PayPal Donations

Jengels2002 · Post by **Jengels2002** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:46 pm

Hate to be rude but this donation thing is really bothering me. What kind of people are these so-called creators? With the sudden popularity of LG15, it should not be too hard to find sponsors. Maybe they should hire a marketing student.

trainer101 · Post by **trainer101** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:56 pm

Jengels2002 wrote:Hate to be rude but this donation thing is really bothering me. What kind of people are these so-called creators? With the sudden popularity of LG15, it should not be too hard to find sponsors. Maybe they should hire a marketing student.

The idea of donations came from the fans, not the Creators.

Jengels2002 · Post by **Jengels2002** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:01 am

trainer101 wrote:
Jengels2002 wrote:Hate to be rude but this donation thing is really bothering me. What kind of people are these so-called creators? With the sudden popularity of LG15, it should not be too hard to find sponsors. Maybe they should hire a marketing student.
The idea of donations came from the fans, not the Creators.

Is it tax deductable?

trainer101 · Post by **trainer101** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:06 am

Jengels2002 wrote:
trainer101 wrote:
Jengels2002 wrote:Hate to be rude but this donation thing is really bothering me. What kind of people are these so-called creators? With the sudden popularity of LG15, it should not be too hard to find sponsors. Maybe they should hire a marketing student.
The idea of donations came from the fans, not the Creators.
Is it tax deductable?

That's between you and your accountant.

kiloj757 · Post by **kiloj757** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:15 pm

PayPal locked me out of my account because they said somebody tried to hack my account. Super.

Moonpies · Post by **Moonpies** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:25 pm

A donation is NOT tax-deductible (unless LG15 is organized as a non-profit, which is unlikely and ill-advised).

That said, PLEASE do the financially smart thing of tying donations to plot developments or user requests.

For instance, you can set up different meters. Once $10,000 is raised, Bree and Daniel will have an on-camera kiss. A different donation option can be done under the guise of flying Gemma to America to help Bree. And so on. . .

This is NOT about compromising the integrity of the storytelling. If a plot point is likely to happen, this is a clever way to make it interactive for the viewer/contributor AND financially rewarding for The Creators. It would also be a good way to weigh public opinion as to what viewers (the ones who will also pony up the greenery for DVDs, t-shirts, MMORPGs, etc.) are jonesing for.

milowent · Post by **milowent** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:55 pm

Moonpies wrote:That said, PLEASE do the financially smart thing of tying donations to plot developments or user requests.

For instance, you can set up different meters. Once $10,000 is raised, Bree and Daniel will have an on-camera kiss. A different donation option can be done under the guise of flying Gemma to America to help Bree. And so on. . .

ahh, this idea is back - forget Interaction, its time for PAYOLACTION!

Nov 9 chat wrote: <milo_went> at the end of a video, bree could have shout outs - $50/a piece. "Dr. quest is so GROOVY!" "JayHenry, The answer is YES!" "mark, i really did like those cookies! miles made me say that!"

seriously, i can't imagine the creators ever going for this. i'm all for them figuring out a way to make this sustainable, but not this way.

Mgz · Post by **Mgz** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:41 pm

done

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:27 am

Glad somebody posted here in April! LOL I wasn't paying attention to this area in March. I was just watching the videos back then. I didn't think to look at old posts. Now I'll pay attention to those too.

By the way, euros are covered by PayPal. They are international and thus can process many of the worlds monetary systems, Also, three of my brothers have been using PayPal for years also. None of them have had security problems.

One final and then I'll shut up. I think there may be some people who would prefer to set up a monthly donation. Is that available to those who don't have a PayPal account?

Marbella · Post by **Marbella** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:34 pm

I've been selling using Paypal since 1999. They offer insurance against chargebacks for free. They offer an outstanding money market account. I've been thrilled with their security measures, as well.