February 2024 Status Update + Information regarding Payment

Update: The earlier limitation regarding the minimal amount has supposedly been lifted, so small donations are viable again! No news on PayPal so far, but allegedly PayPal is having issues with multiple banks and websites so Boosty might be one of those affected. So for the time being payment via card will have to be used.

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Hey everyone, Boosty is currently having issues with PayPal so it's no longer available as a payment option. I was hoping to wait it out, but it seems like this is gonna take a while (if they're even able to fix it that is).

The good news is that payment via card is still available and I already had several people do it with no issues. However, there are a few potential caveats that I know some people have encountered:

- Since this is an international transfer, a lot of banks will ask you to verify the payment. If it doesn't go through, it's likely that your bank blocked the transfer and is asking you to verify it;

- Military banks, especially those in the US, appear to block transfers on their end no matter what, so be wary of that if you use one.

If things get dire enough, Boosty is also suggesting I use HipoLink for PayPal transfers in the meantime. While I'm not sure if I want to resort to using that, especially since it appears that connecting accounts appears to be janky at the time, I figured I should mention the name in advance if I have to start using it.

The other annoying thing is that Boosty got hit with some more limitations, meaning that the minimal transfer/withdrawal amount got raised. When taking exchange rates and fees into account, this means that the minimal commission price I can currently accept is $30 (a price of a single sketch, or two chibis). Unfortunately that also means that small accumulative ko-fi style donations might not be an option for now, and that I'll have to put my plans with monthly subscription options on hold (not that I was planning to do that until I'm more active anyway).

My commissions are still open and I'm slowly making myself climb out of a hiatus, but unfortunately due to the current situation payment options might be a bit bumpy.