PayPal question

DarkFlare69

Well-Known Member
OP
Member
Joined
Dec 8, 2014
Messages
5,147
Trophies
2
Location
Chicago
XP
4,765
Country
United States
Please just answer, don't say "google it" or anything.

I have a PayPal with a credit card linked, but no Bank account. Will they let me recieve money from donations and stuff? Or do I need a bank account linked for that?
 

Joe88

[λ]
Global Moderator
Joined
Jan 6, 2008
Messages
12,819
Trophies
2
Age
36
XP
7,981
Country
United States
I believe you need to have a paypal business account to accept payments and that requires a linked bank account, credit/debit card, proof of identity, and so forth
Donation buttons are actually reserved for nonprofit charity organizations so you would have to something else set up like funds to buy new equipment, etc...
 

Nathan Drake

Obligations fulfilled, now I depart.
Member
Joined
Jan 2, 2011
Messages
6,192
Trophies
0
XP
2,747
Country
Last I knew, PayPal basically won't let you do anything except make payments unless you directly link a bank account.
 

hundshamer

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
May 22, 2009
Messages
1,810
Trophies
2
XP
945
Country
United States
I was able to receive money from other people's PayPal accounts before I linked my bank account. Now I can send an invoice and people can pay with debit card without needing a PayPal account.
 

gifi4

How am I a 'New Member'?
Member
Joined
Apr 21, 2010
Messages
2,350
Trophies
0
Age
28
Location
Melbourne
XP
723
Country
google it
Why not have a bank account attached? Does it really matter?
Why do birds suddenly appear?
 

RevPokemon

GBATemp's 3rd Favorite Transgirl
Member
Joined
Aug 24, 2014
Messages
4,839
Trophies
0
Age
28
Location
Fort Gay, West Virginia
XP
2,311
Country
United States
Joe88 is mostly right except you can receive payments with a personal account. I think you can receive money without a bank account but you will be able to only use for buying with PayPal. Also you can't get a donation button if I remember
 

FireEmblemGuy

Celebrating a decade of shitposting
Member
Joined
Jul 6, 2007
Messages
2,462
Trophies
1
Age
33
Location
Michigan, USA
XP
892
Country
United States
You can receive payments, but probably not donations without linking your bank. There's also a spending/sending limit of somewhere around $2000? before you have to link a bank account, or at least there used to be.

An easy way around this (at least in the US) is to sign up for PayPal's prepaid debit card. There's a $4.95 monthly fee, but you can load cash directly to it from your PayPal balance or use it for direct deposits - in fact, they recommend setting it up as a bank account in your PayPal account for 'basic' (non-instant, but also exempt from daily/monthly transfer limits) transfers. Works as a standard debit card everywhere, including ATMs; it also lets you create virtual card numbers, which can be cancelled when you're done with them, for no additional fee, in case you want to buy a flashcard off a shady Chinese site and don't want your real card info stolen or something.

Full disclosure, that's a referral link above; if you sign up through it and add $10 to the card, we each get a $5 bonus.
 

Site & Scene News

Popular threads in this forum

General chit-chat
Help Users
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    inclusing these, that makes around 15 games I've bought this month... 8 Were from bundles... The rest were bought either physical or random steam deals....
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @Skelletonike, You sound like you have a hoarding problem, I've got that sort of thing as well.
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    Special interests getting in the way. :P
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    I always buy stuff when I see them on sale for cheap.
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    Same.
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    I always like to check what's new and if there's a good deal.
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    Bought something recently, I'll add it to the 'Things you recently bought' thread when it arrives.
    +1
  • K3Nv3 @ K3Nv3:
    Almost $8 a dozen ffs
    20250215-133526.jpg
    +1
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    Just bought 24 large eggs for 3.40€
    +1
  • Cranesbill @ Cranesbill:
    Bird flu's crazy
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    Dayum! I forgot just how bad the tank controls were in Tomb raider 1
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @K3Nv3, Egg crisis is crazy over there, lots of folks catching bird flu.
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    Stay safe out there.
    +2
  • SUBJECT @ SUBJECT:
    any tutorials to make ports from pc to wii?
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    It's not easy than you think, it requires a lot of knowledge about the hardware to port something onto another console. Every time I see one of these threads, it's the same overused discussion from years and years ago with the same outcome.

    We already have a thread: https://gbatemp.net/threads/can-i-aka-you-as-i-cant-wont-code-port-this-game-to-this-device.576997/
  • SUBJECT @ SUBJECT:
    thank u
    +1
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    No problem. At least this thread goes into detail about why you can and cannot port something.
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    It's considered more or less 'spam' in the sense that if a question has already been answered then there's no need to post the same question, it's always recommended to search for the problem that you're having.
  • K3Nv3 @ K3Nv3:
    My butthole been spamming my toilet
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @K3Nv3, Stay off the Taco Bell mate. :P
  • K3Nv3 @ K3Nv3:
    Don't tell me what to do
  • K3Nv3 @ K3Nv3:
    Everspace is $1 on gog
    K3Nv3 @ K3Nv3: Everspace is $1 on gog