Gaming Paypal question

[Aijelsop]

Say I were to add a donate link (from paypal) to my website.

Bob comes and donates $20.

Will that be added to my paypal account? How does it work? So if I want to go to amazon and but a $20 product and use my paypal it will be taken from that $20 I got from Bob, which was on my paypal account?

 

[Originality]

It goes directly into your PayPal account. IIRC, you need to tie your PayPal account to a bank account first to be able to convert that "credit" into cash.

 

[mysticwaterfall]

Actually if Bob sends you $20, you would have $19.12 put into your paypal account because thats how paypal makes money. But in any event, you could then spend that $19.12 anywhere that takes paypal, and it will just be deducted from your balance. To get it as real money though, I'm not sure about the process but I know that you can request a check from paypal and probably also do direct deposit. Even though I think they charge you for that.

 

[Jamstruth]

I'm sure you'll be charged by Paypal a bit. So its more like...
Bob donates $20, you are charged $1 for the transaction so $19 is creditted the account. You can use this credit on any Paypal checkout (I don't think Amazon does Paypal) OR you can transfer it to any linked bank account.

 

[trumpet-205]

Once your donation is credited to your Paypal account, you can either move it to your bank account or use Paypal Debit Card.

 

[xist]

I believe you're charged again if you transfer funds from your Paypal balance into your bank account.

 

[Aijelsop]

I don't care about the loosing a $1, but I can't get a bank account... My mom won't let me. And I'm not 18, able to get my own.

How do I get the money without a bank acc?

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

A job.

Lol, just kidding.

But even if you don't have a bank account, you still get credit into your Paypal. So accumulate these credits until you get a real bank account, and convert all that accumulated shit into cold hard cash.

Doesn't sound so bad now, eh?

 

[trumpet-205]

I believe you're charged again if you transfer funds from your Paypal balance into your bank account.

Nope, you are not charged for that.

 

[Originality]

I imagine you would be charged slightly if you used a PayPal Debit card though at an ATM machine. But there's no reason to charge people for transferring credit to a bank account.