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Still Using a Beeper?
Of course not! You're a fully-vested citizen of the 21st century. Which means you understand 10-second attention spans, 140-character texts, and can explain the fascination with Kylie Jenner (so explain it to me willya?). How do you know you're a full-fledged 21st century citizen? You've got a...
Getting Paid Digitally
Every time I see 2.9% shaved off the top of a PayPal payment I grit my teeth.There have been endless VO forum threads about this, and a vast majority say they just write this off as the cost of doing business. They claim the charge on their yearly tax return as a transaction fee. Maybe so, but...
Tagged!
As if to mock my own advice from earlier this week: "Doin' the Two-Step", my Skype account was hacked twice right after I posted that blog. Somebody from Vietnam kept trying to buy Skype minutes, and THAT triggered an automatic payment from PayPal. I freaked! Luckily, both services were...
PayPal Here, Now Here
Square broke this idea first, but PayPal has significantly moved forward the idea of a portable credit card reader. ...and what a great idea! Plug a plastic gizmo in your smartphone's head-phone jack, slide a credit card through the slot and take payments from credit cards for voice over services...
Easy Calc
We gripe about the chunk they take out for the convenience of safe, instant payment...but PayPal is almost a de-facto standard for quick online payment from VO clients. PayPal is now charging the same for all accounts. The formula is 2.9% + .30USD. So sending or receiving $100 is gonna cost the...