New Feature! PayPal Added on IndieGoGo

We're excited to announce that we've added PayPal for all projects.  All projects around the world can now accept contributions via PayPal.

 

Benefits include:

• Immediate disbursement: contributions are deposited to your project's PayPal account the moment they are made
• Funder Flexibility: many contributors prefer PayPal as their online payment method

 

Project owners: To add PayPal as a payment option for your project, go to your FUNDING section within EDIT mode.

 

   

 

Comments

[Angel]

Great news, I shall start using it right away. Well done!

[Mister Sifuentes]

Way awesome Danae. Been waiting for PayPal to finally make it to IndieGoGo!

[Mister Sifuentes]

Way awesome Danae! Excited to finally have PayPal on IndieGoGo!

[Brian Favorite]

You just keep making it more simple to make it easy for those wanting to contribute Danae. Thank you!

[FollowMyFilm]

This is pretty huge in my book. We're planning on a campaign in September and I was waiting for this news. Thank you for the diligence on this matter and making it happen!

[Deborah Geffner]

It keeps asking me to sign in with my age in order to be able to use Paypal, but I don't see any place to do that!! Where should I look?

[GoGoDanae]

Hi Deborah,
You can update your Year of Birth on your individual page. Simply:
> login
> click on your name in the upper right corner
> click on EDIT MY PROFILE and go ahead and update your year of birth.

Cheers
Danae

[shermap]

Hello, Danae:

I am attempting to fund the project http://www.indiegogo.com/LEGENDS-OF-MADAGASCAR using Paypal as payment method, but 'am having trouble. It keeps asking for a credit card number!! I have a Paypal account in good standing. What gives?? Something is not working quite right here. Help, please. Thanks!

[Henry]

I posted this in the forum, but still no reply

I’m unclear on how this works. It says above that I can use my own paypal account to raise money, which means the money goes right in my own account. What I don't understand is how IndieGoGo gets paid.

Do I send them the 4% or 9% after it’s all over? Or will they be asking me for that money upfront?

Also, I’m unclear on whether I can just use my own paypal account or if that will just be an option and some funds would go through IndieGoGo's credit card account

Thanks
Henry

[ritikaa]

Yes, you are very much right, you cannot open a PayPal account for Charity, if your charity is registered in India, same thing happened with me also, I applied a Charity account for my client and after completing all the formalities they just denied for the account.
I have a suggestion for you, apply for a normal account with some other website and then use it for your Charity website, I have list of websites who are doing the same thing.
You can also try some other Payment Gateways like CCavenue, but in case you are using Vbulletin script, I don’t think so that it may help you. The first suggestion may work for you.

[Erick]

Be careful. You may piss off a lot of funders because IndieGoGo is listed as a cash advance vendor. I was charged an additional $10 by Chase VISA for paying with PayPal.

[Makoto Prime]

This is indeed great news, especially for members outside of the United States. I will start this rightaway, and will definitely highly recommending this to my friends :)

[David]

Can anybody explain why since my project's start date, 4 days ago, paypal continues to refuse to accept payments saying I can't accept them at present?! I've already lost days and I have people wanting to donate who I keep having to put off while I wait for this issue to get sorted!

I have spoken with paypal and it's not an issue at their end apparently as everything is verified and in working order...

[GoGoDanae]

Hi David,
We're looking into your account. Have you confirmed your PayPal account as well? PayPal accounts need to be both verified (bank account added - which you've done) and confirmed (email address confirmed).

Cheers!
Danae

[GoGoDanae]

Hi David,
Our customer happiness team just sent you a note about making your PayPal account able to receive USD. You can email support@indiegogo.com if you have any other questions!

Best,
Danae

[David]

Hi Danae

I havent received an email...

I checked my paypal last night and for some reason they had removed the USD currency option I added upon set up so I re-added that and made a $1 donation which worked, however, I have been told this morning by someone wanting to donate for the last few days that it is still not working... :-/

[Keranmoy Chakma]

Bank Address:-
Agrani Bank ( Banarupa Branch), court Road, Rangamati-4500, Rangamati Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
Bank account No. 4539

Or send by Western Union, P O Rangamati-4500, Rangamati Hill TRacts, Bangladesh.

[Daniel]

I noticed that PayPal is charging us $2.25 for every $25 donation to us all before the campaign is over. Is that supposed to occur? I feel this question is even more important after reading Henry's question about it.

[GoGoDanae]

Hi Daniel,

Yes, PayPal witholds the 9% each time a contribution comes in, and charges its standard fee (based on the type of paypal account you have. Generally, the PayPal fee is about 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction). Then at the end of your campaign, we disburse 5% back if you met or exceeded your funding goal by your deadline. You can find more info on our fees here:
http://www.indiegogo.com/about/pricing

Cheers!
Danae

[Daniel]

Thanks very much, Danae for your quick reply. I checked PayPals website and can confirm your numbers. If anyone else is interested, I found PayPal's fees on this page: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-fees-outside

[marc wilson]

Quick question.
If a funder in the UK makes a contribution to me using a UK bank or debit or credit card with paypal it goes through in US dollars. Is the funder charged any fee for the currency conversion?
Thanks.

[forex training]

This is welcome news. A lot of people use paypal on the net.