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# Payment and billing
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Since we host our repositories on GitHub, including both the Material for MkDocs
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community edition and the private Insiders edition, [GitHub Sponsors] is a
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natural fit for handling all financial transactions, as well as for access
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management to the Insiders repository.
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Therefore, to become a sponsor of Material for MkDocs, a [GitHub account] is mandatory.
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[GitHub Sponsors]: https://github.com/sponsors
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[GitHub account]: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/start-your-journey/creating-an-account-on-github
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## Payment
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GitHub Sponsors currently only accepts payments via credit card, as they
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[removed support for PayPal] at the beginning of 2023. When
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entering your credit card details, ensure that the card remains [valid over an
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extended period] to prevent any disruptions to your sponsorship.
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[valid over an extended period]: runtime-and-cancellation.md#automatic-cancellation
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[removed support for PayPal]: https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-23-github-sponsors-will-stop-supporting-paypal/
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## Invoices
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GitHub Sponsors automatically issues and send a payment receipt via email after
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each billing cycle. These receipts serve as confirmation of payment rather than
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formal invoices. As all transactions are managed by [GitHub Sponsors], GitHub is
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your primary point of contact for payment and billing matters, not us.
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If you need an official invoice from us for your records, please get in touch
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with us at sponsors@squidfunk.com before initiating your sponsorship.
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## Refunds
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Our team does not have insights or access to details related to sponsorship
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transactions of our sponsors, as GitHub does not provide us with this
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information. For questions regarding payment issues or for more detailed
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information about your sponsorship, please get in touch with the [GitHub
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support] team.
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[GitHub support]: https://support.github.com/
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## Discounts
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Unfortunately, we can't offer discounts. To ensure that everyone in our
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community can afford to become a sponsor, we keep the barrier low and set
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prices as low as possible, starting at [\$15 a month][15] for
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[non-commercial use] and at [\$125 a month][125] for [commercial use].
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[15]: https://github.com/sponsors/squidfunk/sponsorships?tier_id=210638
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[125]: https://github.com/sponsors/squidfunk/sponsorships?tier_id=210643
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[non-commercial use]: sponsoring-tiers.md/#non-commercial-use
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[commercial use]: sponsoring-tiers.md/#commercial-use
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## Free access
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Free access to the Insiders edition is only granted exclusively to our [Community
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Experts] and to selected members of the MkDocs ecosystem. Our Community Experts
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program is designed to recognize and reward users who significantly contribute
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to the community by sharing their expertise on our [discussion board].
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Our discussion board facilitates the exchange of insights on workarounds, setups,
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and features and addresses queries from users at all levels of experience. All
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communication is public and visible for the entire community, benefitting
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everyone.
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Community experts not only enrich our project but also enable our team to focus
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on continuous improvement and the development of new features. Therefore, we are
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happy to provide them with free access to the private Insiders repository and
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encourage you to [join the team] as well!
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[community experts]: community-experts-program/index.md
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[discussion board]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/discussions
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[join the team]: community-experts-program/index.md/#ready-to-get-started
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## Billing cycle
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The [billing cycle] is an account-level setting on GitHub and is set to monthly
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or yearly. It can be changed at any time, so you might want to check the setting
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before sponsoring and change it either to monthly or yearly according to your
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own or your organization's preferences.
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If, for whatever reason, you cannot change your billing cycle, a practical
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solution is to create a dedicated [GitHub bot account] where you set the billing
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cycle accordingly and use it specifically for your sponsorship contributions.
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This is a strategy many of our organizational sponsors have successfully
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implemented.
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If you experience any difficulties or have further questions before sponsoring,
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please don't hesitate to contact us at sponsors@squidfunk.com for additional
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support.
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[billing cycle]: https://docs.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-billing-and-payments-on-github/changing-the-duration-of-your-billing-cycle
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[GitHub bot account]: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/start-your-journey/creating-an-account-on-github
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