Revenue

Banshee Affiliate Revenue

Beginning in July 2010, Banshee incorporated Amazon MP3 Store integration. Amazon provides an affiliate fee for purchases (10% for MP3s, lower for other items), and this fee is directed to the non-profit GNOME Foundation. The only exceptions are on distributions that modify our code: Ubuntu, where Canonical receives 75%, and Linux Mint, where they retain 50%.

As of September 1, 2011, Banshee has raised $9,215 USD for the GNOME Foundation. It is projected that our contributions will exceed $10,000 USD per year, amounting to approximately 3% of the Foundation’s budget. Monthly details are being tracked in a spreadsheet.

When you buy music from Banshee’s Amazon MP3 Store, you not only get easy downloads, but you also help support our free software community.

Visit the Amazon MP3 Store to show your support for GNOME and Banshee.