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Re:Introducing Backer: crowd funding for features by ericecook on Saturday January 25, 2014 @09:15PM (#7123501)
I'm not sure if this is quite what you're looking for, but I've been working on developing a service that tries to solve this kind of problem. It's project centric with crowdfunding for different "problems" on the project. We've got a coming soon page up now if you'd be interested in taking a look at it, feedback is always welcomed. We should be posting to HackerNews officially in a few days.

http://crowdlink.io/

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Re:Introducing Backer: crowd funding for features by MWil on Sunday January 26, 2014 @12:47AM (#7124047)
how can you cost effectively allow penny donations? Isn't the cost of running the campaign and the cost of accepting credit cards something like $.35/transaction?
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Re:Introducing Backer: crowd funding for features by ericecook on Sunday January 26, 2014 @01:39AM (#7124147)
We actually have an account system for users that maintains a balance. So the $0.30/transaction is charged on funds entering the network, but once funds are in the network all transfers between accounts are charged a percentage fee regardless of amount. More info on how our fees will be assessed is available from the help link at the bottom of the page.
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