⚠️IMPORTANT ! ARTISTS AND COMMISSIONERS⚠️
So I was talking to a friend who’s been commissioning me for years earlier, and they told me that PayPal is apparently now cracking down on artists. I’m gonna do more research on this is but this is what they’ve told me :
(Note this was all told to me by someone who told me one of their friends got banned this way and I trust that person but you can do your own research and ask other artists etc)
- too many transactions sent as “friends and family” can get you perma banned
- if someone sends you money with a nice note like “thanks for the art/commission” that can get you flagged and then banned also, because apparently PayPal is targeting nsfw artists now, and I guess they assume every artist is a potential nsfw artist ?? So don’t leave notes with your transactions anymore.
- if PayPal asks you for any feedback when someone pays you as “goods and services”, apparently you should just ignore that because if you tell them it’s for art they might flag you too
So basically from what I’m understanding, now we need to always pay artists/friends as “goods and services” and NOT leave any note of any kind. Also to note that goods and services should be used anyway because if you get scammed this is how you can get your money back, tho I know it’s not uncommon for friends to pay their friends as friends and family so they don’t have to cover the transaction fees themselves.