How much is too little?
Update: Thanks to a recent surge in large donation sums, our average donation has now jumped to $35. Thank you all for your continued support!
We have over the weeks received some very nice emails from users asking how much they should donate [in EUR]; how much the average donation is, etc. So here is the gist of it:
The average donation started out at around $20 around the MacWorld 2008 launch on January 15th. It has risen steadily and is currently hovering just below $30. Many users have donated even more, up to $50. Additionally, we have several users who donate a bit less, but do it regularly; some each week, some each month.
We find this “subscription-without-contract” solution quite good, and are investigating this model further. It provides a more stable revenue stream, making it easier for us to plan hirings and investments in resources and tools. Since we have so many users, we could probably survive even while setting a low basic subscription fee, in the order of around $5/month. (The basic service will continue to be free.) More on this topic later. No changes right now.
We’re so happy and thankful for your warm words of encouragement, and whatever you can spare financially to help us pay our personal bills—there are actually living, breathing people with monthly payments behind this coat of code and metal!—is greatly appreciated. Honestly. We really, really appreciate your generous contributions.
More on this very important topic soon, when we are ready to discuss the future of a “native” iPhone application. There was an announcement by some obscure fruit company regarding this very subject recently. Or so we’ve been told…
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