Sponsorware for Github is a sponsorware library for selling sponsorware software on Github via Github sponsors.
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To deploy Sponsorware for Github on your projects, you'll need the following (all free, no credit card required).
- A Netlify account (https://netlify.com)
- A Github account (https://github.com)
- A Github personal access token (Read more)
- A public Github sponsors profile (https://github.com/sponsors)
- A Github repositories to sell access to
Before we get started - double-check the pre-requisites in the previous section to ensure you're ready to go. Once we're certain, it's a quick and easy process to get started selling software on Github with the instructions below.
1. Accept the invitation & fork the Sponsorship-Github repository
2. Create a new website on Netlify, and set it to auto-deploy from your cloned repository
3. Fill out the GITHUB_USER, GITHUB_REPO, and GITHUB_TOKEN environment variables on Netlify
4. Rebuild & clear cache on Netlify
5. Add your new Netlify webhook to your Github Sponsorship page
6. You're ready to start selling on Github! 🥳
Make sure you tell people about your new sponsorware, and let people know what they're buying when they sponsor your profile!
Great question! If you don't have enough seats available under your Github organization to add a new outside collaborator, the API call will fail because Github won't all the invite to be generated. Always ensure you have a some extra seats allotted (1-10 depending on sales volume) to ensure this doesn't happen!
Contact Jim Bisenius via DM on Discord! I'd be happy to help get it installed personally 🤠
You can cancel your subscription at anytime and your repository privliges will be revoked and a final copy of the software for you to via before you lose access to all future updates. TLDR: You just lose access to updates, your software will still work
Have questions or need support? We're always able to answer any questions or help you however needed via email at support@neutroncreative.com or via Discord, with Discord being the quickest if you need urgent help.
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