# šŸ’° Poloverse fundraiser šŸ’° **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [29 January 2025 14:22 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740 "2025-01-29T14:22:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![metriod](https://poloverse.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@metriod](https://poloverse.net/u/metriod)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2025 14:22 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/1 "2025-01-29T14:22:57Z")
> Weā€™re collecting donations for Poloverse infrastructure costs. > > The current server cost is around 20ā‚¬/month after the hardware was upgraded recently (before, it was 10ā‚¬/month). The domain name costs 10ā‚¬/year. Itā€™s not huge, but Andy has been paying for it since May 2021. Our objective is to collect enough funds to account for the last four years and two years forward. So weā€™re looking at collecting 1200ā‚¬. > > Poloverse has about 1000 users, if half of us donate 3ā€“5 euros we can easily reach our goal! The more money we collect, the more years Poloverse will be up and running. To contribute to keeping Poloverse alive, you can donate via PayPal at [thepoloverse@gmail.com](mailto:thepoloverse@gmail.com) or @Poloverse making sure to select ā€œFriends and Familyā€. Otherwise a Revolut transfer is possible via: [Revolut.Me](https://revolut.me/pyetro) > > Thanks for the support! ---
**Author:** ![MaxLeChef](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/maxlechef/32/1361_2.png) [@MaxLeChef](https://poloverse.net/u/MaxLeChef)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2025 14:29 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/2 "2025-01-29T14:29:48Z")
copied from Telegram : Sorry for asking, I donā€™t mean nothing bad but arenā€™t you paying too much for the server. 240/year for that kind of site is a bit high imo. Itā€™s ā€œjustā€ a forum. There are really good servers at Infomaniak for example (ā€œgreenā€ server : [Ecology ā€“ Find out why we pollute](https://www.infomaniak.com/en/ecology) ). That could help a bit to be on something like that, wouldnā€™t it ? ---
**Author:** ![Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/pyetro/32/2023_2.png) [@Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/u/Pyetro)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2025 14:41 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/3 "2025-01-29T14:41:18Z")
Thanks for the suggestions, somebody pointed that out the same thing recently, weā€™ll dig into it and of course consider cheaper solutions than Digital Ocean ---
**Author:** ![periode](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/periode/32/2815_2.png) [@periode](https://poloverse.net/u/periode)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2025 15:34 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/4 "2025-01-29T15:34:45Z")
@Pyetro Yep, in my experience DO is a bit of a scam. I switched to [https://www.hetzner.com](https://www.hetzner.com) for work projects and it hits the magic spot of good+cheap+sustainable! ---
**Author:** ![Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/pyetro/32/2023_2.png) [@Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/u/Pyetro)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2025 16:06 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/5 "2025-01-29T16:06:17Z")
Thanks Pierre! Hetzner is one of the provider we are evaluating, also recommended in some official Discourse thread. Thanks for sharing your direct experience! ---
**Author:** ![floppywonka](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/floppywonka/32/2523_2.png) [@floppywonka](https://poloverse.net/u/floppywonka)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2025 17:34 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/6 "2025-01-29T17:34:33Z")
sent over ā‚¬20! ---
**Author:** ![brice](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/brice/32/397_2.png) [@brice](https://poloverse.net/u/brice)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2025 17:52 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/7 "2025-01-29T17:52:56Z")
Hi, would like to support and donate to the Poloverse Crew (thanks Andy and co !), but I donā€™t use Paypal. Is there any bank account where I could pour coins in ? thanks ! xo ---
**Author:** ![AlixOz](https://poloverse.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@AlixOz](https://poloverse.net/u/AlixOz)\ **Post date:** [30 January 2025 09:13 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/8 "2025-01-30T09:13:44Z")
20 and thx a lot ---
**Author:** ![Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/pyetro/32/2023_2.png) [@Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/u/Pyetro)\ **Post date:** [30 January 2025 14:56 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/9 "2025-01-30T14:56:32Z")
Ey Brice, I think you can send money over onto my IBAN, then Iā€™ll do the PayPal, is it ok for you? Here my Revolut account info: Account holder: Pietro Tarsitano IBAN: LT58 3250 0181 5109 6574 BIC: REVOLT21 Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![MaxLeChef](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/maxlechef/32/1361_2.png) [@MaxLeChef](https://poloverse.net/u/MaxLeChef)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2025 14:14 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/10 "2025-01-31T14:14:06Z")
Youā€™ll receive something from Rouen Bike Polo soon. Is there a way to receive something to ā€œexplainā€ the donation ? ---
**Author:** ![Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/pyetro/32/2023_2.png) [@Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/u/Pyetro)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2025 14:35 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/11 "2025-01-31T14:35:44Z")
thanks a lot! You mean like a receipt? I am afraid not, itā€™s just a spontaneous donation to no organisation or nothing like that ā˜¹ hope itā€™s not going to prevent any donation! ---
**Author:** ![MaxLeChef](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/maxlechef/32/1361_2.png) [@MaxLeChef](https://poloverse.net/u/MaxLeChef)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2025 14:47 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/12 "2025-01-31T14:47:43Z")
Weā€™ll see if we can do something. edit : sent using anaĆÆsā€™ paypal account ---
**Author:** ![floppywonka](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/floppywonka/32/2523_2.png) [@floppywonka](https://poloverse.net/u/floppywonka)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2025 15:14 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/13 "2025-01-31T15:14:22Z")
i think you should be able to print some kind of receipt from paypal, i feel like iā€™ve had to do that in the past but it was a long time ago. if you use paypal, i mean ---
**Author:** ![Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/pyetro/32/2023_2.png) [@Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/u/Pyetro)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2025 15:16 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/14 "2025-01-31T15:16:10Z")
yes I can provide the PayPal receipt of course, nothing more ā€œofficialā€ nor from any ā€œbenefit associationā€ which does not exist. @MaxLeChef thank in any case! ---
**Author:** ![coolquentin](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/coolquentin/32/70_2.png) [@coolquentin](https://poloverse.net/u/coolquentin)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2025 15:45 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/15 "2025-01-31T15:45:31Z")
MILK paid big money, i just want ADS and all sections starting with ā€œMILKā€, nothing too bad. i.e. MILK-Discussion MILK-Tourney etc ---
**Author:** ![Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/pyetro/32/2023_2.png) [@Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/u/Pyetro)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2025 16:06 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/16 "2025-01-31T16:06:50Z")
wow great! THANKS SPONSOR! changing some of the categories name rn ps: 70% of the goal reached!!! ---
**Author:** ![metriod](https://poloverse.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@metriod](https://poloverse.net/u/metriod)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2025 16:15 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/17 "2025-01-31T16:15:57Z")
> [@Pyetro](#): > > wow great! THANKS SPONSOR! > changing some of the categories name rn > > ps: 70% of the goal reached!!! > > -This comment was brought to you by **milk bike polo** Fixed it for you ---
**Author:** ![qavtan](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/qavtan/32/431_2.png) [@qavtan](https://poloverse.net/u/qavtan)\ **Post date:** [1 February 2025 16:11 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/18 "2025-02-01T16:11:27Z")
Revolut payment would be nice PS money send via Revolutā€‹:ok\_hand:āœŠ ---
**Author:** ![Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/pyetro/32/2023_2.png) [@Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/u/Pyetro)\ **Post date:** [1 February 2025 17:48 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/19 "2025-02-01T17:48:20Z")
Good idea! Iā€™ve added a link to send money over in the [first post](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740) of this thread. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/user_avatar/poloverse.net/pyetro/32/2023_2.png) [@Pyetro](https://poloverse.net/u/Pyetro)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2025 11:39 UTC](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740/20 "2025-02-03T11:39:54Z")
Confirming I got some donation over Revolut and sent on the PayPal account. Also we already paid back all the expenses Andy had to face till now, thanks again @andy_h ! We are about to buy the new server and start working on it in order to make a massive upgrade of the platform! Stay tuned for more updates šŸ”„ [Next page](https://poloverse.net/t/poloverse-fundraiser/3740.md?page=2)