A by-donation offering should not have to squeeze itself into a checkout shape that was built only for fixed prices. Some students will give money, some will give service, some will participate through a work-study relationship, and some will be held through a community policy. Those are different kinds of exchange, and each one deserves to be named clearly.
Sangha treats pay-by-donation offerings as real offerings with their own access and contribution paths. Money can still be collected cleanly when money is the form of dana. Service, cleaning, facilitation, food, care, or other forms of support can also be recorded without pretending they are fake dollar transactions.
That distinction protects the studio's reporting. Paid revenue can stay paid revenue, while dana and service-based exchange can remain visible as contribution. Owners can understand what came in as money, what was offered as service, and what access was granted by policy without untangling one mixed ledger.
It also protects the culture of the offering. A student giving dana should not feel like they are using a discount code, and a studio should not have to hide generosity inside workaround products. The system can show the door, the exchange, and the reason without flattening the meaning.
Pay-by-donation offerings are part of the operating model, not an exception. Sangha is built so studios can hold generosity with enough structure to be trustworthy and enough respect to avoid turning every exchange into commerce.
