Contribution Rewards
Across our Contribution Program, we are pleased to be able to provide money rewards as an awesome benefit for successfully contributing! We offer reward payouts through PayPal and as credit for your ZAP-Hosting account. Rewards are provided as the final step once your contribution is approved by our ZAP-Hosting Contributions Team and is ready to be published.
Another great benefit is an exclusive @Community Contributor role which you will receive on our ZAP-Hosting Discord Server for your first contribution, to show off your efforts in supporting the community and to gain access to some exclusive content. You must provide your Discord ID during the submission process if you wish to receive this.
There are a range of criteria that we use to calculate the final reward, and this differs between the type of contribution that you performed. In the following sections, you can view more detailed information regarding rewards for each of our Contribution sections.
All final decisions including for rewards are at the discretion of the ZAP-Hosting Contributions Team.
Contribution Type
During evaluation, we calculate a base payout which is applicable for the PayPal option. If the writer decides to choose ZAP-Hosting Credit as their payout option, we will add 30% to their total payout as a bonus.
Example: We evaluate a base payout of €40 for your contribution. You will receive €40 if you choose the PayPal option or €46 (40 * 1.3) for the ZAP-Hosting Credit option.
ZAP Guides
For ZAP Guides contributions, we first consider if the changes are a new guide or updates to an existing guide. Typically, this can be assumed based on your guide suggestion. If an existing guide was modified very significantly, we may consider this as a new guide however, this is at the discretion of the ZAP-Hosting Contributions Team.
New Guides
| Payout Type | Maximum Payout |
|---|---|
| ZAP-Hosting Credit | €65 |
| PayPal | €50 |
Updates to existing guides
| Payout Type | Maximum Payout |
|---|---|
| ZAP-Hosting Credit | €26 |
| PayPal | €20 |
ZAP Blogs
For ZAP Blogs contributions, writers qualify for the amounts listed in the table below.
| Payout Type | Maximum Payout |
|---|---|
| ZAP-Hosting Credit | €130 |
| PayPal | €100 |
Evaluation Criteria
There is a range of criteria that we use to evaluate the value of the final payout. These are listed below as follows:
- Technical Quality: Is the content written professionally? Is it using the latest most accurate information? Are keywords appropriately used?
- Topic Involved: Are there many similar topics on the internet? Is the topic unique?
- Thoroughness: Is the content heavily detailed and directly addresses everything that the reader needs to know?
- Guidelines: To what extent has the writer followed our guidelines?
- Post-review Changes: How much change was necessary to ensure a high-quality guide? How much did the ZAP Contributions Team have to help?
Based on these criteria, we approximate an acceptable reward for the work the writer has put into the guide. We aim to be as fair and transparent as possible, so we always welcome feedback and responses from the writer if they are dissatisfied and wish to discuss their rewards and work in further detail.
Receiving the Reward
Once you have submitted and finalized your contribution with our ZAP-Hosting Contributions Team, we will evaluate and inform you about your reward. This will be through the GitHub Pull Request for guide contributions and through the ticket on your ZAP-Hosting.com account for blog contributions.
ZAP-Hosting Credit (ZAP Coins)
In the case of choosing ZAP-Hosting Credit as the payout, we will directly credit the approved amount to your specified ZAP-Hosting.com account.
PayPal
When choosing PayPal payout, you will have to complete some additional steps which we will contact you about once ready.
Ensure that you include both your ZAP ID and the ticket ID for the PayPal confirmation ticket which will be sent to your account. Without this, your payout will be delayed!
You will have to use PayPal Invoice Creator and fill it out as appropriate:
- Fill in our company information as the recipient:
ZAP-Hosting GmbH & Co. KG, Hafenweg 8, 48155 Münster, Deutschland - Description must include both your ZAP ID and the ticket ID for your payout confirmation ticket, as following:
Contribution Program Payout: Ticket #[yourticket_id], [your_zapid] - Invoice must be sent to:
m.kluck@zap-hosting.com
Once the payout occurs, you agree to transfer all exclusive intellectual property rights of your creation to ZAP-Hosting GmbH & Co KG. This transfer is confirmed once you have received your payment and is listed in our Terms of Service (TOS) which you accepted during the suggestion phase of your contribution.