sponsorship
2008-03-11
New sites launch with GetPaid
Though these sites have been live for a while...I am just getting around to posting them. Check out some of the cool stuff on GetPaid now!
At last I am getting around to updating some GetPaid news...over a month since the last posting. It has been way-busy in GetPaid land and for me personally, so here come hopefully a few updates.
Most exciting for me, is to see sites launch that are using GetPaid, especially when those sites also result in contributions to the product. Just recently, we had two of those:
- Trees for Life: TFL is actually a sponsor of the GetPaid Red Ochre release and we are very greatful for their contribution. Their site just launched with a donation/catalog
management powered by GetPaid on a Plone 2.5 site. The site includes some custom email notifications and also a donation "add on" to your cart. Check out the site at www.TreesForLife.org . -
African Books Collective
: African Books Collective is a non-profit organization of African
publishers whose site uses GetPaid to power its book sales. The site,
developed by the Ely Technology Group, is built on Plone 3 and uses
Google Checkout. Thanks for adding a new processor to the mix! Visit the site: www.africanbookscollective.com
2007-06-22
Thanks! Sponsors Make it Possible
A special thanks to all of the sponsors of the Red Ochre release of GetPaid! You probably saw our ChipIn fundraiser over the last months as we worked on a "social source" funding model for the project. Of the estimated $7,500 cost of the first release, we raised $7,300! This has enabled us to get dedicated development time - in progress now - in contributing to the architecting and development of the product. Thank you so much for our sponsors and everyone who has contributed.
We couldn't have done it without you! Thanks to all who have contributed to this project and supported our efforts.
Project Advocate
ifPeopleProject Supporter
One/Northwest, Contextual Corporation, Trees for Life
Community Supporter
Other support:
SixFeetUp, LLC
John Habermann
Micheal Beck
Thanks again to our great supporters! In addition to contributing funding, these are also the people shaping the product by helping to test, define user stories and more. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please see our Sponsorship page. We are currently seeking sponsors for the DocComm sprint and those interested in supporting the future releases of GetPaid.A special thanks also to our team and contributors!
2007-05-21
Alpha Release Update: Code, Funding, and Call
It's an exciting time for a growing community supporting GetPaid - development is underway for our first release! The alpha release, "Red Ochre", has been moving along and we are happy to report on progress, as well as an update on our "social source" funding drive.
Show me the code!
This past week, Kapil took on GetPaid head on and has been making great progress towards the Red Ochre release! An excerpt:
from the admin screens you can now activate content types to
be available as buyable, shippable. the admin pages have also
switched out to a set of tabbed views from a single view.
from within the plone ui navigation, for content types configured
for it within the admin screens, you can enable an individual
piece of content to be one purchasble, and edit its purchase settings.
Read complete update email. The latest also includes work on the shopping cart. If you want to grab the code and check it out, check out the easy process thanks to the use of zc.building! The Getting Start doc explains it all.
For those of you anxious for the latest news, we will have a conference call this Wednesday, May 23 at 1pm Eastern for an update on the product's development. Please join us! Dial in to 605-725-3600 with access code 69812 .
Social Source Fundraising
We realize that commerce is a serious need in Plone's toolkit. We have all been waiting for it to just “emerge” from the community, but unfortunately, it hasn't yet. So...we decided to fast-track that by going beyond the volunteer efforts at sprints to actually fund development. Just as Open Source relies on a group of individuals to contribute to the whole, our “social source” funding model relies on individuals, organizations, and businesses in the community to contribute the pieces that make funding possible.
You can see to the right our ChipIn widget on the fundraising. Our “Red Ochre” Release has a cost of $7,500, of which we have secured $4,500 from sponsors already. Now we are pursuing more community contributions to raise the remaining funds. If you would like to be a sponsor or make a contribution, please check out our Sponsorship page. Thanks to Jon Stahl for getting out our fundraising letter to Plone users list.
Sponsors include:
- ifPeople
- Object Realms
- One/Northwest
- Contextual Corporation
- Totsie.com
2007-05-09
Alpha Release Announced, Sponsors Needed
We are excited about the "Red Ochre" release (0.1) of GetPaid. This will be our first fully functional product. We are currently in a development push, with the lead architect hard at work. We are seeking sponsors to contribute to this development. Read on for more details.
Red Ochre Release Scheduled for June 1
The first release of our product, GetPaid, will happen June 1, 2007. This represents a lot of work to get the architecture down and workable. The initial product will be able to make content payable and process a payment (using the Authorize.net processor). This release will include:
- Administrative screens
- Quick Install
- Setup of pay processor (a tab in product interface)
- "Payable" content
- Ability to make any content payable
- Donations handling (form to take donations)
- Example of pay processing content workflow integration
- Payment processor
- Authorize.net pay processor integration
- A shopping cart
- Checkout
- Registration/authentication
See Release Plan and links to user stories.
Sponsors Needed
GetPaid is a well-organized project seeking to provide reliable, useful releases. Rather than relying on all volunteers, we are funding the development of this open source product to ensure that it moves along successfully. We offer many options for sponsorship, but any and all contributions are welcome! If you want to make a contribution, please see information about sponsorship and how to make a contribution.
If you have any quesitons, please contact us.
What does the release name mean?
"Red Ochre" is the nickname for this release. Red Ochre was chosen because it is one of the earliest forms of money used (see wikipedia info), approximately 100,000 years ago. Since this is our first release, we are emerging. We chose the early symbol of money to relate to this release.
