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how many stars have been purchased in the total game time, like altogether

17?

probably several thousand

My guess is going to be......879

42.

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Neps alone bought more than 42......

Cause this isn´t real? Are we in the Matrix? Did you take a blue pill?

Rivan has bought over 100?

I tried to count one day, I'd say roughly 700,

maybe around 1500

So you think that Ed has made $15000 off this game? If I made that much off of a game, I'd surely update it more.

There was a thread some time ago with his income from the game that he had to claim on last years tax return, something over $4K I believe.

4k can't support a family, but is a decent chunk of change for something amusing to do

Well, I just did a count of the stars on the top 20 All star list.

~330 in existence and with the top 20 added up, its over 840...

2,486 stars have been purchased to date.

now times that by 10. and we get enders cash flow xD

A good chunk of it gets eaten by PayPal fees and taxes.

Not a bad payday for a side project though.

Side project?

Side project?!...

Bots isn't just some side project, sucka.

It's a lifestyle.

Neps alone bought more than 42......

I only bought 10.

Rivan has bought 142, thats the most ive seen one bot buy

Are stars subject to sales tax? Since it's considered a donation, I'm guessing no.

Jans, even if its a donation pay pal still takes a bit of it for using their service.

Technically a donation, but you still have to pay taxes on it in the end because it's over like 5grand?

Something like that..

Income tax surely, but i was wondering about sales tax.

And ofc paypal charges a fee for the transaction. 3% or so. Fuckers, it's bullshit they're charging a percentage, on top of a fixed fee. It's the same service they provide, whether the amount is $10, $100 or $10000.

I don't think they're subject to sales tax, but not for the reason suggested. In fact, I don't think they're considered donations, legally. That's just what I call them here. It's more like the sale of a virtual good. If it was a donation I don't think I would have to pay income tax? IANAL of course.

Anyway, I poked around for a couple minutes and it sounds like in order to have to pay sales tax, the business needs to have a "taxable presence" in that state (how this is defined varies from state to state). That's why when you order online goods from a business in another state, you usually don't have to pay sales tax. I think those laws are in the process of changing because of companies like Amazon, but that's about as much as I know.

PayPal's cut is more around 5%, by the way. I have/had one of their preferred rates too for doing a certain amount of volume per month.