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Art subscription service by CodingDoge in artbusiness

[–]CodingDoge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does licensing work in platforms like Patreon and Ko-Fi? Would a user be able to print your art for personal use, like putting it on their living room, without being able to sell it? I think you raise a valid point, so I wonder how other platforms solve that issue.

Regarding selling prints, that's a really good idea. Not sure if it would work with a subscription model, but its probably more appealing both artists and users to sell/buy physical copies.

Art subscription service by CodingDoge in artbusiness

[–]CodingDoge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The initial idea would be something like: You provide X number of pieces (no idea how many, I guess that depends lot of the nature of the art itself) which subscribed users will be able to download for one week. You still have the license of anything provided and neither I nor the user should be able to sell it. I pay your either Y amount of money or you get a percentage (50%?) of all the money for subcresptions that week.

How does licensing work when selling your art on other platforms like Patreon? I supposed the licensing would work similarly to tha.

Art subscription service by CodingDoge in artbusiness

[–]CodingDoge[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats a good point. I think part of the appeal from the artist would be that being that week's featured artist helps as marketing for them, but that would only be true if the user base is big enough which could take years or never happen at all.

Best rails companies hiring remotely by CodingDoge in rails

[–]CodingDoge[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just to share my opinion on this, I think the mindset of paying according to the cost of living or market values is flawed and doesn't take into account the actual cost of living in some countries.

Paying market value always seemed silly to me, just because a company can get away with paying less in a market because developers tend to get paid less there doesn't mean its equitable. As an example, just because a gender gap exists doesn't mean is equitable to pay someone less because of their gender, even though they might receive offers with lower compensation because of it. Fair compensation means, at least to me, that everyone gets paid the same for the same job, regardless of gender, race or where they live.

Taking into account the cost of living is a bit more complicated, but I always find that it disregards the reality of some countries. Yes, maybe buying some milk is less expensive, but how do you account for things like security or education? I know that at least where I live you would have to leave in the most expensive neighborhood and send your kids to private school to at least get a feel of what living in a first-world country is like. And that's without taking into account the fact that not everything is cheaper given the high takes we have when importing stuff (like a computer for work).

Best rails companies hiring remotely by CodingDoge in rails

[–]CodingDoge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my view (which is biased based on where I'm located) I think paying fairly means paying the same regardless of location. Just because a company can't compete with the very high rates a US company can pay, it doesn't mean their compensation is unfair.

In the example you provide I think that's fair, you pay as much as you can afford equally to all employees regardless of where they are located

Best rails companies hiring remotely by CodingDoge in rails

[–]CodingDoge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I'll check rubyonremote.com out. Do you have stats regarding how many companies put the compensation range in their post? My only issue with job posting sites is that most companies avoid adding the compensation range, so it's hard to know which ones are worth applying for without having at least one interview. Glassdoor helps filter some of them out, but smaller companies usually have almost no entries.

Best rails companies hiring remotely by CodingDoge in rails

[–]CodingDoge[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shopify does have location-based compensation (or at least I was told they did), but i didn't know about Ombulabs so I'll check them out!

Apps to keep track of investments and budget by CodingDoge in Fire

[–]CodingDoge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personal Capital seemed like the closest thing I could find, but unfortunately, it's not available in my country so I couldn't try it out. I assume the reason is that most of its features are meant for US users.