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Chad Whitacre
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HTML
127 lines
4.8 KiB
HTML
title = "Frequently Asked Questions"
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{% extends templates/about.html %}
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{% block page %}
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<div class="col1">
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<dl>
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<dt>What is Gittip?</dt>
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<dd>Gittip is a platform for sustainable crowd-funding. Use it to set
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up a 25¢ per week (or more) anonymous gift to someone you think
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does great work.</dd>
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<dt>Who is Gittip?</dt>
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<dd>Gittip is owned and operated by <a
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href="http://www.zetaweb.com/">Zeta Design & Development,
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LLC</a>, an <a
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href="http://blog.gittip.com/post/26350459746/the-first-open-company">open
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company</a> founded by <a href="/whit537/">Chad Whitacre</a> in
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2002, and reoriented around Gittip in 2012. <a href="/joonas/">Joonas
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Bergius</a> joined as employee #1 for Gittip in February, 2013. He
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and Chad are the ones authorized to access sensitive data. Anyone is
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welcome to <a href="/about/#get-involved">get involved</a> in building
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Gittip. The Gittip community includes over a <a
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href="/on/github/zetaweb/">dozen people</a> actively building the
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product, and many more occasional contributors.</dd>
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<dt>How is Gittip funded?</dt>
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<dd>Gittip is funded on Gittip. As an <a
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href="http://blog.gittip.com/post/26350459746/the-first-open-company">open
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company</a>, Zeta doesn't pay any wages and has no profit. We <a
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href="/about/#details">charge a fee</a> to cover the things that we
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ourselves are charged for.</dd>
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<dt>Can I make a one-time tip?</dt>
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<dd>No. Gittip is designed for long-term, sustainable funding, and only
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supports recurring gifts at this time. We will probably offer one-time
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gifts in the future; you can join that conversation <a
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href="https://github.com/zetaweb/www.gittip.com/issues/5">here</a>.
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The workaround for now is to change your gift amount back to zero after
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the first week.</dd>
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<dt>I'm not in the U.S., can I still give using Gittip?</dt>
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<dd>Absolutely! We're able to accept international credit card
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payments. If you encounter any issues giving and you are outside the
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U.S., please let us know.</dd>
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<dt>I'm not in the U.S., can I still receive gifts using Gittip?</dt>
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<dd>Absolutely! We're working on a long-term solution for automated
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withdrawals outside the U.S. (details <a
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href="https://github.com/zetaweb/www.gittip.com/issues/126">here</a>),
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and in the mean time we are happy to make manual PayPal payments when
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you'd like to withdraw your funds from Gittip—<a
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href="/about/#contact-us">get in touch</a> as needed.</dd>
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</dl>
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</div>
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<div class="col2">
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<dl>
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<dt>How do I withdraw money from Gittip?</dt>
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<dd>Participants in the U.S. can <a
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href="https://www.gittip.com/bank-account.html">connect a bank
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account</a> to have funds deposited every Friday, less a 30¢
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fee. Participants outside the U.S. can <a
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href="/about/#contact-us">contact us</a> to set up a manual PayPal
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payment, less PayPal's fee, while we work on a long-term
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<a
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href="https://github.com/zetaweb/www.gittip.com/issues/126">solution</a>.</dd>
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<dt>Can I use bitcoin?</dt>
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<dd>No. The challenges with bitcoin are handling recurring payments,
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and transparently converting to and from fiat currency. You're welcome
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to join the conversation around bitcoin for <a
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href="https://github.com/zetaweb/www.gittip.com/issues/14">payins</a>
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and <a
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href="https://github.com/zetaweb/www.gittip.com/issues/310">payouts</a>.</dd>
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<dt>Can I use Gittip to support organizations?</dt>
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<dd>Yes. Some accounts on Gittip represent organizations.</dd>
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<dt>How do I know my tips are being received by the right person?</dt>
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<dd>You can follow links to Gittip from a trusted source like a person
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or organization's website. Also, Twitter verifies accounts in instances
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where this is particularly relevant, so check their Twitter account
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carefully if it's linked.</dd>
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<dt>Do I have to pay taxes on the income I receive from Gittip?</dt>
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<dd>Maybe. Gittip is operating on the principle that money received
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through the site is a gift for tax purposes in jurisdictions where that
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is relevant.</dd>
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<dt>Are gifts I give through Gittip tax-deductible?</dt>
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<dd>No.</dd>
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<dt>I don't want to receive tips, I just want to give them. What should
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I do?</dt>
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<dd>Please select “I'm not here to receive tips. I'll generally
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regift them” as your personal funding goal.</dd>
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</dl>
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</div>
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{% end %}
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