This is amazing work you guys are doing. I need to ask though: how do we know for sure that the profits minus production costs are really going to the Trevor Project? I don't want to say I don't trust you but I've been burned many times before. Perhaps you could create a public Trevor Project fundraiser in the name of supercorp zine and proceed to donate as soon as you get money. Immediate transparency will get more people buying + publicly available proof will be good for the fandom reputation
We completely understand your concerns with how the money is being handled and where it’s going to end up. We’d love to have the immediate transparency you’re referring to because it would be better for everyone involved- the mods included!
The reason we can’t donate the money (minus production costs) immediately to a public fundraiser is because as of now, we don’t have any production costs. We haven’t ordered any of the zines, merchandise, envelopes, etc. yet. We’re waiting until pre-orders are done to order them, that way we can be sure we are ordering the correct amount, plus the needed extras (for the contributing artists, lost zine packages, etc.) Doing it this way is cost effective because we won’t be purchasing more zines/merch than is necessary, meaning more money can be donated instead of it being used to buy an enormous amount of excess products. This is why we can’t donate immediately: there’s no way to know how much to donate from each sale yet.
Steps we will take to make sure the buyers are as comfortable as possible:
Show our PayPal account activity. Beginning of May (after the pre-order period), we will put up the account activity the PayPal had for the month of April. Any personal information will be blacked out. What you will be able to see is that aside from the PayPal and Storenvy fees for every transaction, every single cent that was put into the account is still there and will remain there until it is used for production or donation.
Show all production receipts. When the time comes to produce the zine, we will put up the receipts showing how much was spent. This includes the cost of the zines, the cost of merchandise, the packaging materials and shipping (which each buyer has paid for).
Donation receipt. Once the zine is all done, every dollar in the PayPal account will be donated to The Trevor Project and we will put up this receipt as well.
We hope that this information can allay your fears! If you have any questions, please ask us here or at our personal blogs: @qrred for Monica and @zor-elluthor for me, Ayesha
Pre-order You Are My Hero: A Supercorp Zine here!
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