OpenMage devs making some money

[pauldpauld]

Colin Mollenhour in May mentioned;
"might be a good opportunity for some OpenMage devs to figure a way to monetize OpenMage a bit..."
This is not related to that EU topic, but, it got me thinking that the work you guys do should be rewarded somehow.

In brief; it may be that OpenMage could be adjusted/adapted to offer monetised sub stores, not, I hasten to add, for the devs, but as a tool for new small business owners to create a small business (like the very big; Wix or Squarespace);

For example, Openmage the master store issues sub-admin rights to a store limited to 50 products, customer order payments accepted using PayPal registered to that sub-admin, with emails directed to sub-admin also.

I know I am being very very general in my ideas, I was just throwing out an idea.

Disclaimer: I don't need/want this feature :-)

Feel free to delete this topic, I won't be offended. I see how much work you do and I wanted to offer some ideas (I am not a programmer!)

Regards, Paul

[sreichel]

Hi Paul,

thanks.

imho ... in a perfect world it should not rely on the devs. Its up to "you", the users, to keep it running ...

I made +260 commits this year.
Every commit requiers tests, has to pass checks, has to be reviewed ...
Other commits/PRs have to be tested too.

I cant count it in hours how much time i spent for OM.

I dont run any business - nor an OM-shop (for years).
I am not employed to a company that runs an OM shop.

For years i am doing that for fun.

But i cant afford anything by doing things "For fun".
My dog - my love - died this year - and I dont have an income to buy a new dog. I dont have 100/m for feed. No 50/m for vet.

For 2026 i'd need

• to be hired (half/fulltime) and/or
• get some sponsors or

... i have to stop here and shift my focus towards me.

I really love that project, but much more i'd love to have a doggie again. In short, i need to get paid for my work.

[Colour792]

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