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Amazon vs. Paypal
Authored by: Anonymous on Apr 08, '01 12:03:39PM

How efficient is the Amazon payment system in comparison to using paypal? I'm definitely willing to contribute something, but I want to make sure that the largest amountof my money is reaching you guys.

And also, trim down the page size a bit. :) Serve images off a free server or reduce or remove them.



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Amazon vs. Paypal
Authored by: robg on Apr 08, '01 12:30:04PM

Amazon takes 15% as their fee. They were easier to set up than Pay Pal, and more people have Amazon accounts, which also helps. If you want to make sure that 100% of what you give goes to the site, feel free to mail me a check -- just send an email for instructions.

I'm working on reducing the graphics, too -- I cut the logo by 50% this morning, and I'm working on revising the category labels as well.

Thanks for the feedback!

-rob.



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Amazon vs. Paypal
Authored by: Anonymous on Apr 08, '01 05:18:21PM

Its my personal opinion that Amazon is looking to make a KILLING on this tip jar system. 15% is HUGE! Paypal charges $.30 for a $15 tip. Amazon chares $2.25, or 750% of what paypal charges. Not to mention the fact that they get to advertise on any site using this system. I feel donors should me made aware of their options in donation systems.

I don't think its necessarily true that more site visitors have amazon accounts rather than paypal accounts. It depends upon your users. If this were a quilting circle, then more visitors would probably have used Amazon. But the average user of this site is moderately tech savvy, has probably bought or sold something on ebay, and is willing to set up a paypal account. (I believe paypal account referals can still bring in $5.)

Thats my $.02. And you'll geta bit more once you set up a paypal account. : )



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Amazon vs. Paypal
Authored by: robg on Apr 08, '01 08:23:25PM

There's now a PayPal button in the box - thanks for the feedback! So, in order of highest percentage of donation going to the site, it would be a check, then PayPal, then Amazon. I promise to uphold my end of the arrangement, and keep working to make macosxhints.com the best place on the web for OS X info!

-rob.



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