Quite a lot of open source and open knoweldge projects use micro donations — sums of $5 or less. It is interesting to note that if you, as a donor, give $1 via PayPal (one of the most popular payment systems) paypal charge 35 cents. That means at the $1 level transaction costs (excluding any monopoly/oligopoly effects) works out at over 35%.
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