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When NOT to donate…

I love the Wiki. It’s a fantastic resource and a goldmine of information.

I noticed they are trying to raise funds. Out of curiosity, I clicked the link, and noticed this donation…

>Norma Vazquez USD 0.25 -0.25 0.00 A PENNY CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

This person donated $0.25 and made the comment that “a penny can make the difference”. You may notice that Wiki actually received nothing because the fee was $0.25.

The only beneficiary was Paypal. :-(

Overall, Wiki has received $591,000 so far in 2006… I wonder how much it costs to run…

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4 Responses to “When NOT to donate…”

  1. Katarina Says:
    October 20th, 2006 at 5:02 pm MyAvatars 0.2

    I love that site and go there when ever I need info about something. How do you know how much they make?

  2. Neil_Shearing Says:
    October 20th, 2006 at 5:24 pm MyAvatars 0.2

    Click the link in the post, Katarina. :-)
    Neil.

  3. Brian Hawkins Says:
    October 20th, 2006 at 8:15 pm MyAvatars 0.2

    Hi Neil,

    That’s funny. In the last month I’ve been paid exactly $.50 too from site owners not setting up minimum payouts and both times it earned me a big fat zero. They were good for a quick laugh but I wonder how much PayPal makes from these donations to ‘PayPal’.

    Brian Hawkins

  4. Dave Murphy Says:
    October 23rd, 2006 at 5:53 am MyAvatars 0.2

    Personally I just hit the refund button on donations that get eaten by the paypal fees. I figure Paypal make enough on the transaction fees as it is.

    Dave