OneOnOne1162 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Hey everyone, This is mostly a question for modders who have taken donations before. I've considered taking donations but one of the reasons I haven't yet is because tax law in my country would require me to give a minimum amount of money up front to the government before I'm even allowed to make any money. This has made me a bit hesitant to start taking donations because if I can't earn more money modding than I have to give to the government to be allowed to earn money then I'd effectively be losing money by taking donations. As a result I was kind of curious if anyone here has any idea of what percentage of the unique downloaders they get on their mods tend to donate and what the average donation tends to be. In the hopes that this will allow me to kind of guesstimate how much I can expect to earn in donations over a 3 months period of time and so whether I would expect to earn more or less than the minimum amount I have to pay to the government up front to be allowed to take them. So if any of you have any experience with this, I would love to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novem99 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I don't know exactly the tax laws of your country but are you sure that you are already taxable by receiving donations from time to time? Usually you aren't taxable as long as you are not doing this on a commercial scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneOnOne1162 Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 I don't know exactly the tax laws of your country but are you sure that you are already taxable by receiving donations from time to time? Usually you aren't taxable as long as you are not doing this on a commercial scale. I looked into it. I have to pay it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Very, very low amounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneOnOne1162 Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 Very, very low amounts. Could you estimate a percentage of unique downloads though? I really need some sort of number to go off of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I cannot. All I can say is that it likely is not going to be worth it for you based on the number of downloads your files have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woogaquinnee Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 I never donate regardless of how good a mod is, it's the modder's choice to create a mod and upload it, if it's there I'll download it, if not I simply won't use it. By using the mod it's already showing support, if someone wants a donation then I also expect to be able to make demands as a 'customer' because the moment I am paying that's what I am. If you say donations are voluntary then don't try to guilt trip people to donating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneOnOne1162 Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 I never donate regardless of how good a mod is, it's the modder's choice to create a mod and upload it, if it's there I'll download it, if not I simply won't use it. By using the mod it's already showing support, if someone wants a donation then I also expect to be able to make demands as a 'customer' because the moment I am paying that's what I am. If you say donations are voluntary then don't try to guilt trip people to donating. Good for you, dude. Didn't ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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