Important noitce
Hello I want to tell you some bad news. Currently all the freelacne artist in thailand are in a lot trouble due to new paypal law enforce by either our country or paypal.
I 'm still uncertain that I'll be able to recieve any payment from patreon after this change.
Due to some limitaion of new paypal Thai account rule.
Bank withdrawals
Only businesses registered in Thailand can withdraw funds from PayPal Thailand accounts and withdrawals must be made to Thai bank accounts in THB. Linked Thai bank accounts must be registered to the same business as the PayPal business account. Withdrawals to U.S. bank accounts will not be available.
PayPal personal accounts will not be able to hold a balance or withdraw funds.
Payment Services
Neither business nor personal accounts will be able to send or receive international friends & family payments.
Business accounts will no longer be able to send or receive payments through the Payouts (Mass Pay) product.
Domestic payments between two Thailand PayPal accounts can only be made in THB. International commercial payments can still be made in multiple currencies.
PayPal payments funded with a debit card issued from a Thai bank cannot be used to make payments in Thailand domestically. There will be no new restrictions on PayPal payments funded with a credit card.
I don't know if patreon use Payouts (Mass Pay) product for payout or not.
I also require a business licence or indivual license to use new business account. It should be no problem if it's a indivual license. Still unclear which one acceptable due to they require bank account name to match with the license.
The change will start in february next years. I may pause the payment after january until I can be sure to be able recieve a patreon payment.
I'm in a lot of stress at the moment because I love this community and I love what we build together there still a lot of comic I want to draw. I don't want it to end like this. I'm sorry some the post may be delay because I can't concentrate in the last few day.
Hope you all have a great day.
Comments (27)
If you can't get through traditional ways, there are ways you can
Let us know if we can switching platforms is an option and how others in your community are dealing with the change. You have developed a strong community that will follow you :)
Hope you will be okay
I hope for the earliest possible improvement, just like you.
The news is really not very good. Most likely you will need to obtain a business license. You can shake Patreon, maybe Patreon lawyers are already working on this problem and it will be resolved. Also, if you suddenly decide to open a legal entity, then perhaps you should publish comics in print, well, in small circulation?
Damn it! Right when liquid mercury was getting good!
SubscribeStar and Ko-Fi are alternatives. Pixiv Fanbox is another one. Maybe consider those?
This sucks and I don't know what to say. You might need to ask Patreon about how they handle payments.
Is it just paypal or does the law stretch to all forms of financial transactions? Odd that it just focuses on paypal. I hope the people of Thailand fight that law.
Take your time to sort it out. There is a solution out there waiting, just don't panic. You have a lot of fans who will follow you for sure. ^_^
Let us know what we can do to help. There's also Ko-fi and indiegogo and Kickstarter.
this sounds not good. but if Patreon doesn't work, take a look at Sponsus. Might work there if Patreon doesn't.
I hope you're able to find a solution to this as we all want to continue to support you and your awesome work.
I dont mind a delay but im more concerned for you and hope a solution can be found.
Oh no.... this is sad news
God bless you for your fast problem solving
This sounds terrible. Take your time with this news, and I wish you the best of luck. I hope some solution can be made for this, even if it's something like moving to Subscribestar.
We're still here for you if you need to talk, dude.
I am here for you
It's fine to have delay, just take your time to figure out what to do. Hope you can find a way out and I am looking forward to your future work
I also hope that this situation will work out in the end. But perhaps you could use other services such as SubscribeStar or something else.
That really sucks. I hope things work out for you!
A really frustrating turn of events. Here's to hoping you and other Thai artists are able to work around the new restrictions. Not that you should have to in the first place, but such is life... it often sucks.
Don't worry the current work. Just focus on making sure you're okay and are able to find a better alternative or work around for this. Still sucks this is happening to you.
That sucks. Lets hope things end up working out.
Dude, someone needs to overthrow the dictators!
Take a rest maybe find a alternative way of getting paid while taking a break