insanelycoolish:

byrdsfly:

psydragon:

corseque:

having to use your own art as reference cause you forgot how to draw

having to go back to reread previous chapters of your own story as a reference because you forgot how to write 

Being a better Robin Hood because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, you can speak with an English accent.

The last. The last got me xDDDD

thebikupan:

groundcoffeemug:

ceraphkeilah:

sarspax:

eymbeeart:

shia-art:

toridomi:

toridomi:

awkwardtimezone:

dornisaurio:

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 don’t get why so many artists are so overwhelmed by invoices, takes just a few clicks to set up. 

And is not only “oh you have to use invoices because PayPal says so” if you don’t use invoices you’re putting yourself at risk of being scammed by an user abusing the buyer’s protection. 

Since PayPal ain’t got no idea of what those $50 you received were for, but the buyer is saying they didn’t got anything for the money, PayPal will just side with the buyer.

I’m seriously begging ppl, start using invoices. I’m 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. 

just

start

using

invoices

for your own sake. 

Here is how you use invoices because I can’t keep playing devil’d 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. 

Just protect yourself. 

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 buyer’s protection exploit and not only lose your money but your paypal account, and any future paypal linked to your irl name. 

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 you’re doing, something like “Character Coloured with Background” is good enough, and if you need more than 1 character you can type in “2″ where it says amount, or just say “2 characters”.

Warning: don’t type in “Naruto rawing Sasuke”. That will get you banned. 

4. Click send. 

Optional steps. Create a template, doesn’t take more than 10 minutes and it will save you a lot of time for future invoices, you can even click on “items” right next to “create invoice” and add a list of services you offer such as “character sketch” “character flats” 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. 

More importantly, you protect yourself from buyer’s protection exploit because if PayPal knows you’re doing digital goods, then you will be allowed that you did in fact created a digital good. 

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. 

Stay safe. 

Heads up, all commissioning artists

I’ll be doing this from now on!

ADDING THIS BC I HATE PAYPALLLL

OK so when you send/make invoices…it doesnt let you choose ‘digital good’ or differentiate between “goods (as in physical)” and “services” (as in doesnt need address) which is what you could do with micropayments….

SO WHEN U SEND INVOICE the buyer will be asked for their shipping address.
 ( I even had the options turned off for shipping?? I was pretty sure there USED TO be an option that you turned off and then it wouldn’t ask for shipping, but that doesnt seem to work anymore? I went to where the setting was and still had the boxes unchecked, and yet my buyer was still getting asked to put in shipping address, and when invoice was paid, i was being asked to provide shipping label by X date or Consequences.)

SO APPARENTLY YOU HAVE TO DO THIS as the SELLER

SO go to the invoice (i think this can be done BEFORE the buyer pays?? Didnt try myself tho, i did it after it was paid), and click on VIEW DETAILS in that first box 

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click ADD TRACKING INFO 

(YES COUNTER-INTUITIVE AS BALLLLLS.)

of course HERE IS WHERE YOU'RE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS ON PROCESSING DIGITAL GOODS. HIDDEN BEHIND A BUTTON YOU WOULDNT PRESS IF YOU WERE, SAY, TRYING TO SELL DIGITAL GOODS.

Select Order Processed/Service Rendered

YAY this stuff fills itself out and you can save and not have to worry about shipping your Digital Intangible Product to a very confused seller.

I am so salt about this. excuse me while i go cry angrily.

Think I’ll reblog this for my own use…

Guess I gotta get used to sending invoices for all transactions soon then

NO EXCUSES GUYS. PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHER ARTISTS.

Reblogging for other artists but also cause i gotta probably follow this too :/

well then

Alright, so this is old news by now, but rebloggin anyway, cause everyone can’t stay woke about this shit 24/7, and I have a tip to share.

My memory is wicked bad, so I’ve always been paranoid about forgetting that last step of invoicing or the ToS changing again without me noticing - so here’s a little extra level of redundancy you can do to cover your ass. Save a template invoice, that all future invoices are based on - and in the additional info field, put a clear as hell disclaimer of “This invoice is for digital goods/services only, and as such no shipping details apply”.

It’s not fool-proof, but it’s kept me relatively safe. And it does strengthen your case a bit if Paypal does decide to investigate you or whatever.

ndrs:

sarah531:

invenblocker:

nekodalolita:

myrling-art:

afusionoffandoms:

chefpyro:

fandom for an American TV show: don’t watch it online! watch the show on TV when it airs so the ratings go up! show your support!

me, a mere European: 

fandom for an American TV show: then at least watch it for free on their own website and support them through ads and hits

me, a mere European:

fandom for an American TV show: ok fine, then AT LEAST buy the DVDs when they come out and support the show through that!

me, a mere European:

FUCKING THIS OMFG

Do you want piracy? Because this is how you get piracy.

fandom for an American movie: please go see this underrated, important movie on opening day so execs will know how much people love it!

me, a mere European, looking up the release date: This movie is playing at 5am, on a Monday, in a city 100 miles away, down a sewer

fandom for an American TV show: it’s on Netflix!

me, a mere European: *American Netflix

FREAKING THIS!!