{"id":18434,"date":"2016-05-08T23:25:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T23:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2016\/05\/08\/really-important-new-paypal-update-please-read-2\/"},"modified":"2016-05-08T23:25:54","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T23:25:54","slug":"really-important-new-paypal-update-please-read-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2016\/05\/08\/really-important-new-paypal-update-please-read-2\/","title":{"rendered":"REALLY IMPORTANT – NEW PAYPAL UPDATE – PLEASE READ"},"content":{"rendered":"

birdscribbles<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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thisisyourfix<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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behaxeltzi<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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askthepoketrio<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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THIS NEEDS A HELLA SIGNAL BOOST – PLEASE SPREAD THIS UP<\/b><\/h2>\n

EVERYONE needs to start using Invoices. This is very important.<\/p>\n

Paypal has recently updated their TOS and it\u2019s something that everyone should pay attention to. <\/p>\n

\u201c10.3h If you violate the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy, \u2026 you will be liable to PayPal for the amount of PayPal\u2019s damages caused by your violation \u2026 You acknowledge and agree that $2,500.00 USD per violation \u2026 is presently a reasonable minimum estimate of PayPal\u2019s actual damages \u2026 PayPal may deduct such damages directly from any existing Balance in the offending Account or any other Account you control.\u201d<\/p>\n

DO NOT SEND PAYMENTS AS \u201cGIFTS\u201d You will be risking your commissioners account and that is really really bad.<\/p>\n

Artists, REQUEST PAYMENT THROUGH INVOICES. It lets YOU control how money is sent.<\/p>\n

Commissioners, DO NOT SEND PAYMENT unless you send it through \u201cfor goods and services.\u201d If your artist requests \u2018send as gifts\u2019 BEFORE you send payment, tell them about the $2,500 fine per violation, as they probably do not know about it.<\/p>\n

Yes, paypal fees suck, but it\u2019s better to have a few dollars missing than to get fined $2,500 for a $20 purchase.<\/p>\n

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This is really important! And yeah the fees suck, but it\u2019s actually ILLEGAL to select\u00a0\u201cgifts\u201d if you are actually paying for a service because of tax, like wise it is always illegal to accept payment that way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Please if you are a freelance artist taking commissions \u00a0ALWAYS SEND AN INVOICE! It can cover your ass in more ways than one, and you know actually makes it easier to keep track of things anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Signal boost- more than half of you who get art supplies from me take commissions, and you need to know.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cUse Invoices\u201d is good advice, but please don\u2019t forget to mark your invoices as complete after you\u2019ve delivered your art\/goods!!!<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nThis is the equivalent of having your customers uncheck shipping options if they send you money for Goods and Services!!!<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Click on an invoice<\/b><\/p>\n

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2. Click\u00a0\u201cView details\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

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3. On the next page, scroll down and click\u00a0\u201cEdit Tracking Info\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

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4. Mark the order as processed, and add a note that the goods were DIGITAL, and did not require shipping\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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5. Hit Save, and you\u2019re done! <\/b>You can now archive the invoice if you like, so that your invoice lsit doesn\u2019t get super cluttered \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is super important. Paypal used to charge a fee for EVERY transaction, even if it wasn\u2019t goods\/services related. They changed this to allow you to send money to friends and family for free, but please don\u2019t abuse it! ALWAYS pay the fee for goods\/services.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re commissioning someone, consider giving a little extra to cover the paypal fees or opt to pay the fee for them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Artists, don\u2019t request people send you money through illegal channels. Paypal is a service that makes it much easier to send\/receive money, but they have to cover their overhead, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

birdscribbles: thisisyourfix: behaxeltzi: askthepoketrio: THIS NEEDS A HELLA SIGNAL BOOST – PLEASE SPREAD THIS UP EVERYONE needs to start using Invoices. This is very important. Paypal has recently updated their TOS and it\u2019s something that everyone should pay attention to. \u201c10.3h If you violate the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy, \u2026 you will be liable to … Continue reading REALLY IMPORTANT – NEW PAYPAL UPDATE – PLEASE READ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[739],"class_list":["post-18434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-paypal","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}