Very informative. Thank you. Maybe it is good to publish an annual finicial report on the website?
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With Cost-volume-profit > analysis, we can determine how many donations we need for LibreOffice to > breakeven and how many donations we need to reach a target donation amount. > > We start by dividing costs by fixed and variable costs: > > LibreOffice Fixed Costs 2022: > > Legal Advice $50,736.31 > Infrastructure, Hosting, VMs, Cloud, Domains $59,082.43 > Insurances, Fees $4,640.58 > Accounting, Tax and Legal Advice $33,992.64 > Fees for Banking and Money Transfer $67,319.98 > Running Costs, Fees, Contributions $31,210.62 > Depreciation/Investments $2,796.22 > Total Fixed Costs $239,988.11 > > LibreOffice Variable Costs 2022: > > Developer Conference $56,454.94 > Marketing/Community Projects $20,363.67 > Student Project $11,871.93 > Promotion of Projects and Organizations $4,064.41 > Test Procedures for Quality Assurance $12,943.99 > Improved Implementation of Complete Character Sets $12,519.91 > Implementation of SmartArt $48,054.55 > Cost Employees/Freelancers $674,898.44 > Total Project Costs $217,009.71 > Total Other Expenses $196,246.25 > Total Variable Costs $1,253,339.30 > > > Formulas for Breakeven: > > Number of One Time Donations = Total Costs / One Time Donation > Number of Monthly Donations = Total Costs / (Monthly Donation * 12) > Number of Quarterly Donations = Total Costs / (Quarterly Donation * 4) > Number of Yearly Donations = Total Costs / Yearly Donation > > Given the default donation options on LibreOffice's donation form: > > One time donation $29.00 > Monthly donation $5.00 > Quarterly donation $15.00 > Yearly donation $39.00 > > To breakeven, we need > 51494 donations to breakeven with a one time donation of $29. > 24889 donations to breakeven with monthly donations of $5. > 24889 donations to breakeven with quarterly donations of $15. > 38290 donations to breakeven with yearly donations of $39. > > With Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis, we can determine how many donations we > need to reach a target donation amount. > > We need to determine our Variable cost per unit. Variable cost per unit = > Total Variable Costs/Total Number of Donations. We can use historical data > to determine total number of donations. Or we can also use What if > Analysis, such as Goal Seek. > > We need to determine how much a given donation can cover LibreOffice's > fixed costs with Contribution Margin per Unit. Once the fixed costs are > covered, any additional contribution margin increases income for brand > awareness. > > Contribution Margin per Unit = Donation Amount − Variable Cost per Unit > > Next, we can determine the BreakEven Volume = Total Fixed > Costs/Contribution Margin per Unit. > > Last but not least, we determine our Target Donation Volume or the amount > of donations we need to collect to reach our Target Donation Amount. Target > Donation Volume = Total Fixed Costs + Target Profit / > Contribution Margin per Unit. > > LibreOffice's Donation is a combination of the Pay What You Want Pricing > Model and Pay What You Can. > > 3 Ways We Can Increase Donations > > We can ask users for a donation after users have downloaded and used > LibreOffice. It reduces buyer remorse that can occur from asking a payment > before using a piece of software. > > What we can learn from research studies > > "Another PWYW (Pay What You Want Pricing Model) experiment looked at > determinants for the price chosen by consumers of the application iProduct, > which provided tutorials and lessons for potential application developers > on the App Store (iOS). The application was offered as free with in-app > purchases, including a gratuity mechanism that allowed users to pay/donate > what they wanted for the projects included in the app. The study tested the > significance of four determinants in deciding the PWYW price paid by > consumers: fairness (proper compensation to the seller), loyalty to the > seller, price consciousness (focus on paying a low price), and usage (how > much the consumer will use the product). The study found that price > consciousness negatively influenced the price paid, while usage and loyalty > positively influenced the price paid for the product. Fairness was found to > have no significant effect" > > "Further research focused on the long-term perspective of pay what you > want. A study conducted by researchers of the Ruhr-University of Bochum > examines repeated transactions in a pay what you want environment. By using > latent growth modeling, they find that the average price paid decreases > significantly; yet the decrease in price paid reduces with every > transaction. They further show customers' preference for fairness and price > conscientiousness influence the steepness of the individual price curves." > > Giving a % of LibreOffice's donations to a Charity can increase the average > donation amount > > "In 2010, a large-scale experiment was conducted in an amusement park. > Ayelet Gneezy, Uri Gneezy, Leif D. Nelson, and Amber Brown tested the > effectiveness of PWYW by selling roller coaster photos to park visitors. > Their results show although many more people bought the photo under a PWYW > model, the average price paid is very low ($0.92), resulting in no income > increase for the firm. However, when PWYW was coupled with a charitable > cause (buyers were informed they could pay what they wanted AND that half > of the paid amount would be donated to a patient support organization) the > average amount paid increased substantially (to $6.50). This significantly > increased the firm's income, as well as generating a substantial charitable > contribution. In a 2012 follow-up research paper, Gneezy and colleagues > found PWYW may deter some customers from purchasing. Their results show: > "individuals feel bad when they pay less than the 'appropriate' price, > causing them to pass on the opportunity to purchase the product > altogether". > > The 3rd and last option to increase donations for LibreOffice is to > identify regular donors and create brand loyalty > > "This is called FairPay ("Fair Pay What You Want Pricing Model"). This > shifts the scope from a single digital content transaction to an ongoing > relationship over a series of transactions. It builds on the benefits of ex > post PWYW pricing (setting the price after consumption, when product's > value is known) and adds a feedback process for tracking individual buyers' > reputations for paying fairly, as assessed by the seller. It then uses the > fairness reputation data to let the seller determine what further offers to > extend to that particular buyer. It seeks to incentivize fair pricing by > buyers (to maintain a good reputation, and thus be eligible for future > offers), and to enable sellers to limit their risk on each transaction in > accord with the buyer's reputation" > > Can we use Matomo Analytics from LibreOffice.org to find out where most > donations come from? Can we segment the user base geographically? Can we > segment the user base by donation amount paid? > > If we can determine where most donations come from, we can further segment > the market by industry, business size and job titles, using reviews. > > Can we get a guest permission to view LibreOffice.org Analytics data? > > After we've discovered where most donations come from, we can save costs on > promotional material by focusing on certain market segments. 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