PayPal.me
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.