How We Share Proceeds with Our Creators
The Community-Based Payment Model
We pay authors $10 per piece upon acceptance of a submission. At the end of a quarter, all donations made via the “Feed the moocat” donation call-to-action are totaled and divided as follows:
| Prty | Share | Goes to Whom | Why? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10 x no. of pieces | moocat.net | Recoup author payouts |
| 2nd | 30% of what’s left | moocat.net | Pay website hosting et al. |
| 3rd | 70% of what’s left, up to $100 per author | Individual authors | Share income, encourage writing |
| 4th | Whatever’s left, if any | moocat.net | Pay for website hosting, advertising, soliciting content, et al. |
Why We Do It This Way
Moocat.net is part of the Indieverse. We will never advertise on evil tech monsters like META or Twitter/X. We will supply content-sharing links only for Indieverse venues, like Mastodon (not Facebook), Lemmy (not Reddit), Bluesky (not Twitter/X or Threads), and Pixelfed (not Instagram). We want to nurture new writers and share their work.