Creators
Become discoverable. Gain a new audience, new income, and reputation capital.
Users find you through rankings and recommendations. Fans move you up the rankings with donations.
Your donation ranking is a certificate for your personal brand.
Donators
The pain point today: no way to donate "to anyone, for anything." (Fewer than 1% of active authors are present on donation services.)
Every donation you make moves a creator's ranking up, and yours along with it. That turns the act of donating into something engaging and meaningful.
- Choose content by quality, not popularity. Spend your time on what deserves it.
- Raise your standing. Your donations become proof of your taste and expertise.
- Use negative donations to downvote content.
- Get personal recommendations that actually fit you.
- Explore your interests on your personal dashboard. Build a collection of donations and write your donation biography.
- Earn for your early eye: take a share of the income from authors you helped surface early.
- Verify and display your credentials by sharing your donation profile on social media.
Community leaders and influencers
Lead your own niche (or nomination) on DonateOpen. Become the official curator, gather creators into the niche, and earn a revenue share on every donation.
Partners
A non-advertising business model and new revenue, built on donations and deep engagement. Our donation tools embed into your platform, and you receive a revenue share on every donation transaction.
Build user trust. Our high-precision recommendations find what users truly value.
Gain a technical edge:
- Quality rankings, not popularity rankings built on likes.
- Statuses and reputations for authors, users, and whole communities.
Academics, researchers, and intellectuals
A new microscope for the social sciences.
We invite you to the frontier of the social sciences and data science, with access to real-world data: donation statistics, consumption profiles, mutual references.
Where do I start on DO?
Pick your role and follow the steps. We have an entry path for authors, donators, non-donator users, community leaders and influencers, partners, the first 1%, and academics and researchers.
For authors
- Sign up and create your Stripe account. Take your donation link from your personal dashboard.
- Place this link in your content.
- Start receiving donations.
- If you want, create your own nomination, gather your community, and become its official curator.
For donators
- Champion the creators who have inspired you. Send them up the ranks.
- Highlight exceptional work with your donations.
- Use negative donations to downvote content.
- Choose content by quality, not popularity. Get personal recommendations that actually fit you.
- Explore your interests on your personal dashboard. Build a collection of donations and write your donation biography.
For users
- Sign up and compare our quality rankings with the usual popularity rankings.
- Get personal recommendations.
- Check: where am I in the ranking?
For community leaders and influencers
- Register as a Community Leader.
- Create your niche and invite creators into it.
- Grow your community and earn revenue.
For partners
- Partner with DonateOpen.
- Integrate our donation and ranking services via API.
- Earn revenue and watch engagement grow.
For the first 1%
Find out what DO is and what your privileges are: the right to founder status, ways to monetize your expertise, and access to features like negative donations and consumption tracking.
For academics, researchers, and intellectuals
We invite you to the frontier of the social sciences and data science.