Comments on: Thinking about Using a PayPal “Donate” Button on Your Blog?

By: Trimball

Trimball — Sun, 13 May 2012 04:27:46 +0000

What this blog illustrates is that Paypal are closing people’s accounts and effectively stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from them.

There is no legal redress, nobody to contact, and you’ve lost both your account and your money.

And it seems, for some reason they are allowed to do this!

Now, look up the dictionary meaning of the word “DONATE”

Nothing wrong with the use of the word, it’s none of their business unless you are claiming to be a non-profit charity when you’re not.

By: Edris

Edris — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:43:50 +0000

Haha, nice post and blog good thing I had something in my head telling me to put a donate button but mine still has the word “Donate” but with, “Some blad!”

Hehe. My blog is about Panic Attacks and I sound freakish and mental there haha, but I am a recovered sufferer and I hope you pips don’t worry too much and can achieve all your goals in life as of right now cuz it was really hard back then while I had that condition.

Anyways, just want to ask sir if changing the Picture of your donate button, I followed an article on how to put a donate button on my Blog and it was good I chose the Picture “Make a Donation” and I am just scared maybe this can happen to me. What can I do about it?

Thank you for your considerable reply.

By: Rosalind Gardner

Rosalind Gardner — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:08:13 +0000

Hello Jamal,

You might want to do a search online for third-party payment processors that operate in India. Or, find some Indian sites that use the same model as you would like to use and then ask them what service they are using.

Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Ros

By: jamal

jamal — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:09:50 +0000

how can i get donation for my friend’s non profit charity via paypal account? as paypal donation button disabled for Indian sites .please help me by guidance.

By: claire kelly

claire kelly — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:09 +0000

Great post. My personal experience is that it’s not worth using the button. We recently ran a campaign to raise money for our beach volleyball campaign to try and get to London. I added the donate button to my site not realising it was only for not for profits… Even though I realised my error after two days, my account was frozen (And all donated money in it) so now haven’t been able to access it for almost four months. Again I have a rang and emailed , uploaded ‘official documentation’ and they keep giving me the same generic response which has effectively amounted to nothing. Don’t do it I say. Not worth it.

By: JR Riel

JR Riel — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:50:05 +0000

Nope, no urban myth. Unfortunately this has happened to me. I recently received notification that my PayPal account would be restricted if I could not show proof that I am a registered NPO. I was just using the button as way for my family and friends to send me money while living abroad. Anyhow, I don’t have any organization registered as non-profit, so I guess I’m stuck with a frozen PayPal. So yeah, NOT AN URBAN LEGEND.

By: Jim-inFlorida

Jim-inFlorida — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:32:35 +0000

PayPal gives a discounted fee rate to legally registered non-profit organizations. That’s why they want proof if you claim to be one. As I read their site today in Nov 2011 I don’t see any restrictions on using a Donate button for any other non-charity person, business, or group. The only issue outside of PayPal is that in some places local government may require anyone soliciting donations to register as a charity, which can be a prohibitive process (background check, fingerprints, photo, yearly fee, yearly financial reports, etc.).

By: Joe Nasser

Joe Nasser — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:46:17 +0000

Language is the key.
If this tactic surprises you, then you should not be engaging in commerce.

By: Al Rainforth

Al Rainforth — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:20:10 +0000

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By: Jose Zeltner

Jose Zeltner — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 03:33:00 +0000

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