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<p>The cost of bank transfers done directly to Mozilla would be more
than the average value of donations. For my addon, bank transfers
are frequently done (using payment provider Fastspring), even for
small amounts, but they go through some central processor Global
Collect, and they are a never ending source of headaches. They
take at least a week, a significant fraction have issues because
of incorrect setup (they need an order-specific intermediate
number), and the support costs of tracing problems is high.
Fastspring is very good to work with on this, but overall they
really are not worth the effort for small amounts of money, which
donations tend to be.</p>
<p>It's great to be thinking about these details, but let's be clear
of the issues here: although Mozilla has taken the first step
toward allowing donations, we have not yet been able to follow
through with the needed web work to promote these donations at the
points where they will be seen by our users. We really need one or
more people to actively engage with this. I've tried asking a few
people quietly, but I have not seen any progress. THIS IS THE
CURRENT CRITICAL ISSUE. At least two places are needed:</p>
<p>1) On our start page</p>
<p>2) On the download page.</p>
<p>These hit millions of users, many orders of magnitude higher than
any attempts to announce through social media channels.</p>
<p>Eventually, we need to do:</p>
<p>3) A wikimedia-style donations campaign for a short period of
time from our product start page. This will be annoying, and
expect criticism. But without subsidy from Mozilla, we are not
going to survive without major sources of income.<br>
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<p>Kent James<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/14/2016 2:41 PM, Jörg Knobloch
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/05/2016 23:11, ace wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">As per <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Ways_to_Give" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Ways_to_Give</a> I assume there are more
ways to give. Per <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Donate" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Donate</a> it says " such as by
check, Bitcoin, or bank transfer". Surely it is not as comfortable as
paypal, but then again, it is also not paypal <span class="moz-smiley-s1" title=":-)"><span>:-)</span></span>
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<pre wrap="">But those methods may not land the donation on the Thunderbird account.
That seems to be a generic Mozilla page.
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<p>Indeed.</p>
<p>And the bank transfer needs to be negotiated with <a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:accounting@mozilla.org"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:accounting@mozilla.org">accounting@mozilla.org</a></a>.
Not very convenient for Germans and who knows whether funds can
be directed to TB this way.<br>
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<p>Jörg K.<br>
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