I make games and this literally happened to me this morning(lemmy.world)

posted 6 days ago

Road_Warrior_10@lemmy.world

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Inspired by true events from this morning

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Zoot_@lemm.ee

80 points

6 days ago

Youtube and twitch work this same way. When I was starting there were months where I didnt make any money because I didn’t meet the minimum. Hoping next month meets the requirement for you boss 🙏

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IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works

38 points

6 days ago

Does the balance at least accumulate until you do hit the threshold, or is the money just gone?

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Zoot_@lemm.ee

57 points

6 days ago

It accumulates, so there is no money lost. It does kinda suck though that as you start, even though you can make money and did make a bit you don’t get to see it yet

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Halosheep@lemm.ee

27 points

6 days ago

It does make sense from a payment processing standpoint. It doesn’t make sense to spend more money on creating the transaction than is actually being sent.

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tburkhol@lemmy.world

8 points

6 days ago

I used to pay a particular company by purchase order for this exact reason. CC takes 2-3% of the payment, but purchase order - they’ve got to get themselves into the company system, track the PO, invoice, track the payment…at the time, a common estimate was $50 to process a PO, and if you’re only buying $100 batches, that’s a big hit. Did not like that company, but they were the only place to get whatever it was I had to buy.

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.dev

4 points

6 days ago

Sending a simple transaction like this costs a couple cents though, which they could in theory bill to the developer as well. Setting the threshold at 100 is probably more to accrue additional interest on Steams bank accounts.

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jqubed@lemmy.world

2 points

6 days ago

I think in the US I’ve heard ETF/ACH transaction fees are usually around $2.50? It might be possible to have that apply across a batch, though, as in if you submit 10 payments to 10 different people as a single transaction it’s still just $2.50, or 25¢ per person. I’m only getting this from hearing accountants complain at companies I’ve worked with, so I don’t understand the details. But I’ve seen it pretty common with companies doing payouts to want to see a minimum amount before they actually send the payment, otherwise it’s not worth doing.

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2 points

6 days ago

Absolutely. It’s got to be the way it is. Just kinda feels bad at first

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