Hi there,

we've added a new donation option to our website - a Flattr button. It is located just below the donations button in the navigation menu of http://www.gimp.org

Flattr is a microdonation service that allows you to distribute an arbitrary amount of money - for example 2 euros - to all the things you flattr (i.e. click on their Flattr buttons) per month.

Six weeks ago, we received a request to accept donations via this service, and I thought that it was at least worth a try.

Today, I'm looking at a Flattr thing called https://flattr.com/thing/707850/GIMP-is-the-GNU-Image-Manipulation-Program, which has been flattred 4 times (not surprising, as it hasn't been public yet), with a balance of 18.59 euros, and I'm still struggling with the task to forward this sum to the GIMP Paypal account without any intermediate steps :)

Nevertheless, there's now a simple and easy donation option for anyone who wants to contribute to the GIMP funds - which are spent on contributors' travel and accommodation expenses or hardware like graphics tablets - without resorting to cheques, wire transfers or Paypal, which had been the only options on http://www.gimp.org/donating/ up to now.

Regards,
Michael

On 16.07.2012 23:15, Michael Schumacher wrote:

Hi there,

we've added a new donation option to our website - a Flattr button. It is located just below the donations button in the navigation menu of http://www.gimp.org

Six weeks ago, we received a request to accept donations via this service, and I thought that it was at least worth a try.

It's time for an interim report - when I wrote about the addition of the button 19 days ago, we started out with 4 flattrs.

Since then, 96 people have clicked the button on http://www.gimp.org or https://flattr.com/thing/707850/ for a total of 115 times, some might even have added a subscription to it.

Thanks for the support, it is much appreciated - it helps us to get contributors to meetings like the Libre Graphics Meeting in Vienna earlier this year:

http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2012/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/group_photo_2012.jpg

For those interested in statistics:

- the first four clicks have provided a revenue of 18.60 Euros, mostly due to the donation that made me add the Flattr thing in the first place - the next 86 clicks up to Juli 31 (total: 90) amount to a revenue of 56.40 Euros

I've added a big widget to our donations page at http://www.gimp.org/donating/ - it shows a bit more information than the small button, for example the recent donors.

On 16.07.2012 23:15, Michael Schumacher wrote:

Hi there,

we've added a new donation option to our website - a Flattr button. It is located just below the donations button in the navigation menu of http://www.gimp.org

Six weeks ago, we received a request to accept donations via this service, and I thought that it was at least worth a try.

It's time for an interim report - when I wrote about the addition of the button 19 days ago, we started out with 4 flattrs.

Since then, 96 people have clicked the button on http://www.gimp.org or https://flattr.com/thing/707850/ for a total of 115 times, some might even have added a subscription to it.

Thanks for the support, it is much appreciated - it helps us to get contributors to meetings like the Libre Graphics Meeting in Vienna earlier this year:

http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2012/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/group_photo_2012.jpg

For those interested in statistics:

- the first four clicks have provided a revenue of 18.60 Euros, mostly due to the donation that made me add the Flattr thing in the first place - the next 86 clicks up to Juli 31 (total: 90) amount to a revenue of 56.40 Euros

I've added a big widget to our donations page at http://www.gimp.org/donating/ - it shows a bit more information than the small button, for example the recent donors.