How to link Paypal to your YouTube Channel?

[ChunkeyPanda]

Hello everybody,

So I was wondering how I can set up a donation link on my channel (on the channel art banner) that links to Paypal?

 

[realspeed]

I dont know but you have prolly just started a shitstorm lol

 

[Gabriel]

Go to 'Profile' and then 'My Selling Tools' once the drop-down appears, you should see 'PayPal buttons' click 'Update' then on the right side you should see 'Create new button' once you're there under 'Choose a button type' select Donations and set all of the other settings.

 

[Br00tal]

Go here.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donate-intro-outside

1. Create Button.
2. Fill everything in and then "Create Button"
3. There is two tabs, check the Generate Code for "EMAIL"
4. Copy it
5. BAM UR DONE BRAH
6. CASH MONEY DOLLA BILLZ BRAH

 

[phoenixblue]

I always wondered about that paypal donation thing. It says it is supposed to be for non-profit donations but I see people putting a donation button on their channels all the time for personal gain. Does paypal really check or not?

 

[Br00tal]

I always wondered about that paypal donation thing. It says it is supposed to be for non-profit donations but I see people putting a donation button on their channels all the time for personal gain. Does paypal really check or not?

They rarely check it.

 

[Philip Zeplin]

If it states that it's for donations, and you use it for something else, you could be committing a felony. At the very least, you'd be breaking the terms of service of both YouTube and PayPal. If PayPal catches stuff like that, they have the legal right (and most often enforce it) to re-take all the money done through those transactions. YouTube would likely put a penalty on the channel.

My point? Tread carefully whenever actual money is involved. Keep in mind, that the terms of service you agree to on YouTube and PayPal, are legal binding contracts - breaking them, if severe enough, is an actual crime.
Not telling you what to do, just be sure you know what you're doing.

Instead of setting up a donation link, why not sell merchandise that's actually useful to people? It's not like you'll be raking in mad money with this donation link anyway. If WikiPedia can barely get enough donations to keep their site running, well... yeah.

 

[ChunkeyPanda]

Thanks for all the help guys I appreciate it!