The site is a private site, which is on-line since 1995, run by 2 persons, but with contributions from hundreds of people.
Collecting civic heraldry is my hobby since the 1980s and takes much time and money (books, hosting etc etc). Since 2014 a second editor has been added to the team. In the coming years the ownership will be transferred to the Heraldry of the World Foundation, a non-profit foundation under Dutch law, which will preserve the site, the library and collection of heraldic items.
The only income for the site is from sales of duplicate items on eBay and donations. I do not want to use aggressive advertisements on the site, therefore the revenue from the site is very small. The income thus only covers a small part of the costs of the site and acquiring net materials. The rest comes from my private sources.
You can support the site by :
- For financial donations I prefer donations by PayPal to webmaster@heraldry-wiki.com (or click on the button below). All donations send to this specific PayPal address will be used for acquiring books or other items for the site.
If you want to donate financially by bank transfer, please contact me at webmaster@heraldry-wiki.com for details. We can not accept cheques.
- Donating website material, i.e. images of coats of arms, backgrounds and any other kind of electronic material. Please send these to webmaster@heraldry-wiki.com
- Donating physical items, i.e. books, journals, stickers, booklets, folders, newspaper clippings, collector's items etc. See below for address details
Thank you !
Ralf Hartemink (owner and webmaster Heraldry of the World)
&
Marcus Karlsson (editor)
Postal address:
Stichting Heraldry of the World i.o.
Busehof 7
6871 BM Renkum
the Netherlands