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On Vaunt Dark, Digital Money, Tips, and Payment Processors.
10 years ago
No, I do not roleplay.
No, I do not want to use FA's notes system. Send me a damn email, because I'm old. Email address is xial.fa at lick.blue.
No, I do not want to use FA's notes system. Send me a damn email, because I'm old. Email address is xial.fa at lick.blue.
I've been working on a stylesheet for FurAffinity since mid-2013 named Vaunt Dark, making it available for use, and it's nice to see that people have been using it.
It's just a little disheartening to see that out of all that, I've had very little feedback or thanks for the work.
I begin to understand a little more about the issue some artists face, in that they might have the eyes on their work, but nothing to help them grow or improve.
I keep maintaining the stylesheet because I keep using it, and I want to. At the same time, though, when I work on it, it consumes time I could use for other tasks.
Therefore, I'm putting out the tip jar, but not in the manner most of you are used to.
I have a problem with PayPal.
Sure, they exist, sure they let you send money, but my problem is that they charge so, so much when it comes to small transactions. If you wanted to tip a dollar and ensure I got the entirety of the dollar, you'd have to tip $1.37 or so, because PayPal takes 30 cents plus 2.9%. That's not cool to anyone.
There are other services out there that allow people to send or receive money, and by and large, they're fairly neat, but at the same time, they present their own pile of problems. One of those issues is being country-centric.
For example, I like Dwolla, both for the general ease of use, and the fee structure: $10 or less? FREE. $10.01 and up? 25¢. Fantastic, right?
It's just that they're USA only, and do NOT accept credit/debit cards as a funding source, and requires signup. Unless your financial institution is part of the FiSync network they're building, it takes a few days for your funds to get into or out of your account (like a PayPal eCheck), though you can spend the funds in your account immediately with merchants that accept Dwolla.
covered other alternate payment methods recently, so rather than reinventing that wheel, I'll let her take that one. :)
Then there's cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Ripple, Stellar, and so on. There're hundreds of coins out there now, some worth their weight, and some not even worth the shit they're crafted from.
We'll stick to Dogecoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin, and Ripple for this discussion:
Snapcard is one of several companies out there that help people to accept cryptocurrencies for their business, converting them to cash for a minimal fee (0.5%, seriously, and that is it) and paying out in cash to your bank account the next day once the minimum balance hits $20.
Imagine being able to post on your site,
$10 icons, always open, digital currencies accepted!
... and having a button that always charges $10, no matter the fluctuations in the digital currency landscape.
On top of that, imagine having a tablet with you that someone can simply scan a 2D code and pay you at a dealer's table at a convention (as long as you have internet).
Snapcard offers this, with payouts in USD, CAD, AUD, NZD, EUR, and GBP.
If you're interested in accepting Digital Currencies, then do check out Snapcard. The merchant signup also currently offers a tablet (to the USA and Canada only, from what I can tell) for accepting digital currencies when you're out and working. The form will ask who your ambassador is, and is mandatory. Just put my first name, Justin in there. You'll also be helping out a fellow fur, as I do get compensated by Snapcard for signing users up with them.
Finally, I wholeheartedly understand the "But I has no moneys :(" plight of many. Having just completed a move across country, I'm scrambling to find work. Below are a few links to a few cryptocurrency faucets that I use. If you follow the link and do a few claims, it'll put a few extra bits in my purse, which I'd be thankful for. The faucets do not pay much, but they are the kind that do not require you to babysit them. Just check it once, close the page, come back a few hours later and check it again, basically.
http://moonbit.co.in/?ref=a140e0267892
http://moondoge.co.in/?ref=fcaffd2def9c
http://moonliteco.in/?ref=53dd3911d4c0
Thanks for reading or at least skimming through this. Here, have a puppy. :)
It's just a little disheartening to see that out of all that, I've had very little feedback or thanks for the work.
I begin to understand a little more about the issue some artists face, in that they might have the eyes on their work, but nothing to help them grow or improve.
I keep maintaining the stylesheet because I keep using it, and I want to. At the same time, though, when I work on it, it consumes time I could use for other tasks.
Therefore, I'm putting out the tip jar, but not in the manner most of you are used to.
I have a problem with PayPal.
Sure, they exist, sure they let you send money, but my problem is that they charge so, so much when it comes to small transactions. If you wanted to tip a dollar and ensure I got the entirety of the dollar, you'd have to tip $1.37 or so, because PayPal takes 30 cents plus 2.9%. That's not cool to anyone.
There are other services out there that allow people to send or receive money, and by and large, they're fairly neat, but at the same time, they present their own pile of problems. One of those issues is being country-centric.
For example, I like Dwolla, both for the general ease of use, and the fee structure: $10 or less? FREE. $10.01 and up? 25¢. Fantastic, right?
It's just that they're USA only, and do NOT accept credit/debit cards as a funding source, and requires signup. Unless your financial institution is part of the FiSync network they're building, it takes a few days for your funds to get into or out of your account (like a PayPal eCheck), though you can spend the funds in your account immediately with merchants that accept Dwolla.
covered other alternate payment methods recently, so rather than reinventing that wheel, I'll let her take that one. :)Then there's cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Ripple, Stellar, and so on. There're hundreds of coins out there now, some worth their weight, and some not even worth the shit they're crafted from.
We'll stick to Dogecoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin, and Ripple for this discussion:
Snapcard is one of several companies out there that help people to accept cryptocurrencies for their business, converting them to cash for a minimal fee (0.5%, seriously, and that is it) and paying out in cash to your bank account the next day once the minimum balance hits $20.
Imagine being able to post on your site,
$10 icons, always open, digital currencies accepted!
... and having a button that always charges $10, no matter the fluctuations in the digital currency landscape.
On top of that, imagine having a tablet with you that someone can simply scan a 2D code and pay you at a dealer's table at a convention (as long as you have internet).
Snapcard offers this, with payouts in USD, CAD, AUD, NZD, EUR, and GBP.
If you're interested in accepting Digital Currencies, then do check out Snapcard. The merchant signup also currently offers a tablet (to the USA and Canada only, from what I can tell) for accepting digital currencies when you're out and working. The form will ask who your ambassador is, and is mandatory. Just put my first name, Justin in there. You'll also be helping out a fellow fur, as I do get compensated by Snapcard for signing users up with them.
Finally, I wholeheartedly understand the "But I has no moneys :(" plight of many. Having just completed a move across country, I'm scrambling to find work. Below are a few links to a few cryptocurrency faucets that I use. If you follow the link and do a few claims, it'll put a few extra bits in my purse, which I'd be thankful for. The faucets do not pay much, but they are the kind that do not require you to babysit them. Just check it once, close the page, come back a few hours later and check it again, basically.
http://moonbit.co.in/?ref=a140e0267892
http://moondoge.co.in/?ref=fcaffd2def9c
http://moonliteco.in/?ref=53dd3911d4c0
Thanks for reading or at least skimming through this. Here, have a puppy. :)
I figure if I had time to waste on cookie clicker I can probably "invest" in free crypto