If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
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@Edent Definitely PayPal, as it's easy, has no fees, and doesn't involve any sharing of bank details between us.
(although I would most likely just buy you a drink in the pub the next time we're at the same event
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@pwaring @kristoff @Edent That's not always available. I don't know the details, but I remember having trouble sending money fee-free from my EU PayPal account to someone else's UK PayPal account. And I also remember seeing fees in receipts sometimes when people send money to me.
Also, PayPal is one of those services that refuses to understand that some people bank in (and possibly are a citizen of) more than one country. Having multiple accounts violates their T&C, but a single account can only be associated to one country (the initial one, it's not even possible to change it).
As someone affected by this, I would advise against PayPal. Wise or Revolut or both would probably be my goto today. -
@pwaring @kristoff @Edent That's not always available. I don't know the details, but I remember having trouble sending money fee-free from my EU PayPal account to someone else's UK PayPal account. And I also remember seeing fees in receipts sometimes when people send money to me.
Also, PayPal is one of those services that refuses to understand that some people bank in (and possibly are a citizen of) more than one country. Having multiple accounts violates their T&C, but a single account can only be associated to one country (the initial one, it's not even possible to change it).
As someone affected by this, I would advise against PayPal. Wise or Revolut or both would probably be my goto today.@liskin @Edent @pwaring If the transfer is between two different currencies, there will always be a exchange-rate fee.
In a couple of the EU contries (BE, NL, FR, DE), there now is the "weero" services that allows you to transder money from one account to another for free with your normal banking-app.
It rides on top of the SEPA instant money-transfer sceme
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If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
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@Edent Ko-Fi or Liberapay would be my go-to! I particularly appreciate Liberapay for being very nice and simple
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If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
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@Edent I would give you fancy little slices of cake
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If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
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@Edent I really wish Web Monetization took off, that would be perfect for this sort of thing (either "drip" some fractional cents for favs, or have "super favs" where one could drop some change). These days I do Ko-fi or similar mostly for artists I follow, and the ones I really like I have a monthly subscription for.
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If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
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@Edent
Some payment processors provide direct-payment pages, like I have one set up on Stripe, where people can directly pay with their credit card, no account required. I think PayPal works similarly these days, so there's less benefit (aside from.people who avoid PayPal specifically). -
If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
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@Edent Wise Account (ex Transferwise) https://wise.com/gb/send-money/
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If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
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@Edent Wise
Alternatively Stripe donation links are good for offering essentially every possible option
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@Edent I would give you fancy little slices of cake
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If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
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@Edent Paying with crypto feels like a bit of added excitement of "what will be the actual value when it arrives?"
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If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
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@Edent my preferred online payment method is SEPA bank transfer. It's available to pretty much every European with a bank account. -
If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
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@Edent PayPal's probably the easiest, but I dislike the idea of funding them... Perhaps https://opencollective.com might be an idea? Although I think it might me more designed for "groups and teams" rather than individuals.
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@Edent Paying with crypto feels like a bit of added excitement of "what will be the actual value when it arrives?"
@Cyberoutsider *so* fun
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If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
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@Edent of the three, PayPal seems like the most reliable. I’d be concerned that a direct bank transfer would go wrong if I made a mistake with the details (although on the whole, since it’s a donation and likely a relatively small amount, this isn’t as big a concern as it would be if I were to pay for goods or services that way).
Services like ko-fi or liberapay also come to mind.
If crypto was the only way to pay for something, personally I just wouldn’t bother.
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If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
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@Edent a pulled pint at some point.
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@Edent
Inside the EU and in Euro, I prefer a SEPA money transfer: cheap (actually free), fast, ... . But I guess that is not an option here@kristoff @Edent My UK bank happily accepts inward SEPA payments with BIC and IBAN, but it's almost impossible to send outwards without going into a branch because they haven't built the UI for customers to do it themselves.
UK bank customers: BACS/Faster Payments.Again, fee-free, and fewer middlemen from dubious jurisdictions with dubious business rules.
If you're worried about direct debits etc being set up, give out details for a saving account not a current account.
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If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
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@Edent@mastodon.social Something GNU Taler based.
