From e2f4ff383f6c43682e066fa7ffcda1a53a9c72c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matchu Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 22:59:44 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] further notes on payment and precise currency --- app/views/static/donate.html.haml | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/app/views/static/donate.html.haml b/app/views/static/donate.html.haml index e351c179..3749cc3b 100644 --- a/app/views/static/donate.html.haml +++ b/app/views/static/donate.html.haml @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ live on [Amazon Web Services][aws] for about $25/mo (it varies by usage), so that leaves us at about $65/mo. Add in $10 for the domain name and $10 room to grow (our Amazon usage, and therefore costs, are on the rise), and - that comes to an annual budget of $800. + that comes to an annual budget of $800 USD. **So, we're here to ask for help.** If you have some spare change to send our way, we'll gladly accept @@ -81,9 +81,23 @@ %header Thanks, #{donation.donor_name.presence || 'Anonymous'}! #fine-print + %h2 Other ways to donate + :markdown + We were considering PayPal for accepting donations, but ended up choosing + Stripe as our primary donation method because it's easy to integrate and + because it's well-trusted in the developer community—and because we've + heard too many horror stories of small organizations having their PayPal + accounts locked down when they suddenly start receiving a bunch of + transactions. Scary stuff. + + But, even though PayPal isn't integrated into the site, we'll still gladly + accept individual donations through PayPal if you'd prefer. + #{mail_to 'webmaster@openneo.net', "Drop us an email and we'll figure it + out."} Thanks! + %h2 Some notes on featured outfits :markdown - When you make a donation, we'll divide the amount by $5, and, rounding + When you make a donation, we'll divide the amount by $5 USD, and, rounding down, that's how many of your outifts we'll feature. Cool, eh? This is our way of publicly thanking our donors.