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Published: 2013-12-17 01:04:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 74281; Favourites: 1109; Downloads: 390
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This tutorial explains how a buyer and an artist can set up payment using deviantART's Commission Widget. Through this process, the artist receives CASH through PayPal. The artist DOES NOT receive any points. There is a two week delay between when the buyer sends payment and when the artist receives the funds through PayPal.
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As you can see, this process is needlessly complicated. To see a proposal for a far simpler system, refer to:
parallellogic.deviantart.com/a…
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Is it possible to remove a sent commission? Like if you wanted one and then decided against it or something came up and you ended up needing those points for something else?
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It's mostly out of your control once you initiate a commission. If the artist hasn't accepted the offer yet, you may be able to reach out to them and ask that they decline the correspondence item. If the artist has already accepted, the only other thing is to contact the staff and request the payment be halted (and it's a good idea to communicate to the artist you're doing that before hand). I think the staff may reverse payment on a case-by-case basis if you request a refund early enough in the process.
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Thank you for responding c:
I was able to communicate with her.
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excuse me ah, how do i get rid of older commissions? it doesn't give me the option to remove them
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When you edit the Commission Widget (using the pencil icon at the top right of the widget) there should be a red 'x' to the right of each commission offer for you to remove them.
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I'm just redoing my old commission widget for point commissions, but for some reason, I can't post up picture references or get rid of my old crappy one! Can you please help?
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Try refreshing the page. DA has a glitch where you can't change the images right after adding the widget to your page.
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I got it! Thank you!
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Will DA deduct a certain % from the points or cash when it transfers to paypal? like, if I commission a 5$ commission and the buyer will pay me 5$, how much will I receive?
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DA deducts their fee before showing you how much you have earned. Once DA shows you your balance, that is how much you have. However once you transfer it from DA to PayPal, PayPal itself will administer their own 0.30$+2.9% fee on the transaction.
I have an example in step 1 in the deviation above:
If the buyer spends 1,350 points on your commission (it cost $16.88 to buy those points), DA will tell you you can withdraw $13.50 to PayPal. Once you transfer the funds to PayPal, your PayPal balance will increase by $12.82.
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Ah. I see. Thank you for the specific explanation.. 
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I'm confused, so after two weeks, will it give me the points, or will i have to have a paypal?
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After the two weeks are up you will have the option to withdraw the funds in one of three ways: as points, to PayPal, or through check.
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after 2 weeks the points will be converted into USD and then you can withdraw that profit from deviantart to paypal.
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Gotcha, thanks. Seems kinda silly to have to wait 2 weeks but whatever lol
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no worries, yeah idk the point of that really :'o
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so i accept the commission and i finish it and send it but the points dont go through or anything it stays pending How do i fix this?...
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Points will remain pending for two weeks from the moment you press the "accept" key on the commission. The only method to acquire these points (or cash) is to wait the two weeks for the transaction to clear.
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Ye i figured that out thanks tho x3
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Thanks so much for this!
I have a problem, I don't have this widget
why?
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TO add it to your page, use the instructions in step 2 and 3. You may need to refresh your page.
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I found that it had already been added to my personal widgets section. (when I went to edit the profile layout)
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what to do if request commission button doesn't appear?
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You will not be able to see the button because DA prevents you from commissioning yourself.
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i dont see the "add examples from your galery" anywhere ;-;
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comments.deviantart.com/1/4202…
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Whoooa I didn't know this widget was for transforming points into cash! I guess i should start doing this since many people have points more than cash
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I'm confused as to how you put your paypal information in?
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I believe you should be able to enter it once you meet the minimum balance and hit the "Withdraw by PayPal" button here:
www.deviantart.com/account/ear…
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Ah now i understand xD
I thought that the points didn't go through for some reason,
so i deleted it for a long time, but now I'm using it again C:
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I started using this widget and just got my first commission through it and I don't think I like it lol. So I have to wait two weeks to get the points I'm owed from the person who commissioned me?
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Yes, there is a two week waiting period from when the commission is accepted to when the payment is released. If you desire points quickly, it may be better to use the Donation Widget instead.
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Jeez, never using this widget again lol. Too complicated
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It's because the point of the widget is to earn cash from points that your clients give you. The widget will NOT allow you to receive points, that's what the donation widget is for
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Ohhhh, so will I be able to be paid in points to get the 30 (24) points I'm owed? Or will it stay pending until it can be converted to cash?
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I've been looking for information on how to start one of these things. Thank you!
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An "Add Examples From Your Gallery" option isn't showing up; what am I doing wrong?
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I have done both of these options neither work ;-;
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I refreshed my page but the "Add Examples From Your Gallery" still doesn't show up, did I do something wrong?
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If it doesn't work, an alternative would be to just insert thumbnails into the desc.
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What do you mean?
(sorry I'm kind of bad at understanding inglish)
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What is your first language? Maybe I could translate.
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Si no funciona, una alternativa sería insertar miniaturas en la descripción
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Try refreshing your profile page and the trying again. There seems to be a bug where the option does not appear right after adding the widget to your profile page.
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