New XDA-developer donations system introduced!

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Donate to XDA-developers today

This site is growing like crazy. All of us generate gigabytes of traffic per day, and we use a sustantial part of a rack-mounted server. It's not the most expensive thing in the world, but it has reached a point where I can no longer pretend it costs absolutely nothing to run. Looking at the not-so-distant future, we may need our own server, pay the going rate for our bandwidth and maybe even hire people for some freelance odd-jobs. I'd hate to see this great community suffer because it lacks some source of revenue.

Banner-ads, 'special XDA-developers offers' and a more commercial approach would be the obvious solution. Face it, our community is a commercial wet dream: Early adopters, buying lots of expensive gadgets, and then telling all our friends how cool they are. I'd really dislike going that route, I prefer an honest site, loving technology but free to publicly say something sucks when it does.

This brings us to the only reliable and independent source of funds: ... you. You can donate some money to help make sure this community can continue to grow and prosper. For every ten Euros (around USD 12.40) you donate, you'll get a small above your name with every forum posting. To avoid clutter, there's a bigger for every ten. Can you think of better way to show off your wealth than to show you care about your community? Donating is easy, and you'll be done in about as much time as it takes you to read this whole page.


Check out our donations page to learn more

Problems with Missing Stars?
Please PM svetius or mikechannon, the site admins, and it will be looked into.

We just got our first donation!

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'tenzin' from France donated 10 Euros, and promptly got a star. Check out how cool that looks on your postings:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/view...ghlight=#19889

I'll make a page that shows all donors in one spot later on.

Donation

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Glad I can finally do something in return. Donating 50 Euros seems like a lot, but believe me it is only a fraction of the money I would have lost if this place didn't exist. I recovered one wrongly upgraded "XDA-brick" after reading postings on this forum, and my job is to write code for this device. If all I had was 'Source O2' I would have long gone insane.

I hope everyone donates a little to the cause, and you guys become insanely rich. Thank you for being around...


Peter

Hi developers ...

Great idea to keep this wonderful site up. I tried using Paypal but couldn't as my country is not listed. Is there any other way to donate ?

Originally Posted by Biso007

I tried using Paypal but couldn't as my country is not listed. Is there any other way to donate ?

Bummer... Hold that thought though: I'll see if I can hook up a second payment service that covers more terrain later on.

Peter Poelman, why is it that I cannot give you a beer? ( the beerbutton is missing under your posts )

Originally Posted by XDA developer Itsme

Peter Poelman, why is it that I cannot give you a beer? ( the beerbutton is missing under your posts )

Originally Posted by the donations page

This was fun to think up and write. Please use it a lot, because it will generate some money and help our site grow. As your bartender, I can't be drinking along. It's OK though: I don't drink in real life either. And trust me: I will get plenty of kicks watching a true micro-economy develop here.

Peter Poelman

But maybe I should change that, because more people are complaining, and people that do frequent bars are telling me that people do actually buy the bartender drinks...

PayPal option is not available also in my country ...

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when you are going to change it ??

regards
monika

Not all countires are listed

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I'm trying to make a donation, but I can't, since my country is not in the list. Any other way ??

The "marquee" scrolling banners with donors and beer transactions above each page have somehow disappeared (at least in my IE6). No clue, the HTML looks fine, and I haven't tinkered with it. I'm working on it (if anyone has a clue please let me know...).

So the banners will come back, and your donations are still most welcome.