Paypal

So, me and some friends are developing some software and I would like
to set up a paypal account so people can donate. I just can't make it
clear from the information on the paypal site.

Ok, so I have to sign up for an account ... will that cost me anything ?

I just want to sign up, set up this merchant system and sit back. Do I
have to pay for anything ? Will they be taking money off my account ?

anyone had any experiences ?

Force

i think generally speaking its a sound system to use, you just have to
be aware of PayPal fraud (common on ebay) and the fact that it has no
legal grounding with international laws/banks..

and no, afaik you dont have to pay to make an account to recieve donations. paypal is fairly safe, go for it :smile:

I think the seller has to pay a small fee, but the buyer pays nothing.
Don't know how it works for donations though. Accounts should be free,
but I think you'll have to pay for "certification". Might try looking
around at some of your favorite websites with Paypal donation systems
and ask how that works for them.

I like Paypal though, for the fairly small amount of eBay I do. Pretty good service.

I like Paypal though, for the fairly small amount of eBay I do. Pretty good service.

Until you add a real credit card. They'll start saying you need to "certify" it. That means they want to charge you money (not that much, but its the idea that pisses me off), then on your bill a 4 digit code will be there then you have to take that and put it in PayPal for you card (the number is tied to the last four digits of your card, which doesn't work as well either.) It's annoying to say the lease, because you have to wait at least 4 days and pay money. Also, your card is tied to that account afterwards ... otherthen that, PayPal is okay. They seem to have no problems with bank cards.

I used paypal once, and within a few months I had some fraudulent charges on my credit card...

There are allot of other people out there who don't think much of it either: PayPalSucks

when you sign up for paypal go to merchant tools and click the donation
link that is in the blurb on that page and that will guide you through
the process of setting up a donation button for your site

I've been using Paypal for 2 1/2 years, and I haven't had any problems at all.

Amazon also do a donation scheme, but I don't know any details about how it works.

I used paypal once, and within a few months I had some fraudulent charges on my credit card...

Fraudulent changes like ... ?

Forceflow said:

I used paypal once, and within a few months I had some fraudulent charges on my credit card...

Fraudulent changes like ... ?

Is that a typo or did you misread my comment?

Anyway, what happened was that someone bought ~$50 worth of internet porn through my paypal account. I found the charge on my credit card bill, reported the problem, and my bank canceled the card and gave me a new one. no biggie really, I just don't understand why they didn't steal more than $50. However, that is the only time I have ever had problems with my credit card number being stolen, and it was directly linked to paypal. This IMO does not bode well for the security of the services they offer.

Crono said:
Until you add a real credit card. They'll start saying you need to "certify" it. That means they want to charge you money (not that much, but its the idea that pisses me off), then on your bill a 4 digit code will be there then you have to take that and put it in PayPal for you card (the number is tied to the last four digits of your card, which doesn't work as well either.) It's annoying to say the lease, because you have to wait at least 4 days and pay money. Also, your card is tied to that account afterwards ... otherthen that, PayPal is okay. They seem to have no problems with bank cards.

I never had to do this.

So there's someone out there who's clever enough to steal credit card details, but not clever enough to get free porn?

I had to do that ages ago, but it's not really a problem... And $50 is a fairly small amount so hopefully it would go unnoticed and the guy could keep using your card!

Leperous said:
I had to do that ages ago

What, buy pr0n? :razz:

I believe he's talking about the "pay for an ID card number" part ... possibly to buy porn off of ebay ...