Comment on The 2025 SJW Update: Donations, costs and other points
Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 3 days agoLiberapay doesn’t take a cut of donations ^[1.1.1]^. They are only funded via donations, themselves ^[1.1.2][2]^. If a donation has fees, they are only transaction fees ^[1.1.3][1.2]^.
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1. “FAQ”. Liberapay. Accessed: 2025-01-30T05:04Z. en.liberapay.com/about/faq. 1. §“How is Liberapay funded? Are there fees?”. en.liberapay.com/about/faq#how-funded 1. > Liberapay does not take a cut of payments […] 2. > […] the service is funded by the donations to its own account […] 3. > […] there are payment processing fees. 2. §“What are the payment processing fees?”. en.liberapay.com/about/faq#fees. > The fees vary by payment processor, payment method, countries and currencies. In the last year, the average fee percentages have been 3.1% for the payments processed by Stripe and 5.1% for the payments processed by PayPal. 2. “Liberapay”. Liberapay. Accessed: 2025-01-30T05:10Z. en.liberapay.com/Liberapay/.