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Source code of the recurrent donations platform Liberapay
https://liberapay.com/
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Automatic renewal of donations #483

Closed SimonSarazin closed 4 years ago

SimonSarazin commented 7 years ago

I think a lot of people forget to fill their account once the don't get any more money in Liberapay.

Is it possible to fill automatically our account once there is no more money, as it was with Gratipay (i'm not sure is this issue is already created ?)

Changaco commented 7 years ago

The existing issue is #331, see my answer there. ;-)

Changaco commented 7 years ago

Now that we've implemented direct debits (#57) we will be able to fully automate the payments of any donor who has a bank account in the Single Euro Payments Area.

We'll need to add a way for donors to configure the payment amounts and frequency. This will probably lead us to #54.

Changaco commented 7 years ago

+1 from https://www.reddit.com/r/SolusProject/comments/6z1fc7/have_you_heard_of_considered_liberapay_for_solus/dmrzgau/

jelv commented 6 years ago

I use SEPA automatic fill up for Blendle, online reader for newspapers and magazines. When my account gets below 1 euro its filled with 10 euro. Because SEPA is *edit* just €0,59 payin/free payout *\edit* this would be great for Liberapay to!

Changaco commented 6 years ago

SEPA direct debits are not free, the fee is €0.59 per payment.

Changaco commented 6 years ago

+1 from Doesn't Liberapay defeat the whole purpose of the recurring donations?! ⋅ /r/liberapay

Changaco commented 5 years ago

Screenshot of a selector for the "renewal mode" of a donation. It gives three options: automatic renewal, manual renewal, or no renewal.

tuxayo commented 5 years ago

Great! :D It that only for SEPA direct debits ?

Changaco commented 5 years ago

No, it will also work for card payments (although some of them will probably be declined), and maybe for PayPal too.

mattbk commented 5 years ago

@Changaco, what PR is your screenshot from?

Changaco commented 5 years ago

@mattbk There isn't a PR yet, I haven't finished the work.

davidak commented 5 years ago

Any update here?

I would question if onetime donations should be supported at all. It's not the core concept of the service. Users could stop contributing after one month like some do on Patreon to get the perks.

Changaco commented 5 years ago

I'm still not finished implementing this, but I've made some progress and it should be ready in the next few months.

I would question if onetime donations should be supported at all.

Not supporting one-off donations makes Liberapay less stable for creators, as some donors set up recurrent donations that they have no intention of renewing.

Changaco commented 4 years ago

This is finally done. See https://medium.com/liberapay-blog/the-fourth-year-of-liberapay-bbb8563cfac8 for more information.

trebmuh commented 4 years ago

:+1: