[PLUG] [slightly OT] "Donate here" buttons and PayPal...

[Daniel Hedlund]

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 09:06, Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net> wrote:
> It was me that mentioned it.  Our paypal account was frozen on January
> 3rd.  We were alerted to this by paypal in an email with vague
> requests for more information.  The email pointed to a Resolution
> Center page, and that page pointed back at the email.  Attempts to be
> responsive via the web interface did not provide any obvious
> indication that they'd been acknowledged.  I sent an email instead
> with explanatory information and pointing at documentation of our
> non-profit status.  We were promised a response within 72 hours (which
> would be today sometime).  I haven't seen it yet.  I may try calling
> later today.

Some alternatives exist for accepting donations outside of PayPal.
Might be worth having a look if PayPal hasn't responded yet.

A quick Google search on alternatives returned a company named "WePay"
(wepay.com).  I haven't had any direct experience with them, but they
do employ Rasmus Lerdorf, who helped created the PHP programming
language and is a regular contributor back to the open-source
community.  Anyone know of other alternatives worth looking into?


Cheers,

Daniel Hedlund
daniel at digitree.org