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Donate: biolovers.site/upgrades/donate — any amount 1.99–1.99–1,000.
Donate upgrade page

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How tiers work

Donations are tracked by lifetime total in USD across all your payments (Profile.lifetimeDonatedUsdCents). The unlocks are driven by donator-tier.ts:
SlugLifetime total threshold
donator_bronze≥ $10
donator_silver≥ $50
donator_gold≥ $100
The marketing page brands the tiers as Donator · Guardian · Legend but on the wire they’re stored as the bronze/silver/gold slugs above. Only the highest tier ever shows on your profile (applyDonatorTierReplace) — donating 5then5 then 5 = bronze; donating $50 = silver.

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Limits

  • Per-donation minimum: $1.99 (DONATOR_MIN_USD_CENTS = 199).
  • Per-donation maximum: $1,000 (DONATOR_MAX_USD_CENTS = 100000).
  • Smaller-than-bronze donations still count toward your lifetime total.

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How to donate

  1. Open the donate page.
  2. Pick a preset amount (or type a custom number — minimum $1.99).
  3. Pick a purpose (required radio):
    • Server costs — keep the lights on.
    • Feature dev — a vote for new features.
    • Bless us — no preference.
  4. Tap Purchase.
  5. Pay with Card or Crypto in the popup.
The tier (and matching Discord role, if you have Discord linked) updates the moment payment confirms.

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Discord roles

If you’ve linked Discord (see Discord & Telegram) and are in our community server, the matching tier role is granted automatically by tryGrantDiscordDonatorRole. Lower-tier roles are removed when you cross into a higher tier.

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Progress bar

The page shows your lifetime total + how much is left to the next tier (“$23 to silver”), or “max tier reached” once you’re at gold.

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Receipts

We send a branded Biolovers receipt email when payment confirms (Stripe sends its own as well; NOWPayments does not). The email goes to your verified address on file.

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Common questions

No. We’re not a registered non-profit. Donations are appreciated but not tax-deductible.
No. Lifetime totals only go up.
Donations are voluntary contributions and are not refundable once the payment has completed (any tier, any amount, any purpose). The narrow exception is a clear duplicate or obvious typo if you reach out to us promptly via Discord or our contact form. See Refunds.
All previous payments are summed — when the system rolled out, existing donator totals were credited.
Receipts go to your email after each payment. We don’t currently expose a list in the dashboard, but it’s on the roadmap.