# Understanding Plings

**URL:** https://forum.opendesktop.cc/t/understanding-plings/1889
**Category:** Payments
**Created:** [May 26, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/t/understanding-plings/1889 "2018-05-26T12:02:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![antechdesigns](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/user_avatar/forum.opendesktop.cc/antechdesigns/32/507_2.png) [@antechdesigns](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/u/antechdesigns)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/t/understanding-plings/1889/1 "2018-05-26T12:02:59Z")

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**Understanding Plings:**

I upload a product, opendesktop gives me 1 pling (by default) that pling is capped at 100 downloads = $1  
A supporter plings the same product, that pling is also capped at 100 downloads = $1  
in other words if a product is downloaded 2000 times you still only get $1 = 100 downloads

So for that month with them 2 plings the most I will get is $2 Max

Do I understand this right?

Thanks in advance

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### Author: ![WillS](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/user_avatar/forum.opendesktop.cc/wills/32/810_2.png) [@WillS](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/u/WillS)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/t/understanding-plings/1889/2 "2018-05-26T19:23:32Z")

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In general, yes! But only from May 2019! 😉

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### Author: ![opendesktop](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/user_avatar/forum.opendesktop.cc/opendesktop/32/25311_2.png) [@opendesktop](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/u/opendesktop)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/t/understanding-plings/1889/3 "2018-05-27T09:21:38Z")

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Yes, for $20, you need 19 who support this.  
There is a 1 year tryout phase if this model works, if not enough people register as supporters at all, we re-evaluate what to do in that case.

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### Author: ![antechdesigns](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/user_avatar/forum.opendesktop.cc/antechdesigns/32/507_2.png) [@antechdesigns](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/u/antechdesigns)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2018, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/t/understanding-plings/1889/4 "2018-05-27T10:57:53Z")

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yes I’m aware it starts May 2019

Thanks WillS 🙂

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### Author: ![antechdesigns](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/user_avatar/forum.opendesktop.cc/antechdesigns/32/507_2.png) [@antechdesigns](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/u/antechdesigns)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2018, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.opendesktop.cc/t/understanding-plings/1889/5 "2018-05-27T11:20:49Z")

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Thanks for verifying.

Also to become a supporter you have to pay $15 to be able to give plings?

Lets say you had 1 product, So to get your $15 back, you would have to get 14 plings on that 1 product  
100 downloads x15 plings = $15 thats including the pling from opendesktop when you upload a product.

Do the plings stay there indefinitely are do they get removed after the month has ended?

I think I understand how its going to work, but I thought I’d post a simple explanation for anybody struggling getting their head around it 😉

Thanks again  
Ant