alwayspaws Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 @dynambee said in Let's talk about Search!: Great progress has been made toward's crowdfunding the ElasticSearch module! It's currently at $1747 out of a needed $2300. If anyone has been meaning to donate but hasn't done so yet, now would be a great time! There are still two Presto Changeo discount coupons available. Donate at least $75 and get 40% off the entire total of one checkout at Presto Changeo. Buy one module or ten, get 40% off your entire cart's total! There are also two of @lesley's generously donated support packages remaining. One for 2 hours ($125 donation) and one for 10 hours ($500 donation). Support the ES module and save a bundle on your support needs! @mdekker will be developing the ES module. By donating to this project you are helping support one of the key 30bz developers, too. Let's make it happen! Let's make it happen, people, just as @dynambee outlined. Very generous perks, too, for supporting crowdfunding the Elastic Search module. It's up to $1752.00 now and growing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynambee Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 A very big thanks to @vincentdenkspel who increased his total contribution to $500 bringing the current total to $2052! An equally big thank you to the Anonymous donor who also put in $500, and of course huge credit & thanks to @lesley who generously donated the 20 hours of his time & skills that attracted these large donations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincentdenkspel Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 @dynambee Thank you. However it is a crowdfunding project and the i think the amount someone contributes to this project does not matter. All contributions are equally welcome. I only really hope that voted for this module on the blogpost will indeed contribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwayspaws Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 @vincentdenkspel Thank you so much from all of us! Dear Anonymous donor - thank you so much, too, from all of us! thank you @lesley for your generous perk donations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynambee Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 @vincentdenkspel said in Let's talk about Search!: @dynambee Thank you. However it is a crowdfunding project and the i think the amount someone contributes to this project does not matter. All contributions are equally welcome. I think there are two sides. On one, you and the anon donor have both been very generous and I think many current & future 30bz users should be thankful for that. On the other side, yes, smaller donations are also extremely important and the project would never get funded without those donations. The larger the crowd (heh, 30bz swarm?) the better! I only really hope that voted for this module on the blogpost will indeed contribute. Yes, if everyone who voted for ES on the poll put a little money into the fund development would be starting already. We're getting close though, $233 to go! Thank you to @alwayspaws for the latest donation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwayspaws Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 @dynambee Thank you for the acknowledgement, Ian. I tend to do as much as possible to bring attention to thirty bees on Facebook and Twitter. Thirty bees is a phenomenal group of people working together towards the same goals and I'm proud to be a part of this group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesley Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 One thing I would like to mention about the anonymous donor that has been talked about. He has 14 products in his in 4 categories. He has been a long time client at dh42. He did not donate because he needed a better search module. With the low number of products he has he will likely never even look at the module. He donated because PrestaShop could never fix the tax problem in the core. He saw that we were making progress and getting things fixed. He believed in us and our project, that is why he donated, like I am sure many of you have. We are almost at our goal and I want to thank everyone that has helped us get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwayspaws Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 @lesley - For your client who is an anonymous donor to our crowdfunding ElasticSearch Module - thank you very much for believing in our project and for your generous donation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MockoB Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 I just donated small amount for the project. I will never use that module and don't get the enthusiasm about it but the cause is important ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesley Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Awesome, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwayspaws Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 @MockoB said in Let's talk about Search!: I just donated small amount for the project. I will never use that module and don't get the enthusiasm about it but the cause is important ;) Every donation counts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynambee Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 @MockoB said in Let's talk about Search!: I just donated small amount for the project. I will never use that module and don't get the enthusiasm about it but the cause is important ;) Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakabayashi Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I have pushed it now over the funding goal :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynambee Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 @wakabayashi said in Let's talk about Search!: I have pushed it now over the funding goal :) Fantastic! Thank you very much!! Looking forward to the start of development and to helping out with testing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwayspaws Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 @wakabayashi Yay! Thank you so much!! @dynambee Can donations still come in to make it higher? There are always little things that come up that are not anticipated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roband7 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 It was mentioned in https://thirtybees.com/blog/elasticsearch-crowdfunding/ how to handle it if the goal is exceeded. @lesley will have to reply if that plan still is on or if he prefers to create a separate Indiegogo project for the Blog module. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwayspaws Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 @roband7 Thanks! I'll check out the blog. Checked out the blog! @lesley @mdekker @administrators @Global-Moderators @dynambee Let's see if we can get more contributions, because the below is a great motivator! "If we exceed our goal by $1000 we are going to also expand the blog module as discussed in our post here. If we exceed the goal by $2000 we will expand the blog module and also expand the review module as discussed in the post as well. That should be incentive to help us break our goals, because all three of these modules can directly help your shop and your sales." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roband7 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I would be happy to sponsor the Blog project, but I fear contributions will be slow from now as the "exceed our goal" idea isn´t clearly communicated. Perhaps it´s better to create a separate Indiegogo project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwayspaws Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 @roband7 - Like you mentioned, it's up to how @lesley wants to handle it. Very happy with the enthusiasm from our team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynambee Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 When the blog post was written I think it was difficult to predict exactly how much interest there would be in the crowdfunding project. Personally I was (privately) concerned that our small but vibrant community wouldn't yet be quite big enough to raise such an amount of money. I'm very happy that my concerns were misplaced and we have hit the $2300 goal! IMO the best way forward at this point is to develop the first module (the ES module) and once that has been released have a new vote to choose the next module to crowdfund. Having the first module available & working well will be a great proof of concept and example of the excellent quality of these crowdfunded modules. My hope is that having such an example in place will encourage even more people to donate which will result in more modules for everyone. Spreading out the crowdfunding drives a bit also makes it easier for those who donated to the ES module to donate again to the next project, which will also help. Just my 2 yen's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwayspaws Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 @dynambee said in Let's talk about Search!: IMO the best way forward at this point is to develop the first module (the ES module) and once that has been released have a new vote to choose the next module to crowdfund. Having the first module available & working well will be a great proof of concept and example of the excellent quality of these crowdfunded modules. My hope is that having such an example in place will encourage even more people to donate which will result in more modules for everyone. Spreading out the crowdfunding drives a bit also makes it easier for those who donated to the ES module to donate again to the next project, which will also help. Just my 2 yen's worth. Agree with you, Ian. One step at a time is better. My two pennies worth. :) @lesley - What do you think of @dynambee's suggestion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwayspaws Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 @wakabayashi said in Let's talk about Search!: I have pushed it now over the funding goal :) Good to have you back! I was getting worried. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynambee Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 So.... Now that the module is funded, what happens next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havouza Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 aiting for mdekker to come back from well earned vacation ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynambee Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 @Havouza said in Let's talk about Search!: aiting for mdekker to come back from well earned vacation ;-) I wasn't aware! It's definitely well earned and I hope he has a fantastic time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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