Different options

We can obviously use these 2:

• Github Sponsors (when available for everyone)
• Patreon

The problem is, these 2 platforms are designed more for personal accounts. So when you have multiple maintainers, every person will have a different Patreon/GH Sponsors page.

When companies want to support a project, they would rather use something like Open Collective , because:

• their logo and/or name will be visible to other people
• they will what their money is used for (expenses)
• they will be able to better handle the donations (especially the bigger ones) legally
• they will know, that the money they donated is available to all project maintainers

However, some companies don't want to support a project just because they are using it or to ensure that it stays maintained. They want to receive a priority/private support to make sure that, for example, security issues get fixed quicker. That's why Tidelift was made.

Advertising

We can encourage people/companies to support node-fetch, by:

• Using a Github Sponsor button and linking Patreon pages or Open Collective
• Using README:

• Using post-installation messages:

Small note to the last option: a lot of people don't like seeing any type of advertising when installing a package, especially after the recent drama.

@bitinn Let me know what you think ;)