Paying for a Full-Time Developer?

[davemackey]

Yeah, I would rely on the community (of any project) unless the money was committed ahead of time (e.g., $xx,xxx dollars was gathered and placed in an escrow account).
David.

[Yankidank]

Hopefully our new income from Pligg Pro sales will eventually lead to allowing us to hire a full time developer. My goal for Pligg is to be able to hire AshDigg to work full time on the project, but I don't want to rely on investors who have terms that come with the money. Selling Pligg products and receiving the occasional donation might just be enough to get our first staffer.

[swissbob2]

If you can just get the software to a slightly more stable state with some documentation, you can start charging. I am not sure what the deal is with the donors at the moment, but you could also a private area for donors on the forum where you promise to try your best to answer technical problems, and increase the minimum donation to $50, say.