Comments on: Unconventional Non-Profit Fundraising (casestudy: Creative Commons) http://rejon.org/2007/10/unconventional-non-profit-fundraising-casestudy-creative-commons/ Jon Phillips is an artist and developer living in San Francisco and Beijing while growing Fabricatorz.com and "new" media projects. His notable involvements include Open Source and Free Culture movements, Inkscape, Open Clip Art Library, and building community + bizdev for Creative Commons. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:31:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jon http://rejon.org/2007/10/unconventional-non-profit-fundraising-casestudy-creative-commons/comment-page-1/#comment-54222 jon Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:36:21 +0000 http://rejon.org/2007/10/29/unconventional-non-profit-fundraising-casestudy-creative-commons/#comment-54222 Brilliant...cool...check out my friends site: http://sq.ro/projects.php and check out the spam projects...very cool! Brilliant…cool…check out my friends site: http://sq.ro/projects.php and check out the spam projects…very cool!

]]> By: Greg http://rejon.org/2007/10/unconventional-non-profit-fundraising-casestudy-creative-commons/comment-page-1/#comment-54213 Greg Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:29:39 +0000 http://rejon.org/2007/10/29/unconventional-non-profit-fundraising-casestudy-creative-commons/#comment-54213 It got through AND got linked as a mailto. :-) It got through AND got linked as a mailto. :-)

]]> By: jon http://rejon.org/2007/10/unconventional-non-profit-fundraising-casestudy-creative-commons/comment-page-1/#comment-54119 jon Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:42:38 +0000 http://rejon.org/2007/10/29/unconventional-non-profit-fundraising-casestudy-creative-commons/#comment-54119 Man, I love mostspammer.com...I want to register something like cialis-viagra-casino.com...try to tell friends with a straight face to email you at jon@cialis-viagra-casino.com ... man, I hope this comment even gets through my wordpress filter ;) Man, I love mostspammer.com…I want to register something like cialis-viagra-casino.com…try to tell friends with a straight face to email you at jon@cialis-viagra-casino.com … man, I hope this comment even gets through my wordpress filter ;)

]]> By: Greg http://rejon.org/2007/10/unconventional-non-profit-fundraising-casestudy-creative-commons/comment-page-1/#comment-54075 Greg Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:43:48 +0000 http://rejon.org/2007/10/29/unconventional-non-profit-fundraising-casestudy-creative-commons/#comment-54075 I've sold domains on E-Bay and that's a lot less fun than it looks. Look closer and you'll find lots of domains that have no bids and either get swooped for the bare minimum at the last minute or just don't sell (in which case E-bay still keeps the listing fee). Additionally, a friend of mine tried to do an E-bay auction for charity (even had a 30 minute phone call with Guy Kawasaki as one of the items up for bid). It was a nightmare for her. If you're going to do an auction, I'd collect a lot of donated items together for a big annual auction and then work with an auction site to ensure that the non-profit is the seller, not you (so there are no tax issues), plus maybe arrange for some co-op marketing (i.e. you promote them in all the press releases and fundraising literature, they give you some on-site promotion) so you actually get bidders. In the mean time, here are some domains I registered as potential business ventures I don't plan to use. If you can find a buyer... freestuffgetpaid.com mostspammed.com scriptgasm.com lamesiteoftheday.com I’ve sold domains on E-Bay and that’s a lot less fun than it looks. Look closer and you’ll find lots of domains that have no bids and either get swooped for the bare minimum at the last minute or just don’t sell (in which case E-bay still keeps the listing fee).

Additionally, a friend of mine tried to do an E-bay auction for charity (even had a 30 minute phone call with Guy Kawasaki as one of the items up for bid). It was a nightmare for her.

If you’re going to do an auction, I’d collect a lot of donated items together for a big annual auction and then work with an auction site to ensure that the non-profit is the seller, not you (so there are no tax issues), plus maybe arrange for some co-op marketing (i.e. you promote them in all the press releases and fundraising literature, they give you some on-site promotion) so you actually get bidders.

In the mean time, here are some domains I registered as potential business ventures I don’t plan to use. If you can find a buyer…

freestuffgetpaid.com
mostspammed.com
scriptgasm.com
lamesiteoftheday.com

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