02-10-2012, 01:40 PM
I donated a fair amount yesterday, hoping it would help speed things up and make them easier.
Anyway, for those who may want to donate and/or future reference, here's how to set up your PayPal account. It's quite simple, actually, and not as daunting it may seem. I registered an account yesterday myself, so hopefully this will help people start out.
First of all, PayPal's site is here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://www.paypal.com/">https://www.paypal.com/</a><!-- m -->
It gives you the option to go with two different types of accounts, I went with the Personal one. The registration is pretty straight forward, although my phone number was accepted when I typed it in without the country code, just the regular number itself.
After that, you just verify your email, which is a simple "punch in a confirmation code" thing.
Now, PayPal gives you the option to send money to your account, or spend directly from your credit card. Now, I went with the latter, which is entering your credit card details and linking it with your account. After that, the site seemed to deduce some money from my account (around 1$), although this cost didn't seem to be the same as the cost involved in the verification process. When you verify your credit card, PayPal will deduce a specific amount of money (but a very small amount; around 2$ for me). When it does that, you should check your bank account or you receive a text message about this transaction, which has a code in its ID. Enter that code on PayPal to verify your credit card, after that your account should be verified and ready to go.
Sending money should be also simple after that. At the top of the PayPal account management page, there should be a tab for sending money, click that. It will ask if it's business related or personal. Choose personal. Then it will ask you an email address (enter Mako's email address here), enter an amount of money to send (if you use a non-US dollar currency, be aware of the currency exchange rates) and then select a type of payment. (I went for "Gift".) Then confirm these details.
You'll see another screen, with showing you the amount of money you'll be sending, any additional costs involved and telling you how this transaction will appear in your credit card transaction info and such. You'll have the option to write a short message, too. After that, re-check any details and click "Send Money".
And that's it. You're done. PayPal is very useful and can be used for a lot of things, like shopping on Steam for those who have it, so the account could be useful to have in the future too, even if you aren't going to use it anytime soon.
Anyway, for those who may want to donate and/or future reference, here's how to set up your PayPal account. It's quite simple, actually, and not as daunting it may seem. I registered an account yesterday myself, so hopefully this will help people start out.
First of all, PayPal's site is here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://www.paypal.com/">https://www.paypal.com/</a><!-- m -->
It gives you the option to go with two different types of accounts, I went with the Personal one. The registration is pretty straight forward, although my phone number was accepted when I typed it in without the country code, just the regular number itself.
After that, you just verify your email, which is a simple "punch in a confirmation code" thing.
Now, PayPal gives you the option to send money to your account, or spend directly from your credit card. Now, I went with the latter, which is entering your credit card details and linking it with your account. After that, the site seemed to deduce some money from my account (around 1$), although this cost didn't seem to be the same as the cost involved in the verification process. When you verify your credit card, PayPal will deduce a specific amount of money (but a very small amount; around 2$ for me). When it does that, you should check your bank account or you receive a text message about this transaction, which has a code in its ID. Enter that code on PayPal to verify your credit card, after that your account should be verified and ready to go.
Sending money should be also simple after that. At the top of the PayPal account management page, there should be a tab for sending money, click that. It will ask if it's business related or personal. Choose personal. Then it will ask you an email address (enter Mako's email address here), enter an amount of money to send (if you use a non-US dollar currency, be aware of the currency exchange rates) and then select a type of payment. (I went for "Gift".) Then confirm these details.
You'll see another screen, with showing you the amount of money you'll be sending, any additional costs involved and telling you how this transaction will appear in your credit card transaction info and such. You'll have the option to write a short message, too. After that, re-check any details and click "Send Money".
And that's it. You're done. PayPal is very useful and can be used for a lot of things, like shopping on Steam for those who have it, so the account could be useful to have in the future too, even if you aren't going to use it anytime soon.
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