PayPal.me

Personal PayPal payment link — F&F free, G&S fee

PayPal.me

Role

Personal payout link for international tippers, donations, and client-side direct payments where the donor explicitly wants PayPal. Lives on the family-wide /support page alongside the donation buttons. Personal PayPal account, not a business account — keeps onboarding zero-friction.

Free tier

• Free for personal “friends and family” transfers (sender pays no fee within their currency; cross-border may have FX fee)
• Goods-and-services transfers: ~3.49% + fixed fee (paid by sender)
• No monthly fee, no card-on-file from us required
• Inbound payouts to bank account via standard PayPal withdrawal

Card / subscription required?

NO. Standard personal PayPal account. Bank account linked for withdrawal.

Methods exposed to the sender

PayPal balance, card, bank transfer (depending on sender’s country).

Caveats

• “Friends and family” cannot be used for goods/services per PayPal’s ToS — donations to a creator are in a grey zone. Use the G&S flow for license-key sales (those go through Lemon Squeezy instead anyway).
• Receiving from India to a personal PayPal account has FEMA / RBI reporting expectations — track inbound for tax-filing.

Alternatives

• GitHub Sponsors — for repo-linked donations
• Ko-fi — Stripe + PayPal in one button

Swap cost

Low — single link on /support. Deep-link is https://paypal.me/<handle>.

Why this is our pick

Some international tippers will only use PayPal. Costs nothing to leave on; the link is just text.

Cross-refs

• Max payment methods decision
• Lemon Squeezy
• GitHub Sponsors
• Ko-fi

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