Funding Yourself as a Free Software Developer

Re:Funding Yourself as a Free Software Developer by jankotek on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:21PM (#15972817)

Too complicated, yet another bunch of websites to register at. What works for me:

- Consulting. You need clear message what you offer and how you can help. Also clear way how consulting process works. Companies are happy to pay extra, if they get author.

- Paypal donations, put 'Donate!' button on website, prefil some amount and offer recuring payments. Paypal even handles credit card.

- Crypto coin donations. Setup wallets and put addresses on web.

- T-Shirts or books for premium price.

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Re:Funding Yourself as a Free Software Developer by dboreham on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:54PM (#15973141)

I was wondering the same thing : why do you need a 3rd party site/service to do this? If you're a software developer then setting up something to get donations via PayPal or Stripe is easy.

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Re:Funding Yourself as a Free Software Developer by fundamental on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @03:01PM (#15973214)

The network effect can make a reasonable case. Similar to how many open source projects benefit from centralized hosting options (e.g. github), projects can in theory benefit from more centralized funding platforms.

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Re:Funding Yourself as a Free Software Developer by tyil on Thursday December 21, 2017 @11:02AM (#15979747)

PayPal and Stripe are 3rd party services as well ;)

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