ABIS Intern · 4mo
Hey! So, re: profit margins for contributors; I was just filling out the application and I noticed that contributors get 2.1%, and moderators get 8%. For moderators who are both contributing and managing the zine that makes perfect sense, but I was kind of surprised to see those numbers. It seems like paying contributors an equal amount as moderators is more fair, be it that there would be no zine without the people contributing. Do you guys have insight into the financials that led to the decision?
Hello! We decided to change the profit cut numbers that were on the form to be more in-line with the Carrd; the new numbers are 2.25% for contributors and 2.43% for moderators— this is strictly an increase and beneficial for the contributors! Moderators will now get 8% more multiplicatively in profit rather than 0.8% more additively with the previous numbers. We made changes to the form to better reflect this intent, so apologies for any confusion and we hope we made things clearer! We opted to give the moderators an 8% profit increase because of how much time and effort goes into organizing the zine. This includes formatting, communications, marketing, shipping, graphics making, etc.! Please note that the final profit cut numbers may slightly vary on the final number of contributors, but moderators will be making 1.08 times more than contributors either way!
