For some reason that they did not disclose in their announcement, Amazon is discontinuing its “Honor System” payment disbursement setup, so I’ve removed the tip jar link from my sidebar. They apparently have another donation system, but I don’t know if it will work out for website donations, I have to investigate further. In the meantime, I still have the Paypal link, for those who don’t mind using it. (I know a lot of people have trouble with Paypal for one reason or another. I will look into an alternative to Paypal for you folks.)
PS: there seems to be some trouble with my hosting service today as well. I had a lot of trouble getting onto my ftp site to edit my templates. If the page is slow to load, that’s why. (And, well, if it doesn’t load, you won’t be seeing this announcement anyway.)
Update: all of Amazon’s other payment systems look to be for e-shop sites, and its donation program is for official charities, so it looks like I won’t be using Amazon’s services.
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December 9th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Well, I guess I’ll have to find out the information on my wife’s PayPal account — since our bank account info is already on hers so I can’t create one for myself — and try putting that up on my site.
Failing that, maybe I’ll just post a blurb: “Make out your check or money order to…”
December 9th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
It’s not difficult to put a button on your website. Once you get into the Paypal account, go to the “merchant’s services” tab. Then from the table of links on that page go to the “Create Buttons” group and pick “donate.” That will lead you to the button creator page. Just follow the instructions.
December 20th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Send me a snail mail address. I don’t do credit cards.
December 20th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
I sent it to the email you used to register on my site.