Charity Just Got More Daring
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Charity Just Got More Daring
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#2I think those guys mydunktank, like Getupandmove, are interesting because it is behavior programming (anbdy a better name?): if you X(give money to charity) I do Y(crazy dare). Action graphs vs chitchat/linksharing social graphs
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#3What's the revenue source for mydunktank? It's not raking in a percentage of the money supposed to go to charity, is it?
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#4What's the revenue source for mydunktank? It's not raking in a percentage of the money supposed to go to charity, is it?
From the FAQ, "Our transaction fee is $0.99 + 9% of each payment."
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#5What's the revenue source for mydunktank? It's not raking in a percentage of the money supposed to go to charity, is it?
From the FAQ, "Our transaction fee is $0.99 + 9% of each payment."
Wow, nine percent sounds like a lot of money to be creaming off a charitable donation. I might have some ethical issues with this.
edit: Especially since now I look at the site, it appears from the user's point of view that they could go through the entire donation process without ever knowing that mydunktank is taking nine percent. I had to click through to the "terms and conditions" and read term 1(b)(iii) to find any reference to the fees at all.
It even tells me "I understand that my money will be donated to (say) The Spina Bifida Resource Network even if this dare doesn't win.", when it should say "I understand that 91% of my money will be donated to The Spina Bifida Resource Network..."
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#6What's the revenue source for mydunktank? It's not raking in a percentage of the money supposed to go to charity, is it?
From the FAQ, "Our transaction fee is $0.99 + 9% of each payment."
We spend a lot of time one-on-one with each fundraiser to help them promote it and raise significantly more money than they would otherwise.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
From the FAQ, "Our transaction fee is $0.99 + 9% of each payment."
Wow, nine percent sounds like a lot of money to be creaming off a charitable donation. I might have some ethical issues with this. edit: Especially since now I look at the site, it appears from the user's point of view that they could go through the entire donation process without ever knowing that mydunktank is taking nine percent. I had to click through to the "terms and conditions" and read term 1(b)(iii) to find…
Hey - Our FAQ states our fees as well: http://mydunktank.com/pages/faq#transactionfees
That said, good feedback about making it clearer.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow, nine percent sounds like a lot of money to be creaming off a charitable donation. I might have some ethical issues with this. edit: Especially since now I look at the site, it appears from the user's point of view that they could go through the entire donation process without ever knowing that mydunktank is taking nine percent. I had to click through to the "terms and conditions" and read term 1(b)(iii) to find…
Hey - Our FAQ states our fees as well: http://mydunktank.com/pages/faq#transactionfees That said, good feedback about making it clearer.
Are you a nonprofit?
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow, nine percent sounds like a lot of money to be creaming off a charitable donation. I might have some ethical issues with this. edit: Especially since now I look at the site, it appears from the user's point of view that they could go through the entire donation process without ever knowing that mydunktank is taking nine percent. I had to click through to the "terms and conditions" and read term 1(b)(iii) to find…
Hey - Our FAQ states our fees as well: http://mydunktank.com/pages/faq#transactionfees That said, good feedback about making it clearer.
Any response to the comment that 9% seems awfully steep?
That's worse than Coinstar.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
From the FAQ, "Our transaction fee is $0.99 + 9% of each payment."
We spend a lot of time one-on-one with each fundraiser to help them promote it and raise significantly more money than they would otherwise.
That's the same line of reasoning many of the "on the ground" fundraising companies use (i.e., the ones that send people to street corners to solicit donations... many of them do not actually work for the charities they're soliciting for).
Just because you have (ostensibly) a net positive impact on fundraising for a good cause does not remove your obligation to behave ethically and divulge pertinent information. 9% is a lot of money, and this needs to be a lot more visible than it is now.
Think critically about this: if your rates are widely known across the website, would this positively or negatively impact donation rates? By how much? The next pertinent question is: is your business model built fundamentally upon user ignorance of your cut?