Paypal Questions

[dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com]

I'm looking at adding a donate button to my November short form writing project. I've only ever used paypal to send money. Do most of you use a general paypal account? Have any of you upgraded to their business account? If so, what are the advantages? Are their any major problems with NOT upgrading at this stage. This is an early experiment that may not go anywhere, so, I'd rather not outlay money on something that may not go anywhere.

Any other advice to someone very, very new to this process?

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[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

I upgraded to their business account when I first registered, and it was so long ago I could tell you what particular perks swayed me to it, but I've been happy with it. I upgrade to the professional account (the one you pay monthly for) two or three years ago, and have been quite happy. It's a little pricey now (it was cheaper when I first signed up), but I **adore** the shipping options (not an issue if you're just taking donations) and virtual terminal (I can take CC information down at shows and run them when I get home... though naturally some of them don't clear, so use at your own risk). Just my 2 cents.

[dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com]

That's the difficult part. I wasn't sure whether you paid for the business account or not (though I figured you probably did), because I couldn't find anything about it.

Hmm...

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I use a general PayPal account, or rather, my partner Doug does. Each fishbowl gets its own button tagged with the year/month. I haven't had any trouble with this so far. However, Doug says you can only have a few credit card payments per year on the general account, so try to steer people away from that option.

Re: Hmm...

[dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! That gives me a much better idea of what problems I might run into with it.