Hi, just curious on the revenue structure of PG and how it is allocated. Is this public info?

You can see the money going in and out since we joined magic grants here: MAGIC Fund Assets This Sheet is private (Yes I know the irony of that being a google link, magic is working on that.) All money we take are strictly no strings attached, and we also do …

Structure? The only source of income is no-strings donations, if that’s what you mean.

I really love the transparency! Thanks! I’ll assume merchandise revenue is really low.

That would be (sadly) correct. But yeah, transparency and our community is what differenciates us from the generic top10vpn review sites :slight_smile:

Consider adding the merch link to a more prominent place, perhaps the hamburger menu of the main site and the forum. I had to search and use an old article’s link which led me to your HELLOTUX page.

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Yep agreed, it’s not on the donation page either. Privacy Guides Fund Donate to the MAGIC Privacy Guides Fund

It is linked in the FAQ . We’re going to focus more on fundraising in 2025 and rethink how we promote these options for support, but it’s a far lower priority compared to y’know actually doing the work, making sure everything is accurate, and getting more content out there, so… just kind of on the b…

This is something that Privacy Guides will need to decide to adopt, but one of the features of the new campaign website is the option for donors to choose to receive points back for their donation. These points can be redeemed for merchandise. Currently it’s limited to exactly one product with the M…

[image] Niek-de-Wilde: You can see the money going in and out since we joined magic grants here: MAGIC Fund Assets - Google Sheets (Yes I know the irony of that being a google link, magic is working on that.) All money we take are strictly no strings attached, and we also do not use affiliate…

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I know this is @jordan job but I have created a visual aid.

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