Heads up PayPal is changing ToS again
And they are getting even more strict when it comes to not using invoices for charging for Digital Goods.
Whatever Invoices make you uncomfortable or not, you gotta start using them if you want to keep your PayPal and your money. Changes starting this October 19th.
Honestly I donât get why so many artists are so overwhelmed by invoices, takes just a few clicks to set up.Â
And is not only âoh you have to use invoices because PayPal says soâ if you donât use invoices youâre putting yourself at risk of being scammed by an user abusing the buyerâs protection.Â
Since PayPal ainât got no idea of what those $50 you received were for, but the buyer is saying they didnât got anything for the money, PayPal will just side with the buyer.
Iâm seriously begging ppl, start using invoices. Iâm tired of seeing ppl complain their paypal was banned, or is under investigation, or worse, the $100 they got for a very complicated commission, 3 months later get a refund issue.Â
just
start
using
invoices
for your own sake.Â
Here is how you use invoices because I canât keep playing devilâd advocate, yes I would love to help you get your PayPal restored but just this last month I had to help three persons, and they were MORE than aware of this issues.Â
Just protect yourself.Â
Step 1. You login and click here
Step 2. You click create new Invoice. YOU NEVER CLICK REQUEST MONEY, unless you want to risk yourself to get scamer by buyerâs protection exploit and not only lose your money but your paypal account, and any future paypal linked to your irl name.Â
Step 3 You follow this steps
1. Invoice for amount only
2. Ask your client for their PayPal email and put in that field
3. Add a vague description of what youâre doing, something like âCharacter Coloured with Backgroundâ is good enough, and if you need more than 1 character you can type in â2âł where it says amount, or just say â2 charactersâ.
Warning: donât type in âNaruto rawing Sasukeâ. That will get you banned.Â
4. Click send.Â
Optional steps. Create a template, doesnât take more than 10 minutes and it will save you a lot of time for future invoices, you can even click on âitemsâ right next to âcreate invoiceâ and add a list of services you offer such as âcharacter sketchâ âcharacter flatsâ along with a price, so next time you invoice you just add to the invoice from your list of items and you saved yourself some more time.Â
More importantly, you protect yourself from buyerâs protection exploit because if PayPal knows youâre doing digital goods, then you will be allowed that you did in fact created a digital good.Â
Keep PayPal happy, as for right now there are no alternatives to this service, and this is the only source of income for many freelancers.Â
Stay safe.Â
Heads up, all commissioning artists
Iâll be doing this from now on!
ADDING THIS BC I HATE PAYPALLLL OK so when you send/make invoicesâŚit doesnt let you choose âdigital goodâ or differentiate between âgoods (as in physical)â and âservicesâ (as in doesnt need address) which is what you could do with micropaymentsâŚ. SO WHEN U SEND INVOICE the buyer will be asked for their shipping address.  ( I even had the options turned off for shipping?? I was pretty sure there USED TO be an option that you turned off and then it wouldnât ask for shipping, but that doesnt seem to work anymore? I went to where the setting was and still had the boxes unchecked, and yet my buyer was still getting asked to put in shipping address, and when invoice was paid, i was being asked to provide shipping label by X date or Consequences.) SO APPARENTLY YOU HAVE TO DO THIS as the SELLER
SO go to the invoice (i think this can be done BEFORE the buyer pays?? Didnt try myself tho, i did it after it was paid), and click on VIEW DETAILS in that first boxÂ
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click ADD TRACKING INFOÂ (YES COUNTER-INTUITIVE AS BALLLLLS.)
of course HERE IS WHERE YOU'REÂ GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS ON PROCESSING DIGITAL GOODS. HIDDEN BEHIND A BUTTON YOU WOULDNT PRESS IF YOU WERE, SAY, TRYING TO SELL DIGITAL GOODS. Select Order Processed/Service Rendered
YAY this stuff fills itself out and you can save and not have to worry about shipping your Digital Intangible Product to a very confused seller. I am so salt about this. excuse me while i go cry angrily.
Think Iâll reblog this for my own useâŚ
Guess I gotta get used to sending invoices for all transactions soon then
i have been getting commissions from trusted clients, but as i expand the busyness i feel the need to save this for later.
invoices arent hard yalll
The most confusing part for most digital artists is the last bit but its very important!! Please do this so you donât have issues with your paypal !!
