Cannon wrote:

> --- "Daniel J. Cody" <djc at members.evolt.org> wrote:
> > anyone else got ideas for fundraising in the next 9
> > months?
>
> Make it as easy as possible for people to donate to evolt.
> ie multiple services maybe? during redesign, put a donate
> link up alongside the other site-wide links such as faq.
> Make it a link to a page detailing all the ways people can
> donate, with as many as possible being easy for the user to
> donate. If it's easier, they're more likely to do it,
> right? Also, at the top of the donation page have a short
> why donate message.
>
> On the users first signup for evolt / evolt services (such
> as meo, thelist, etc), add to the messages the user
> receives a link to the donation page, with a short message
> detailing that evolt relies on donations from people to
> run.
>
> Also, on the evolt donations page have a link to the
> merchandise things, saying that as well as giving back to
> the community, you can give back to the community by buying
> this great stuff.. etc etc.