Thanks for this response, Austin. For me, three things that made me hesitant to use Manifund: (1) requires an account (2) when linking via a google account, the supabase address looks scammy as it is just 15 random characters. (3) I have to pay money into an account before pledging. Given not all projects may end up taking place, this makes me nervous about wasting money (i.e. if the project does not take place). Compare this to, e.g., Kickstarter, where you only need to pay if the project takes place, yet you can pledge without loading money into Kickstarter.
I do think of Manifund as a good fundraiser option; I do think that it is good to have multiple options listed for the reasons explained above.
(2) hm, we could pay $10/​mo for the professional tier to change the supabase URL address, the Scrooge in me didn’t think it was worth it but perhaps...
(3) interesting—I don’t think we’ve considered an option to let people pledge without funds added yet; will see if that makes sense.
Thanks for this response, Austin. For me, three things that made me hesitant to use Manifund:
(1) requires an account
(2) when linking via a google account, the supabase address looks scammy as it is just 15 random characters.
(3) I have to pay money into an account before pledging. Given not all projects may end up taking place, this makes me nervous about wasting money (i.e. if the project does not take place). Compare this to, e.g., Kickstarter, where you only need to pay if the project takes place, yet you can pledge without loading money into Kickstarter.
I do think of Manifund as a good fundraiser option; I do think that it is good to have multiple options listed for the reasons explained above.
Thanks for the feedback!
(2) hm, we could pay $10/​mo for the professional tier to change the supabase URL address, the Scrooge in me didn’t think it was worth it but perhaps...
(3) interesting—I don’t think we’ve considered an option to let people pledge without funds added yet; will see if that makes sense.