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That was pointed out later in the article.

Even so, the actual number is still interesting, because if a few percent converts, it's real money.




With 750k users, you could use A/B testing like Wikipedia did to find what prompts result in the most conversions. Wikipedia managed a 1.84% donation rate with an average of $26. If you could get that same conversion rate on $35 sales, you'd get $483k.




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