Fellow swappers, I have a question to run by all of you...
My concern is how much to charge for the fee for my upcoming seed swap. Since I'm opening it up to all ATP'ers and I'm anticipating a larger number of people than the beta, there is a good chance that there will be some people who will request enough seeds to fill a medium-sized flat-rate box...which will cost more than $6. I don't want people to think I'm charging excessive fees, but I also don't want to get stuck paying money out of my own pocket for other people to get their seeds.
My solution to this prior to the beta was to set up the swaps with the option (or requirement) of 'tips' that could be in the form of money, seeds, or other items that might help offset any potential costs that might occur, but that hasn't been established as a practice yet, so I don't see anyone doing that. I could set my fee higher, at $8, but I do have concerns that it will either a) discourage people who just want a few seeds or who see that the other swaps are 'cheaper' or b) people will try to get their 'money's worth' and all of the swappers will end up requesting tons of seeds and needing the larger boxes and I'll have shot myself in the foot, so to speak.
I would appreciate any suggestions you might have. I really don't want to go broke over this swap, but I don't want to discourage participants, either.
Thoughts?
