We get it! Transparency is a vital component of today's international volunteer community. This is why we created the following article to inform you in more detail about our commission.
How much commission does our organization have to pay?
Volunteer World's commission is approximately 18% of the volunteer program fee. Please note that the commission is deducted from the total program fee, which means that the total is being split:
18% of the program fee goes to Volunteer World
82% of the program fee goes directly to your organization
When you accept a volunteer's application, you will have to send him/her an offer. You can adapt the price manually according to the volunteer's situation (e.g. additional services). Please include additional services and extensions of stay in the program fee, if applicable.
Why do social projects need to pay a commission?
Volunteer World aims to display all of its social projects the best way possible. With this purpose, we have developed an easy-to-use technical infrastructure that helps social projects to effectively advertise their volunteer programs on our platform and on our various social media platforms with a monthly reach of millions of people. Besides many other functions, we also offer direct support to the volunteer organizations through our live chat.
In order to maintain our platform and implement our different features for you, we need to cover our operational costs through the commission.
Can we add the commission on top of the usual fee?
Volunteers should not have any additional costs when they book through Volunteer World which is why it is not allowed put an additional amount on top of the program fees.
The prices displayed on Volunteer World need to be the same as on your direct website. The commission needs to be paid by the organization and not the volunteers - therefore the deposit is deducted automatically from the program fees.