Fee on selling

[nnsense]

Hi
I was wondering why you’re not asking any fee on selling.
I’ve found the usual asking for donations, maybe I’ve missed the thread about it, I’m sure this have been discussed.. or not?

If not, why ebay is asking for fees (also quite high if you ask), and amybay is not? What is this a charity? I’m the developer and maintainer of a site trying to give a second chance to abandoned dogs. We are asking for donations because we are not dealing with people’s hobbies. And every dog the charity is keeping or is healing costs money. I did the whole site for free of course, and I see people isn’t donating even looking at dying puppies.

Retrocomputing isn’t a primary need and value of most of the things here are based on emotions. Let’s be honest, we give this things value, for anyone else it’s just old stuff.

You’re offering a service that helps people selling stuff, for free. And you pay hosting, developing and anything else yourself I suppose.
Something doesn’t sound quite right in the above sentences.
This is exactly why ebay is there while many communities have died I think.

I’ve just signed up but I know your community from ages as one of the most important, and I promise if I will sell anything here, at least 5% is for the community. Still, you’ll not be rich, but at least it could pay itself. And if you’re making some money you might improve the platform, it would be awesome.

After all you’re offering a service and the goods being sold here are definitely not “vital”, far from that. I would classify them as luxury, and they should be managed as a business not as a charity.

I’ve written this because I really don’t like the idea to read some day, as it happened so many times in past, that the community is closing because <some money related issue here>.




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[davideo]

I guess there is lots of comments that can be added in a reply to your post but here's a few short notes.

AmiBay is maintained solely by donations and has been for a number of years.
In the early days the costs were met by Admins and Devs - I wasn't one of those because it was before my time.

There have been members making a donation from their sales on here.

I hope AmiBay will continue for many more years to come and that is why now and again we bump the donation request button

 

[tbtorro]

My take: Amibay could be many things, could be wastly improved, or it could evolve into something newer etc. but also it has been functioning as it is (the idea, the site, the rule set) for several years without major hickups or drama and it does exactly what originally set out to do: to be a safe and friendly platform for Amiga people to trade, buy and sell their stuff without any fees.

This mission is especially valid now when the cost of Other bay selling is keep pilling up in recent years: final value fee + store/listing fee + vat + vat on shipping fee + federal tax on US listings + pp fee + cross border payment fee + currency exchange fee + currency gap, after which all of this could add up to close to 30%. Yes, heard correct: close to 30%.

But there are donation rounds, and I myself (with some others I know) set up automatic recurring donations/subscripton to ensure there is always incoming funds, and so far the community was always responsive to donation requests by the admins.

So I think I can speak for us a little to say: thanks but we are fine. Welcome to Amibay btw.

 

[davideo]

But there are donation rounds, and I myself (with some others I know) set up automatic recurring donations/subscripton to ensure there is always incoming funds, and so far the community was always responsive to donation requests by the admins.

We are extremely grateful for all donations and any amount that you can afford is welcome.

Thanks

 

[nnsense]

Thanks everyone for sharing your thoughts, I hope this platform will last forever. I’ll apply what I’ve said to myself of course, when I’ll start selling here. Thanks again


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[WBST]

But there are donation rounds, and I myself (with some others I know) set up automatic recurring donations/subscripton to ensure there is always incoming funds, and so far the community was always responsive to donation requests by the admins.

We are extremely grateful for all donations and any amount that you can afford is welcome.

Thanks

I often consider donating to worthwhile sites/causes, but usually as one-offs. This site, being wide-ranging and furthermore International, has helped me dispose of my piles of spares. I'll be donating as soon as I can get my ducks in a row. Thanks to all.