This wiki section is dedicated to the topic of "How do we make Peer Production sustainable?

Introduction

• How Open Source Development is Funded‎, study of the funding of open source projects
• Shared Financing of Community-Based Businesses; (applies to the U.S.A.). By Jenny Kassan of SELC

Typology

1. Donations-based business model
2. Crowdfunding business model
3. Freemium as a business model

To be developed:

1. Ethical finance
2. Social investment and philantropic venture capital
3. Microfinance
4. Social lending
5. Prizes

Important Initiatives

1. Flattr [1], a system for social micro-donations to support online creative work
2. Kachingle, quite similar to Flattr, but uses Paypal and proportionally distributes amongst number of visits to sites users wish to support

Crowdfunding Directory

Directory with links at http://www.smartermoney.nl/?p=315#platforms:

1. Crowdfunding-Based Startup Investments‎ ; Equity-Based_Crowdfunding, investing for profit-sharing
2. Crowdfunding-Based Project Support
3. Crowdfunding-Based P2P Lending
4. Crowdfunding-Based Microcredit
5. Crowdfunding-Based Donations

See also: Crowdfunding for Social Change Projects, a top 10 directory compiled by Dowser

Related Sections

1. Business Models]
2. Music Crowdfunding]