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What is a Sponsorware project and how can YOU start one?
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Github sponsor profile questions #2

Open pgorod opened 4 years ago

pgorod commented 4 years ago

Hi guys. Thanks for this initiative!

I am about to attempt going "SponsorWare". I have been looking at (and basically copying, I hope it's ok) @calebporzio 's sponsorship page.

I signed up for Github's sponsor programme and I just got my sign-up approved 🎉

I'm starting to explore their dashboard and I see I also need to get my Profile text approved. My question is: they surely allow later updates? How does that work, does it always require human approval? I don't think I'll get it right at first, and anyway the text needs to change as the process evolves.

In the same line - any advice for these initial stages? I predict a slow start, it's going to be really hard winning over sponsorships. I am still developing my first valuable SponsorWare (it's an add-on for SuiteCRM). I wish I could start building up some expectation, and some momentum, without defrauding anyone: if they sponsor too early I won't have much to give them...

calebporzio commented 4 years ago

Glad you're using the model!

Yes, you can update your profile anytime without approval.

Good luck!

pgorod commented 4 years ago

I finished my profile and it got approved today. 🎉

https://github.com/sponsors/pgorod/

@calebporzio it draws heavily from yours, but I included a thank you mentioning you at the end, I hope that's ok with you.

One of the issues I'm facing now is that my software isn't quite ready, but I need to get some wave rolling, I need to tell people about this and start promoting the idea.

I guess I will just edit my profile and explain that the actual software will be coming out in July...

I could turn off the tiers so that people don't start sponsoring too soon, but I feel that the tiers are part of explaining this whole thing in a way that people can understand it.

Another thing that I am hesitant about is putting up an actual metric that decides when the SponsorWare gets donated into the Core product as open-source. I have no idea if I will be getting 2 sponsors, or 20, or 200. If I say I donate after 75 sponsors, that might never happen. Or it might happen quickly and I am left with no software to attract sponsors....

Thoughts?

rezaizadijahromi commented 3 years ago

hello guys i disable my sponser ship and now my account is not in my sponser accounts i want know i sit a way to re approved my account again in docs say go to your profile and then go to sponser navbar and then click dashbord but i dont see that can someone guid me throw how i cant get approved my account again

pgorod commented 3 years ago

I don't know,sorry...

But you can contact Github support, they will answer your questions. Just go to the Docs pages, for example this one (since it is related):

https://docs.github.com/en/sponsors/receiving-sponsorships-through-github-sponsors/setting-up-github-sponsors-for-your-user-account

scroll down to the bottom and click "contact support".