Donation deposit box?

[NaimaR]

Would it be possible to make a sort of depositum on this site that would be used for donations?

Say I choose to deposit 25€ into this "box", Then I find a mod I like, press the Donate button and 1€ will automatically be substracted from my deposit box and donated to the mod author. 1€ is just an example; there could be an option to donate a custom amount, as well as an option to withdraw the donation within X amount of time.

I think this would remove a lot of the hassle of the current donation method, and if there is one big obstacle preventing willing donators to donate, that would be inconvenience. I think. :D

Of course, it would shift a lot of legal and monetary responsibility(not to mention associated headaches) onto Dark0ne and his team, and some people may not be comfortable in letting him handle their money. For that, there is still membership and direct-via-paypal donations.

 

I, for one, would appreciate such a system.

Possible? Not possible?

Either way, I hope the donation process will be more streamlined in the future, and maybe more options than just direct paypal transactions.

[Vagrant0]

Can understand why this might be desired. Best advice would be to bring the idea up again after the dust from recent events has settled and people aren't running around with torches and pitchforks attacking just about anything even remotely connected with money.

[Deleted15387089User]

+1

 

every step to provide a more convenient donation payment system is welcome.

 

valve has canceled paid mods for now. i'am sure, they will try it again (later). imo it is the responsibility of the nexus, to proactively implement a convenient donation payment system, which will both satisfy mod authors and mod users. this will prevent mod/author fluctuation to the steam workshop, if valve tries it again.

[sunshinenbrick]

Yes! This would stop the problem of paypal flagging up multiple "micro-transactions" if you want to donate to a few authors in succession.

[Thandal]

This would mean the Nexus would have to create and maintain a "Wallet" system. That's something Dark0ne has explicitly said he does NOT want to do. He does not want the Nexus "holding" people's money (neither authors' nor players') at all.

 

One of the features of the current payment mechanisms is that the Nexus does NOT, in fact, maintain the member's payment info. Even the recurring payment schemes are managed by the channel, (PayPal, etc.) not the Nexus. That's one of the reasons we can't cancel a recurring payment from this end, even when people ask. It's controlled entirely by the member.

[georgejbps]

I would have to agree with Dark0ne. the logistics of "holding" money would become a nightmare and without an "accounting" office, be near impossible. I, unfortunately have been stung too many times with PayPal and simply refuse to use it. So this puts too many things into a quadray!

[Deleted31005User]

I understand what Thandal just said, however I still have my hopes up that Nexus would implement features to make donations easier and more worthwhile.

For example right now if someone donates 1$ to me, I only get 66 cents of that, because Paypal takes 30 cents per transaction.

If for example Nexus could hold my donations until it reaches, lets say 20$, and then transfers that to me, then that would be an improvement.

 

Though I admit I have no clue on how such things could even work, or if it would even be safe to do since hackers might get bank information, I'm just stating an idea (however unfounded it may be).

[Thandal]

@Ac3s; I don't understand your logic. If the people donating to you used PayPal, then PayPal would take their cut before sending the remainder to this "Deposit Box". Same amount would end up going to you either way. :huh: