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Published: 2015-08-16 16:58:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 10019; Favourites: 272; Downloads: 20
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Please make sure to carefully read and follow the important information. Remember, failing to do so Β may result in both parties losing their PayPal accounts!
So in the past I've encountered many commissioners who don't know how to send money via PayPal, or send the payment incorrectly and end up risking both of our accounts.. I made this small tutorial to add to my commissions journal in hopes of preventing this from happening.Β
I tried making it very simple for those who are new to PayPal or don't know how to send money using PayPal. I hope it helps!
Feel free to add this to your journal/commission information to avoid your account being at risk.
I am not extremely educated on how PayPal works. I will try to answer any questions I can, however.
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Will it send you a notification of whoever sent the money? Like their username or email?
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If you have PayPal as an app on your phone, a push message will appear as: "FULLNAME SURNAME" has sent you $xx
PayPal will also send you an email titled: "You've got money" (found under updates in Gmail) - it'll show the transaction with the name, money, (note if any) and how much fee there has been taken.
Also the overview on your account will show name, email, status, note and money.
All with no username. That's why adding it as a note to the money is a great idea.Β Β
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OHH!!! Thank you so much fo this!!
I think I have eveythingΒ down for when Im able to use paypal.Β
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Thank you very much for this helpful tutorial! :>
I had no proper idea about how to use Paypal before, but now it is much clearer.
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I have aquestion, how do you find the user? Do they send you their page or what?Β
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Like how to send the payment?
The person your commissioning gives you their Email associated with their PayPal account and that's how you send it.
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oh okay! thanks : D I haven't been on paypal before so I was just curious XP
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No problem! Ever need anything else just ask.
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I've listed a couple reasons.
First, sending a commission payment as a gift is scamming and stealing money from PayPal. They make their money off the small fees we pay when we receive money (since the one who sends the payment doesn't pay any fees anyway). So I can understand PayPal banning accounts who are stealing money from them. And they don't only ban them, in their terms of service they could also fine them for $2,500. So always avoid sending commissions as gifts.Β
Second, if you send a payment and include your address, PayPal will expect the person to physically send something to your house. I've been in trouble with someone including their address when they sent money to me. It's a bit annoying to have to deal with.
And lastly, PayPal associates art sites with porn. I can only imagine how many people bought NSFW commissions on FurAffinity or Inkbunny and in the note wrote every obnoxious and outrageous detail they could possibly write. PayPal isn't fond of the idea that people are using their site to buy smut, and since some smut is against the law, like child pornography for example, if they catch it they ban it. And now, if you mention any art site, they play it safe and assume it's smut to avoid any legal matters. As they say, one bad apple spoils the bunch.
I hope this clears it up!
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Oh thank you so much for this! I'll remember this when I get paypal.Β
Your awesme <3
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You're welcome! I'm really glad I could help~
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You made my dayy!<33
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I would be grateful if you did. I would encourage readers to pass the word on too.
The more people who know how to properly pay for commissions, the less trouble us artists will have and the less PayPal accounts shut down. ;-;
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Thanks a lot for this! It's a huge help!!
EDIT: Featured this in a journal! How to pay for commissions via PayPal
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You're welcome. I'm so happy you found it useful!
Ahhh, thank you! ;v;
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I sure did. :3
You're welcome.
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Oh my god! This is extremely helpful! ;v; I've been looking for paypal tutorials and the ones I find here on dA are outdated and old. ;A; Especially since PayPal updated their rules etc. ;u;
Thank you so much for posting this up to help!~ >v<
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That's exactly why I made this!Β
You're very welcome! I am so happy I could help. ;v;
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You're welcome. >v<
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I just matrixed.... I..........................
Have decoded the message!!!!!
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This will definitely be helpful in the future, thank you!
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No problem. I'm glad it will help.
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i don't have have one but this is a nice tutorial.
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This is how I've always done it, unfortunately I have encountered a few artists who ask you to send it using the friends and family option though just so they can avoid the fee...
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It's the legit way.Β
By sending it using the friends and family option you are basically scamming PayPal out of money. Which is stealing. 
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Sorry to bother you, can you please tell me how much is the fee? ^^
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I believe it is percent based. It usually adds up to $1 or so per commission.
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Okay, thank you! ^^
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Yeah, I now avoid artists who insist on using the friends and family option, not going to risk my account just because someone wants to avoid a fee (that I then have to pay).
I tried to tell an artist this but I was just ignored especially when someone else decided to butt in and tell them that paypal aren't likely to do anything about it...
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That's for the best. I don't mind losing a few bucks compared to the whooping $2,500 and up fine if you're caught.
If the artist ignored you then that's their problem. Plus, the use of the word "likely" doesn't really fight a good argument, haha,
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Indeed, the fee isn't a huge amount in the end.
Yeah guess so, just means I won't buy anything from them... pity since they are a good artist but oh well and yeah it was a crappy counter argument to what I said, if paypal does something about their misuse of the site then it's their own fault.
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This is a good idea. Myself, I have next to no idea how to use PayPal, so this helps out wonderfully. Good job!
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Thank you. 
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