pledge

A  pledge  is a recurring donation; to pledge a regular amount to the IndieWeb community, see the IndieWeb Open Collective.

Why
For creators, collecting pledges helps you raise money to support your work.

For patrons, making pledges allows you to support creators on an ongoing basis.

IndieWeb Examples
Do you have a feature on your website for folks to sign-up to pledge a regular amount and donate it? Add yourself!

Drew DeVault
Drew DeVault has a dedicated donation page: https://drewdevault.com/donate/ which has the ability to pledge regular donations via And displays the monthly amount received via both in a graph at the bottom of the page
 * his own website using Stripe as the backend payment provider
 * Liberapay

Community Examples
Community and co-op examples for pleding:
 * Comradery also https://twitter.com/comraderycoop
 * If anyone is using Comradery for their personal site / software, please...
 * Liberapay https://liberapay.com/ pledge-only (does not allow rewards), fee-free service for libre content
 * Liberapay https://liberapay.com/ pledge-only (does not allow rewards), fee-free service for libre content

Silo Examples

 * Patreon
 * Rakhim's about page has a list of his patrons (on Patreon. It's like a blogroll (Rakhim doesn't link to their websites), but for supporters.

How to with Stripe

 * Perhaps start Stripe for how to use Stripe to implement pledge support on your own site, similar to the setup on https://drewdevault.com/donate/

Sessions
Related IndieWebCamp sessions:
 * 2017/Austin/pay