What kind of attacks? i get the goods and services part but why would mentioning FA be a bad thing?

Paypal hates FA and furry websites. that's what's going on.

PayPal believes FA and IB are porn sites, which go against their terms of service.

FA is a porn site in the eyes of Paypal admin.

I didn't realize that was a thing. good to know though.

How were you attacked and are you sure it wasn't a scam email?

I wasn’t, but other furries had their accounts locked after paying for commissions.

Oh dear, thanks for the heads up.

oh dear paypal lol

Thanks for letting me know, I'll see if I don't eventually get kicked from their services anyway if I ever get an account.

I've never trusted paypal so there's that.

I have NEVER had an issue with paypal in regards to furry things. I've bought and paid for fursuits via paypal, as well as bought several SFW commissions that way.

The issue is that Paypal is international and has to follow regulations for several country's, some of those country's forbid certain types of porn, for example animal porn, even if its drawn/animated, so in order for paypal to do business in those country's they have to ban payments for those types of things. This has been a paypal rule since 2010.

Simply put, if you can't or don't want to follow the rules, IE, you want to pay for porn that violates their TOS, then find a platform that allows you to do so, or provide a CCN to the artist. I've been saying this for YEARS to other furs. If your a SFW furry, then there is nothing to fear and your account won't be banned.

yes but us who make a living off NSFW work and have rent and bills to pay could be high and dry.

Also what other options even are there??? And don't say Venmo, cause that's owned by PayPal and under their same rules.

Well, there is the option of registering as a formal business and opening up a business account with a bank. Doing this allows you to take payments direct from customers whether it be via credit card, gift card, check, or cash. You can also make deductions on parts and equipment (Things like computers, tablets, markers, paper, exc) as those are considered business expenses. The downside is you need to keep track of your profits vs expenses for tax filing.

Having done some research, Stripe will allow payment services for adult content however you must get permission from them prior to the first adult order. They do require that such content not violate any laws.

Both Applepay and Google pay do not mention a ban on porn, instead stating "works must be original and may not violate any laws." This does not mean they allow it, but through the writing it imply's that they do allow it.

As for Paypal, they are not "Targeting" furrys in general. There are plenty of non-furry porn sites who were blocked from using paypal, Fetlife being one of them, and I doubt they'll life the rule for the minority as it would result in them losing business in other country's.

True as that may be, many banks ask for a proof of commerce, AKA a business LLC to open a business bank account. And most commissioned artists regardless of the content get paid below the tax threshold, therefore can't even get a business licence because we don't have proof of taxes and commerce, because we don't have to pay taxes on our transactions. Note this doesn't mean ALL artists, but the smaller the artist the smaller the yield of income of course.

In my personal experience, I rely on under the table PayPal transactions because I'm a freelancer, plain and simple. Its not so cut and dry as "open a business account with a bank", as I'm under the tax threshold
Once I offer commissions, most of not all commissioners always go to the titular "what's your paypal", and in my experience most commissioners get turned off the transaction when there's payment options.

note: all of my argument is based on my experience and just like anything else it can easily be different from person to person.

Not sure why you brought up the proof of commerce thing, I did say file as a formal business which would give you all that. I also gave you two other options.

Long story short. Paypal has to bend to the will of whatever governments they work under, this includes the Chinese and Japanese governments which have strict rules on porn (Which is surprising but true) There are also restrictions in the UK which is why there was an issue with FA there for a while.

And again, I am stressing this part because too many people think paypal has all furry pics just because they are of furs. THE SAME RULES APPLY FOR HUMAN PORN. Its the porn part they are after. If the work is SFW then paypal wont ban you. As for what else you can do, I don't know. Lately many porn sites require either a CCN or some accept personal checks. You may have to find a way to do this.

yeah stupid paypal

I made a similar post as this one after catching wind of a furry artist having their paypal locked up.