On: I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors

[ehsankia]

That's what I was surprised the most about. 0% cut and they also mentioned a 5k match? What? How is that even viable for Microsoft?

That seems superior to basically every single platform out there. It's an instant win for GitHub Sponsors.

[ocdtrekkie → ehsankia]

It's a promotional incentive. Fees will happen, and matching will end. But in the meantime, it means my sponsoring a project I care about magnifies my money for a cause I value, so I'm happy to participate.

[z3t4 → ehsankia]

Paying 5k to high profile people is probably just a fraction of what they spend on marketing, but probably more effective.

Say you are a marketer and you bring hundreds of paying users to a platform, 5k is cheap.

[duderific → ehsankia]

Microsoft has such deep pockets, they can probably afford to lose a bit here to get people to migrate to their platform.

[hanniabu → ehsankia]

Yeah the $5k match seems easy to game