Leaving Pixiv Fanbox. Follow me on Patreon! ( ۶´˘`)۶
Added 2022-06-14 14:17:29 +0000 UTChttps://www.patreon.com/luimiart
tl;dr
PayPal no longer works in my country. So I cant use Fanbox currently, and dont have confidence that I can get money at a later date, so I'm only going to be using Patreon for now.
PayPal stopped working in my country 4 months ago. I wanted to just keep money here and maybe payout later when PayPal works again, but found out that funds have 6 month expiration period on Fanbox.
I wrote Fanbox support, but only got the usual response that Japanese bank account or PayPal are the options for paying out.
For now it looks like I'm not gonna get that money, supporters not gonna get that money back, it will just "expire"
On Fanbox help page it says "we may at our own discretion approve a payout of expired earnings if you appeal with the necessary terms". so maaaybe I'll be able to get it if PayPal works again in the future? If Fanbox decides to give it to me?
But so far there's no dialog between me and Fanbox.
Throughout all this, unlike Fanbox, Patreon sent me countless emails reassuring me that they are keeping their eye on the situation, working on alternative methods to payout if needed, they were there to help. Fanbox didnt say anything, and doesnt seem to care.
So I cant use Fanbox currently, and dont have confidence that I can get money at a later date, so I'm only going to be using Patreon for now.
Comments
will sub on patreon once i can get moneis hopefully all artists affected can move to other sites ;w;
KittyOnDuty
2022-11-16 10:07:07 +0000 UTCVery sad. But I think it is a good decision. Leaders who inhibit the activities of creators should continue to be bitten by Lucifer instead of Brutus.
いりゅーしん28
2022-06-18 12:41:53 +0000 UTC✨d(´꒳` )
2022-06-16 20:34:39 +0000 UTCI've also stopped my sub to your Fanbox and restarted a new sub over on Patreon. :)
Allilover
2022-06-15 07:19:24 +0000 UTCd(´▽` )
2022-06-14 17:58:54 +0000 UTCthank you (´▽`ʃ💖ƪ)
2022-06-14 17:55:35 +0000 UTCWe don't know each other, but I'd be fine doing that for you if you don't find anyone else. Hopefully you won't need it though!
moved to pthh.fanbox.cc
2022-06-14 17:45:43 +0000 UTCI pledged over on Patreon just to be safe.
N-chan
2022-06-14 17:24:10 +0000 UTCYeah Patreon will take like 30% with all the vats. I'll maybe wait a bit, see if I can maybe payout eventually, and worst case I'll ask someone to do it this way.
2022-06-14 17:11:35 +0000 UTCThe only downside of giving it back through patreon is that they would take a cut of it :/
moved to pthh.fanbox.cc
2022-06-14 16:33:41 +0000 UTCThats an option. That person could actually send me the money through Patreon right away. Just gotta find someone I can trust with that ƪ(´･ω･`)
2022-06-14 16:31:05 +0000 UTCSorry to hear that Luimi hope you can work something out
Noce
2022-06-14 15:06:37 +0000 UTCReally sad to hear that fanbox doesn't really help with this problem.
uriel81
2022-06-14 14:32:20 +0000 UTCJust a shot in the dark, but you could always request a payout on somebody else's paypal account just to be safe. Then later (who knows when..) that person can give you everything back?
moved to pthh.fanbox.cc
2022-06-14 14:27:48 +0000 UTC
