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'''Gratipay''' was a website for sharing money, used primarily as a way to support writers of free software. On December 29, 2017 gratipay.com switched to a static [https://gratipay.news/the-end-cbfba8f50981 webpage] and no longer accepts new accounts or payments. Sudoroom has [https://www.gratipay.com/sudoroom/ an account], and it's the way many people donate money to us. Here's how:
Sudoroom used to take payments using a payment tool called Gitip, which was renamed Gratipay, which went out of business, and forked off into Liberapay. Over the course of all this Sudoroom switched away.


== Link Account ==
Now you should use [https://sudoroom.org/membership sudoroom.org/membership] for payment purposes.
# You can't sign into Gratipay directly. You need to sign in or create an account at one of these services:
#* [https://twitter.com/ Twitter]
#* [https://github.com/ Github]
#* [https://bitbucket.org/ Bitbucket]
#* [https://www.bountysource.com/ Bountysource]
#* [http://www.openstreetmap.org/ Openstreetmap]
# Visit [https://www.gratipay.com/ gratipay.com], click <code>sign in</code>, and select your account.
# Your original site will ask you to approve - click <code>confirm</code> or <code>approve</code>, depending on the site
# You should now be logged into your new gratipay account!
 
== Enter Credit Card ==
# Back on gratipay, click on your username to visit your new profile
# On your profile, scroll down and click on <code>Credit card</code>
# Enter your info and press <code>save</code>
 
== Give to Sudoroom ==
# Visit [https://www.gratipay.com/sudoroom/ Sudoroom's profile]
# Enter an amount of money, press <code>Enter</code> or click <code>Confirm</code>
#* Remember these amounts are WEEKLY, not monthly!
#* Please give whatever you can - even a few dollars or cents helps!
#* Your card will be charged every Thursday. The money goes directly into Sudoroom's bank account.
 
== Notes on Privacy ==
They are pretty good about [https://www.gratipay.com/about/privacy/ protecting your identity]: <blockquote>Gratipay makes reasonable efforts not to share your personal information with the recipients of your gifts, so that particular gifts are anonymous. We do publicly share aggregated information about your giving and receiving. You may opt out of publicly sharing your aggregate giving.</blockquote>
To increase your anonymity, visit your profile and check <code>Hide total giving from others</code>.
 
== How much? ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Weekly
! Monthly
!
|-
|align="right" | $2.30
|align="right" | $10
| Minimum dues
|-
|align="right" | $18.40
|align="right" | $60
| Recommended dues
|-
|align="right" | $459.96
|align="right" | $2000
| Cost of running Sudoroom
|-
| Y
| Y * (365.25/7*12)
|
|-
| X * (7*12/365.25)
| X
|
|}

Revision as of 15:11, 26 April 2022

Sudoroom used to take payments using a payment tool called Gitip, which was renamed Gratipay, which went out of business, and forked off into Liberapay. Over the course of all this Sudoroom switched away.

Now you should use sudoroom.org/membership for payment purposes.

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