I currently have a blog where the content is a bit risque - nothing immoral or illegal, but one where I wouldn't want the target of my jokes to find out my identity. It's a pretty popular blog with a wide following and many regulars coming back every day. As it has been established for more than 2 years and has undoubtedly provided a source of entertainment to my readers, I am thinking of monetising it using some sort of donate button. Ideally I'd like some third-party site to accept donations on my behalf, which I could then cash out to my PayPal account. By using an intermediary people wouldn't see my PayPal account details directly, thereby protecting my personal details. Does anyone know of any reputable services like this? Something that will accept payments on my behalf, which I can then withdraw to PayPal? (Edit: I originally posted this elsewhere with little response, so I'm hoping some of the more learned members here with have some suggestions)
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Okay, this is related so no point starting a new thread: If you accept donations via Moneybookers can the person making payment see your personal details (other than email address)? Do they see a postal address?
Hello. If you look in PayPal you can actually build a donation button. Deposits go directly into PayPal. I have a business account and have made a donation widget for a site.
Yes, I spotted that. Making a PayPal donation button is not the issue - it's how to do it anonymously.
You don't have to have a business license per se, but you can use the business acct with Pay Pal. I just upgraded from personal to business and there is an option to enter a DBA (doing business as) name. There is also the option to add 8 or so email addresses for use with the service so I set up 3 for various business, or at least ecommerce avenues where PayPal needs to show different entities. I have not made a transaction or received payment just yet since upgrading so I can't say 100% certainty that your private info isn't shown, however while testing the s2member plugin for Wordpress setting up the PayPal info, the sample page did not show my personal info, just the DBA. With the business option, you have more roam to use various payment methods - some free, others not - so you might find what you're looking for. Google Checkout may be an option too if you've not already looked into it.
Yes,if your traffic is good and if you put donation buttons,then you can get sometimes donations by visitors visiting your site
If you were using a AlertPay Business account you could be completely anonymous from your donators (all they would see is your email address). What type of content are you hosting/providing for your viewers? Because that may be the biggest hurdle in finding a payment processor to work with. ChriZ Online Community Support
Umm, you seem to missing the most important part about the word anonymous. completely anonymous ≠they would see your email address
Hi Browntwn, An email address is necessary in case the person sending money needs to get in contact with the merchant for whatever reason. An email address can be practically anything a user desires and therefore is pretty anonymous. ChriZ
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