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Donations / tip jar
Jimor:
Uhh, so all this was to get Jeph to set up some DIFFERENT method for his fans to send donations other than the one he already has? Right there on the front page? What am I missing?
EDIT:
--- Quote from: dcnblues on 10 Aug 2009, 09:38 ---I'm very interested in artists supporting themselves online, and am a big fan of QC.
...would you consider tossing 25 cents, or 50, if it were as easy as sending a twitter tweet?
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--- Quote from: TwitPay ---The recipients of the payment will be required to pay PayPal's commercial transaction fee of 2.9% + 0.30 USD and any other applicable fees.
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So if somebody "helpfully" tossed Jeph a quarter using this service, he'd actually LOSE 5 cents.
ryan:
--- Quote from: Zingoleb on 12 Aug 2009, 20:50 ---I'm trying to figure out what the problem is with busking.
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Completely agreed. I am a busker myself- I go downtown in Chicago occasionally and play some music. I people want to, they toss in a buck. If they don't, they get free music. There is no problem with people having the option to give an artist money. Also, nothing says a webcomic artist (or any other kind for that matter) would have to make their entire living off of it anyway. I don't make my living on it, but I'm not going to turn down extra money, either.
For this comic, it's a moot point though. There already is a donation button, I believe.
ModernRonin:
Topatoco will have my credit card number the nanosecond the Deathm0le shirts come back. :]
My "Bomb The Blogosphere" shirt is too obvious now. I was at the local Arts & Crafts co-op the other day and the girl behind the counter said, "Hey, you read QC." Arrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I am no longer hip, indy, or ahead of the curve! :grin:
workingrobbie:
--- Quote from: Zingoleb on 10 Aug 2009, 13:56 ---I get where you're coming from, but one can not really honestly expect to have a steady income to depend on through, well, tips.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that Randy over at Something Positive (www.somethingpositive.net) relied on micropayments for his income. Or maybe that was for one year only. Granted, it would be very difficult to do and would require a really loyal and dedicated fan base.
Surgoshan:
Randy said that if he got a year's worth of salary that he would quit his job. He got the donations and quit. Now I think he relies on donations and merch.
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