{"id":8276,"date":"2017-10-12T13:29:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T20:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=8276"},"modified":"2017-10-12T14:02:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T21:02:29","slug":"new-contributions-launched-amo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2017\/10\/12\/new-contributions-launched-amo\/","title":{"rendered":"New Contributions launched on AMO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The contributions feature was launched <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2009\/07\/15\/firefox-add-ons-contributions-pilot\/\">over 8 years ago<\/a> to give developers an easy way to receive compensation for their add-ons on AMO (<a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/\">addons.mozilla.org<\/a>). This system relied on an integration with the PayPal API, which often caused problems. It didn&#8217;t work properly for users with restricted cookie settings, for instance. It also meant PayPal was the only payment provider.<\/p>\n<p>We just launched a new contributions system that is simpler, more reliable, and flexible to use.<\/p>\n<h3>New Contributions<\/h3>\n<p>With the new system, developers specify a contributions URL in the <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/developers\/\">Developer Hub<\/a>. The Contribute button on their listing page will point to that URL and open it in a new tab. Initially, we will be supporting Patreon, PayPal, and Micropayment as payment providers. If you&#8217;re a developer and would like to propose other services for inclusion, please add your feedback to <a href=\"https:\/\/discourse.mozilla.org\/t\/upcoming-changes-to-contributions-on-amo\/\">this forum thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The contributions feature was launched over 8 years ago to give developers an easy way to receive compensation for their add-ons on AMO (addons.mozilla.org). This system relied on an integration &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2017\/10\/12\/new-contributions-launched-amo\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":8278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,581],"tags":[17,482,278873,72345],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Contributions launched on AMO - Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2017\/10\/12\/new-contributions-launched-amo\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jorge Villalobos\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2017\/10\/12\/new-contributions-launched-amo\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2017\/10\/12\/new-contributions-launched-amo\/\",\"name\":\"New Contributions launched on AMO - 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