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Published: 2013-05-09 09:18:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 88769; Favourites: 1838; Downloads: 1074
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Apparently this is kind of an issue here on DA, so here's a short tutorial on how to convert DA Points into real money. <3
*hint: DA takes 20% of your money, so make sure you calculate that in the price of what you are selling or consider having them pay you through paypal instead.
If you use this feature you should make sure use the 100p = 1$ system when selling your stuff (adoptables, commissions, etc.) because otherwise you lose quite some money (however, you do so by using points as a currency in the first place).
Feel free to ask questions and distribute this tutorial in any way you like. <3
FAQ
Technically, it is a possibility. BUT DA has a strict rule against people sending themselves points and converting them, so if you do this it might get you banned. Not fun. Β help.deviantart.com/927/
The clever type are we? Yes, technically you can. But still, it might get you both banned from DA. I personally wouldn't do it.
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you don't have to have a premium account
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Hey what is this available balance thing? IΒ΄ve made everything it says in here and I just canΒ΄t click the green button because it says that I have to increase my available balance (itΒ΄s currently 0), I really donΒ΄t understand that, if IΒ΄ve received the points by this method what do I do with the available balance here?
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if your available balance is zero, there's no money you can withdraw. feel free to send me screenshots of how you did it.
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I got a problem, woh do I increase my available balance? what is that for?
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you need to sell stuff to do that. Your available balance is the "money" (points) you can turn to cash.
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Question about the premium contenent: the user who receive the points can't see who sent them, but what about the commissioner? Can it see its own transaction on the transaction history? If so, it could take a screenshot to demonstrate he payed for that.Β
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They can take a picture of the button afterwards - it'll say "Purchased" next to the deviation after they payed for it.
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I see, thank you!
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I don't have Paypal, cause I hear they charge for transfers, I'm not sure myself lol.
but, Can I withdraw by check? Β I know they ChargeΒ Β $5.00 Β for processing fee. Besides the $5.00r fee, do they charge more? Β or it's $ 5.00 that the only charge at all?
does Deviantart charges a fee for selling art in download content way? Β Β
Thank you for reading.Β
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Depends on what type of transfer, but yeah they did. They didn't for personal/gift though.
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2 weeks.... Aakksmsksm. >_<Β
Oh well...
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is there a limit in converting? can we just cash out large amount in a click?
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yes, there is a minimum amount of points you've got to have on it (5$ I think) Β to be able to convert it but you can convert all at once, even it it's a bigger sum.
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ouhh can i covert 1700points at once ?
or should i make widget 500points commision and let the buyer click it three time and + 200points 1 time
what better??
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I thinkyou should do it all at once.
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This option also takes away 20 percent of the income?
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Using the point system does in so general - that's why it's best to use PayPal directly.
But as far as I know the commission widget itself takes away 20 percent.
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Can we like make a donation and from those points we can become premium and after that can we then earn money ?
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yes, you can do that. but please check the new tutorial. you actually don't have to be a premium member to use this method.
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well.. is this guaranteed safe?
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Wait.. You've to be a premium member to be able to convert it into money? ono
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No. You don't need to be a premium member.
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I have a person waiting to give me points for something he purchased from me. Does he strictly have to use the Commission Widget so I could convert the points to $ or he can just give them to me and I'll covert myself? According to your journal he has to go through the Commission Widget to make it legal otherwise it would be a violation id dA rules. Such a thin line here and easy to make a mistake...
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You can convert them through either the commission widget or the purchase button but the person has to pay through on of there otherwise, if you try to convert them later yourself, it would be a violation.
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Actually, you don't need to be a beta tester.
You don't even need a premium membership. I've used that premium content thingy and I don't have one...
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So, you can't transfer money out if the points were not given to you buy the commission widget?Β
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Apparently that is the case.
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hi, I've set my status to beta tester and have tried doing this. I've suceeded with 3 pics but the other pics doesn't work. Do you have to include an attachment? and does the pic have to be a certain size or something for this to work? thanks
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yes, you have to include an attachement when you click on the premium content button.
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oh i see thank you
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i have question.. is this safe?
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No one buys from me so I can't tell. But they say it is
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Youd ont need to be a beta tester xD
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Got some question here.
Is it safe if I post a commission on a journal and ask people to pay me by clicking the premium content from my other pic?
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If you had a joint account, is there such thing as converting Money to Points?
See I don't have a PayPal account but my friend does so I would rather receive points for commissions whereas my friend could receive money
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No, there is not. But if you receive points via the purchase button you can then decide how much you'd like to convert to money and how much of your earnings you'd like to make into points that you can use on DA. Here's a quick screen shot of the important part of the "my earnings page"Β sta.sh/01s42z5n1x59
If you concentrate on the lower left side: convert to points / withdraw by paypal / withdraw by check. Transactions always need 2 weeks to clear, which basically means that you have to wait 2 weeks until you actually receive the money you earned via the purchase button. After that you have three options what to do with your earnings - those are the three I just listed. You can also decide how many "points" you want to convert to "actual DA points" or cash if you click on one of the three option buttons.
I hope this wasn't too confusing. Feel free to ask away if you have any more questions. <3
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It was realy helpful, thank you very much
But I've got some questions...Say that I open point commissions and someone does commission me. If I upload his commission with that purchase buton avaible, how do I know that only him is going to purchase the final image? Because I understand that somone wouldn't like a drawing with his character being bought by someone else. Also if someone pays me by donating in a donation poll does that goes to my earnings? Thank you for your time!
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Hey there! I am glad this tutorial was helpful to you <3 i will continue to try and answer your questions:
a) As much as I am concerned there is no way of knowing that only the commissioner purchased via the button. Another person might purchase via pressing the button as well but, since commissions are usually quite a personal thing for the customer (their ocs, a specific setting, etc.) it is very very unlikely that someone other than the actual commissioner will buy the download of the picture. Also you can tell the commissioner to send you a note after they purchase and then just take down the purchase button (edit picture and remove/un-tick the premium content). At least that's how I do it.
b) No, the points you receive via the donation button do not go to your earnings. Which means you cannot convert them. Unless DA changes that (there have been loads on changes in the past two weeks but I think this part hasn't changed).
I hope I was able to help you <3
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Thank you very much for your answer it was very helpful 
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pst I have a quick question, see since you can only pay once using this, is there a time limit? like for commissions you pay half the amount before and then another half later, does it still work?Β
haha I have no idea if you'll get me XD
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Uuuum, do you mean if your commissions cost, say, 800p - you can make the person pay you 400 beforehand and the other 400 after you finish. Though you cannot use the same "button" for one person twice. If that's what you mean. You'd have to add a purchase button (400p) to, say, a sample of your commission, and then another purchase button (400p) to the commission piece - for example. Because you're "purchasing a file/content" and you cannot purchase the same content twice in a row. Β Does this make sense?
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ahh! right that makes sense thank u :3
haha I am really bad at making up solutions
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That's totally fine. Feel free to ask me anything :3
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So, all of my points show up under my earnings tab, but they have all been transferred to me. Would I still be able to convert it? Or would it not work because they weren't used to buy downloads or commissions through the widget?
I didn't see a previous comment or anything in th FAQ, so yeah.
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