Hipolink: new PayPal payment option

Boosty is still having technical issues with PayPal payments (but bank cards are still available on Boosty)! If using card is okay with you, please use it and pay via Boosty as usual.

And if you prefer PayPal or it's your only option, then this guide is for you! ^^

1. What is Hipolink

Hipolink is a service similar to linktree, but with in-built shop for selling/bying digital content or services.

At the moment most Russian artists use Hipolink for PayPal payments. It's quite easy to use, it belongs to the same company as Boosty (MY.GAMES B.V / CEBS B.V - you can see these names in the receipts) (actually that's why a lot of Russian creators have hopes for PayPal getting back on Boosty). So, Hipolink is a kind of a backup site that was suggested by the Boosty community managers as an alternative payment method for artists from CIS countries. Hipolink allows you to buy commissions or any private content (tutorials, zines, etc.) using the PayPal account.

2. How to pay on Hipolink

In this post (as well as is on my Hipolink page) there's an image with a step by step tutorial.

Everything is quite simple: go to the author's profile on Hipolink, select the desired product on the main page (or in case of commissions use the link I'll provide), specify USD as the payment currency, so that PayPal or Western bank cards appear in the list of payment methods (this is important, without it the desired payment method will not appear!). Enter your email, get a code there, enter it in the box and you'll go to the PayPal payment page.

You can choose on of the pre-made slots I created for

* donations

or

* sending me a part of your upcoming commission payment (for the full price of your commission I will create another slot and send you the link to it, after your commission is finished). If you've ordered the commission you'll be able to download the image/scan after you've paid, but in case of any troubles, I can email you the image as well.

Also if you were subscribed to me on Boosty/Patreon and wish to support me further, but only can use PayPal, you can try Hipolink if you wish. It's not a perfect solution, since it does not have the familiar design with posts that are open only for subscribers, but I'll still send you emails with new art, and the higher tear subscribers will still get their prints/commissions via mail.

3. Known issues

Hipolink is relatively new service, which is still in beta. Here are the list of known issues/errors that might occur and a few tips on how to avoid/resolve them.

- It is better to have the full sum on your PayPal wallet. If at least the part of the money is on your bank card, an issue might occur. This isn't Hipolink's fault: some banks don't allow international transactions, and CEBC B.V. is located in Netherlands. This means that the bank can cancel your payment.

- If your bank allows international transactions but still cancels your payment (if you choose your bank card as your payment method), you might have to contact your bank.

- Sometimes Hipolink has troubles processing larger payments, so it is safer to divide it in a few lesser parts (100USD or lower).

- Sometimes PayPal denies a transaction and in this case, you might have to contact PayPal support. Same with the eternally pending transactions.

If you get an error, please contact me! Please do not try to send the money again, because you can accidentally pay twice!

Contact me and I'll check my account, perhaps the payment has come. If not, please send me a screenshot of the error and I'll try to ask the Hipolink support team what happened.