# \[Proposal\]Merchants of NEAR Monthly report Sep 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Guilds\ **Created:** [October 1, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-merchants-of-near-monthly-report-sep-2021/6837 "2021-10-01T00:56:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![David\_NEAR](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/david_near/32/43414_2.png) [@David\_NEAR](https://gov.near.org/u/David_NEAR)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 11:44am UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-merchants-of-near-monthly-report-sep-2021/6837/15 "2021-10-05T11:44:51Z")
> [@Merchants\_NEAR](#): > > I have never viewed the compensation in terms of dollar value but more raw NEAR numbers as that was how it was pitched to begin with. Our work would be the same if NEAR was $3 or $5 or $10. Companies would not decrease equity or stock options given to individuals just because their stock went up, just simply not how it works. Hey! Awesome work, and it’s great to see. However, we are moving toward [USD denominated fuinding](http://gov.near.org/t/community-fund-processes-usd-pricing/5489) so it’d be great if you could update the proposal to reflect that. – For the purpose of the questions, let’s take your proposal of 2,000 NEAR as being equal to ~ $16,000. I think this is _super_ high for the operations of a Guild in a one month period, particularly one with no physical presence. Where is $16,000 being spent? > [@Merchants\_NEAR](#): > > Merchants Telegram went from 122 members to start September to 154 members to begin October. Twitter has seen the most traction with a near doubling to 331 followers. This sounds like it’s still very early days in terms of engagement, and I’m not sure the workload which this attracts warrants $16,000/mo. Can you dive a little deeper and be a bit more granular with where the funding is going to, please? Thanks a million! 🎉 --- _[View the full topic](https://gov.near.org/t/proposal-merchants-of-near-monthly-report-sep-2021/6837)._