[chrisallenlane]

I maintain one or two projects that are somewhat popular, and I'd love to monetize them (without compromising my FOSS ideals) so I could work on them more.

That said - perhaps I haven't looked hard enough, but it just doesn't seem like projects that accept donations make enough money (on the whole) to be worth the time spent setting up donations.

Sure, I've seen maybe two where a developer ends up being able to work on their project full-time (that's the dream), but most seem to make like $5/year or whatever.

Am I wrong? I would love to be wrong.

[BenjieGillam]

You have to get used to mentioning it in every available avenue (readmes, docs, CLI greeting message, any web UIs, release notes, issue templates, etc), and also be happy with a really slow ramp-up time, but yes, it’s possible. Source: I’m Benjie on GitHub if you want to check out my sponsors profile.

[chrisallenlane]

I missed your reply a few days ago. Sorry! And thank you for taking the time.

I'm terrible at marketing myself. I suppose that is a hurdle that I must overcome. I'll check out your projects to see what I can learn.

Congrats on your success!