India is definitely a place Fundraising see's as having a lot of potential in the future, but similarly expectations should be managed.
It may have a population twice the size, but its readership is only a fraction of Europe's. India is also dominated by mobile that has been substantially more difficult when it comes to fundraising (although we are working exceptionally hard in this area).
India is a substantially cash driven economy, and the card payments environment has also been in substantial flux over the last 5 years both from a regulatory and alternative payments standpoint.
Is there room for growth? Yes definitely and as a team we hope that to see that happen incrementally over the coming years. Ten times larger? Maybe in time.
Regards Seddon
On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 5:24 PM Ilario Valdelli valdelli@gmail.com wrote:
Yes but India has probably 2 times the population of the whole Europe... and cannot be defined like a "poor" country. I Think that the same is valid also for East Asia.
No it's not simple to compare but the amount donated in Asia is really small.
Kind regards
On Mon, 1 Oct 2018, 15:21 Joseph Seddon, jseddon@wikimedia.org wrote:
Correction: Our readership in Macao, QATAR and Singapore; is a fraction
of
that of the United States. (specifically 1.4% of the USA: Percentage remails effectively unchanged).
Seddon
On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 2:17 PM Joseph Seddon jseddon@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hey Illario.
It is not as simple to simply that the contribution from Asia should be
10
times bigger. It is not just about GDP.
Our readership from the three countries in the top 10: Macao, Oman and Singapore; is a fraction of that of the United States. (specifically
1.4%
of the USA).
Do not get me wrong. Fundraising sees area for potential long term
growth
in both Asia and South America but we must be realistic for what that growth is.
That's why I gave a long list of the factors that affect the potential
for
fundraising in Asia, Africa and South America. Its a complex equation
Regards Seddon
On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 11:58 AM Ilario valdelli valdelli@gmail.com wrote:
I agree in that point.
Please be back to this millenium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal) (updated to 2017).
Three Asian countries are listed in the top 10.
And the estimation is to have sooner a fourth:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_past_and_projected_GDP_(P...
We can say that we have to look at the distribution of GDP, but also
in
this case three countries of the top 10 are Asian:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita
Honestly there should be from Asia a contribution 10 times bigger in
the
fundraising.
I think that it's time to say that Asia is a continent that can give
more.
Kind regards
On 01/10/2018 12:28, Paulo Santos Perneta wrote:
I suppose Asia can do a lot better than 3 million, but I don't augur
much
success with increasing those campaigns for Africa and South
America,
at
least using the current model.
Looking by the sample I know in Brazil (last year fundraising
campaign,
in
August I believe) the Brazilian Portuguese Wikipedia readers often
got
enraged to the point of vandalizing articles stating their disgust
for a
campaign asking money to an impoverished country (even more saying
10$
was
the cost of a coffee there). Others "donated" money or attempted to
donate
it thinking it was a kind of a fee for being allowed to read
Wikipédia
(kind of a subscription).
Paulo
Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com escreveu no dia domingo, 30/09/2018
à(s)
20:30:
Hi Thea,
Thank you for sharing this report.
I very much like the visual design, which I think is simple, clear,
and
concise. Who did the design?
Regarding the sentences, "We imagine a world in which every single
human
being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Each year, with
your
support, we edge closer toward that vision.": I suggest removing
the
second
sentence because the horizons of human knowledge continue to expand
at
a
significant rate, and I doubt that we have evidence that we're
keeping
up
in every human language with the pace that human knowledge
advances,
let
alone moving fast enough to catch up.
I'm a bit surprised by the relatively low revenue from regions
other
than
North America and Europe. Those look like areas where Fundraising
could be
more successful in the future. Does Fundraising have plans to work
on
improving revenue from those regions?
Congratulations on the success with asking donors to cover
transaction
fees.
Thanks again for sharing this report.
Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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ops
> and donor services, major gifts, online fundraising, legal, communications, > and more. > > The fundraising report offers us an opportunity to pause and
reflect
on
> learnings from last year and also consider where we're headed, particularly > as we approach one of our busiest times of the year for
fundraising.
It's
> also an inspiring reminder of how many people across the world
support
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