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RE: How to get more donations and players? - PropositionJoe - 2010.Feb.02 06:51 PM
newbie raffle - everyone who starts the game and plays through 10 days has a chance of getting with a small stat/level jump..
Does any game do anything like this?
Could be good for the ads though a little unfair.
RE: How to get more donations and players? - Brugada - 2010.Feb.02 06:54 PM
(2010.Feb.02 06:14 PM)Punisher Wrote: just for instance....something i sold on ebay this year
Paypal breakdown
Total Amount:
$136.24 USD
Fee amount:
-$4.25 USD
Net amount:
$131.99 USD
for instant payment its not too shabby
If that holds true for different payments types, thats not much of a loss at all.
RE: How to get more donations and players? - mblume - 2010.Feb.02 07:01 PM
The fees are 1.9% to 2.9% + $0.30, depending on volume:
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-receiving-fees-outside&countries=
Might be different for international, but this should give a good idea
RE: How to get more donations and players? - Brugada - 2010.Feb.02 07:08 PM
So in the US Zen loses $3.29 on a $100 donation. And someone else can do the other math.
So .33 cents on a 1 dollar donation. ?
RE: How to get more donations and players? - Leopard - 2010.Feb.02 07:29 PM
(2010.Feb.02 06:14 PM)Punisher Wrote: just for instance....something i sold on ebay this year
Paypal breakdown
Total Amount:
$136.24 USD
Fee amount:
-$4.25 USD
Net amount:
$131.99 USD
for instant payment its not too shabby
I think there is a .50 or .75 cent minimum per transaction
RE: How to get more donations and players? - Howl - 2010.Feb.02 10:54 PM
The fees usually depend on what you are donating with as well... more fees are charged if you use a Credit Card. If you do it with a bank account or cash on hand it usually charges way less.
When I had my site (mind that is now over 3 yrs ago) you could specify a CC payment or a cash/ bank account payment however, you need 2 paypal accounts to pull it off with but it does avoid certain nonessential fees...
RE: How to get more donations and players? - zenith - 2010.Feb.03 12:01 AM
We have a different rate than ebay sellers. There is a flat fee plus a percentage. Since it's a business account, there are other flat fees as well. Plus we have to have a reserve for any potential chargebacks/disputes, and have to take into account the chargeback fees. If we did the $1 donation, I think we'd keep less than half the funds when all is said and done. If one of those was fraud and ended up with a chargeback, it would wipe out at least 50 one-dollar transactions of revenue.
I can add more options, but for beginners I'd like to keep the options limited for simplicity. The game is already complicated for the newb.
RE: How to get more donations and players? - Leopard - 2010.Feb.03 09:23 AM
I remember my first $5 donation like it was yesterday.
When I donated my first $20 I thought I would never be able to use all the credits.
When I dropped the first hundy, yeah I said first, I thought "did I really just do that"?
And now here we are, people asking for $1 donations. How dumb!!!!!
RE: How to get more donations and players? - Weebay - 2010.Feb.03 10:08 AM
I think donated a hundred within my first day? I really didn't even know what credits ultimately did, so I just explored all my options. I think I came into work the next day with my intel and endurance around 7 or 8, and showed Marlo. He was shocked, and I didn't even know that the hell endurance did for me, and I'm still not sure what intel does?
RE: How to get more donations and players? - Duchbag69 - 2010.Feb.03 10:30 AM
(2010.Feb.03 10:08 AM)Weebay Wrote: I think donated a hundred within my first day? I really didn't even know what credits ultimately did, so I just explored all my options. I think I came into work the next day with my intel and endurance around 7 or 8, and showed Marlo. He was shocked, and I didn't even know that the hell endurance did for me, and I'm still not sure what intel does?
intel is a statrequirement for short blade and blunt weapons.....haha