do not do this.
You will not be protected as a seller OR buyer under paypal's user agreement/tos. paypal does not refund gift transactions.

any artist who tells you to send a payment as a GIFT transaction is TO BE AVOIDED AND REPORTED, as they are trying to avoid paypal's taxes [violating their rules] as well as making sure that you cannot get a refund if they decide to skip town

any artist who offers you commissions from this service is to be avoided as well. do not let yourself be scammed! And inform the artists that this may get both yours and their paypal suspended/investigated for further suspected activity of breaching use agreement as well as potential fraud.

this also extends to services like 'ko-fi'. don't buy commissions through ko-fi. If an artist wants to accept commissions, they can do it the TRUSTED way through paypal where both you and the seller are protected.

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this also lets paypal know that you take commissions on FA and FA already has a bad reputation with Paypal. it's better to ask for a direct donation link instead of a middleman service like FA's shinies system or ko-fi.

stay safe and informed guys

~original post  trunchbull