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
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
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
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
