Bug #12060

Investigate eBay Giving and Amazon Smile for fundraising

Added by sajolida 2016-12-21 17:43:42 . Updated 2019-02-22 06:42:21 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Fundraising
Target version:
Tails_3.13
Start date:
2015-12-29
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Research
Blueprint:

Starter:
Affected tool:
Deliverable for:

Description

Some orgs like the FSF rely on eBay Giving and Amazon Smile which give out a small percentage of all your eBay or Amazon purchases to a given organization.

What would be interesting to know is:

  • Whether this is worth it. Maybe we could ask kindly the FSF or other orgs doing this about the percentage of funds they get through this method.
  • What it would cost in terms of paperwork, verification, legal status, etc.

Subtasks

History

#1 Updated by Anonymous 2018-01-19 14:11:29

  • Subject changed from Investigay eBay Giving and Amazon Smile for fundraising to Investigate eBay Giving and Amazon Smile for fundraising

#2 Updated by sajolida 2019-02-21 19:47:12

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Rejected
  • Target version set to Tails_3.13

Tor is doing this as well. From data from their 2018 donation campaign, Amazon Smile represent around 0.5 % of the donated amount.

So I think it’s not worth working on this for Tails until we have many more users and receive many more donations.

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-22 06:42:21

  • Status changed from Rejected to Resolved

(Investigation, which was the purpose of this ticket, was completed :)