Artconimy is another alternative I know about and it also have character / reference management as well, also have commission management and queuing systems.

https://artconomy.com/

Wow thanks so much! I've set up an artconomy account so I can receive commissions through there as well.

https://artconomy.com/profile/argonvile/about

I'll second Artconomy. It doesn't offer payouts for all countries, but where it's available it's been great to work with as a buyer. The artist/seller tools seem great too.

Pretty sure Square is also US-only.

You're right, thank you!

Figured it might be worth mentioning Venmo is owned by PayPal.

Oh, okay! That's too bad.

Where can I find more information on this?

I would probably just look at paypal's policies #1 #2, they outline prohibited activities (sexually oriented digital goods, such as downloadable pictures or videos) and punishments (liquidated damages of $2,500.00 U.S. dollars per violation, which may be debited directly from your PayPal account)

Hasn’t this been a rule since forever though? Why is everyone suddenly making it a concern?

Did PayPal make a recent announcement for it?

You might wanna read into it a little more - first of all, the 2500 fine part was added in 2020. Second, Paypal is shitting their pants and apologizing saying that part was added in "by mistake" and that there will be no fines of any sort after multiple people on social media said they'd be closing accounts

I don't need to "read into it a little more" I know artists who have had been blocked from PayPal for selling NSFW art, and I'm assuming you know a few as well #1 #2 #3

This isn't baseless paranoia about like "gosh what if some day PayPal decides only democrats can have bank accounts," this is the more practical concern that 10% of the furry artists I watch on FA have already been banned from paypal at the time of this journal. I'm lucky it hasn't happened to me yet, but it's coming some day

I'm not saying it's baseless paranoia. It's all very serious stuff, but I've seen this piece of news repeated for the past few days with nobody mentioning the parts about the "art fee" being added 2 years ago. The fee that they were caught on this time is causing an uproar because the implication was that paypal can take money from people if someone disagrees with opinions/preferences. And now they're getting scared and 'apologizing', reverting the mention of that 2500 fine because they were caught by someone reading the updates.

Yes, I experienced this when I was trying to search for news about the $2,500 fine this morning

I was like "Yes, yes, okay, misinformation, whatever, I don't care about that. ...Isn't there any news about the $2,500 fine for adult materials!?" It was VERY hard to find, and mostly just people griping on random forums. ...I guess it's not like Fox News is going to run a story about MacroFurry42069's PayPal being suspended for commissioning their 800-foot tall elephantsona taking the burk dubai up their ass.

Alright, you made me laugh hard on that one.

In the end I'll keep on using paypal. I get commissioned like once per year or less, and I always make sure to invoice the commissioner so they can't put in a note that could be interpreted by paypal, so I don't think I'll be in any danger

Yeah ditto -- I'm just ready with alternatives so it's just like, "PayPal blocked me, but you can pay me with Stripe, Google Pay, or Venmo (if you're within the US)" or whatever

It's the same philosophy behind why I'm no longer "on FA", now I'm just "on the internet" and I upload to 10 different sites! (11 now, with Artconomy...)

Stripe works, I had a Brazilian friend try it out and we didn't have any problems with it

Thank you, that's a great suggestion! I've signed up for Stripe. It is supported by 47 countries, the most countries except for paypal

This is definitely a topic that constantly come up but after years and years, even now paypal is basically the only solution for most unless you happen to live in same country as the artist does.

Stripe has been discussed the most, in past however their primary business is with people selling stuff through their own websites and then they implement stripe in there by themselves. I think they updated to also have stuff like invoicing, but it's still definitely a payment processing solution for companies with website, where paypal is also money transfers between individuals using just an email.
Most apps and services are country specific, most likely because doing banking business internationally is expensive nightmare with tons of legistelations and laws around it, even Google hasn't enabled money transfers outside US, only allows installing cards as NFC payment. Just let that sink in: Google hasn't managed to do this.

We do have IBAN here in europe so you can do native bank transfers between countries, but of course US isn't part of that.

Hmmmm well that's disappointing! I've signed up for a whole ton of financial transfer services today but it doesn't mean much if PayPal is literally the only one that works across borders

I guess I'll find out the first time I try to use one of them...

There's another way to move money around which may or may not meet your needs, but it's against FurAffinity Code of Conduct (3.3.5) to talk about it for some reason. Strange times we live in.

Let's not then, I'm already in enough trouble with FurAffinity

You could try to use 'Wave invoice' It allows diff currencies and is free to use.

A processing fee will be taken out depending on if your customer uses a debit or credit card.

https://www.waveapps.com/

Thank you! Wave only supports US and Canada, but it is a good choice for customers in those countries.