[linux-audio-dev] Re: Advertising Linux Audio

[Vincent Touquet]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 05:36:13PM +0900, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
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>Apart from that IMO the amount of money spent is useful to know from a 
>business POV. If 6 months of clicking can generate $450 for Google then 
>we must be able to channel that more effectively into LAD projects.

I guess you have a point.

>My initial thought is that setting up a fund which can be used for LAUs 
>to make donations into would be viable based on this rate of income.

Good idea.

>Are there any companies which have merchant facilities that would be 
>interested in hosting/sponsoring this fund?  We could set up an award 
>system where the contributors vote for their most used apps and the 
>money in the fund is distributed based on the votes.
>IMO we need merchant facilities to allow people to use their credit 
>cards to make donations without the overhead which paypal charges. It 
>would also be possible for people to make cash transfer donations if 
>they don't have a credit card. Obviously the former is less hassle and 
>probably more likely to generate income.

Paypal charges something extra cause there are real costs involved :).
I looked up some prices for online merchant facilities for the 
company I work for and they are not cheap, you have to pay
a monthly fee and some percentage or forfait per transaction.

You need a relatively high volume merchant site to go with.
(economics of scale). 

Is Paypal that bad ?
I contributed to Ardour through Paypal and in so far I know,
it works. I wonder if Paul is happy with their service ?

>I am willing to do the web based work and host the portal for this if 
>there is someone who can host the bank account. I have some ideas on how 
>to do this efficiently.

The technical (web-side) is usually not the problem here.
The financial, transaction handling part is a problem though.

best regards,
Vincent