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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

Jagues

Take a rest maybe find a alternative way of getting paid while taking a break

JC

im really sorry to hear that! im sure there must be a way around this, or something. I do hope it works out for you, we all love your work and want to keep supporting you!

Vinicius Paiva

Dude, someone needs to overthrow the dictators!

Hato

That sucks. Lets hope things end up working out.

StarGazer

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.

Asani

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.

Pascal

That really sucks. I hope things work out for you!

Niva

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.

Anonymous

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

Anonymous

I am here for you

ElSalsaRey

We're still here for you if you need to talk, dude.

CriticalFailure

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.

Anonymous

I'm from a country with strange Paypal law as well, so I understand. Hope you can sort this out soon.

Anonymous

God bless you for your fast problem solving

ChaosOverlordZ

I dont mind a delay but im more concerned for you and hope a solution can be found.

Arbiter

I hope you're able to find a solution to this as we all want to continue to support you and your awesome work.

spectria.limina

I very much hope you can find a solution! Definitely want to be about to continue supporting you! Hopefully you can get a business license and sort things out...

Nightmare49

this sounds not good. but if Patreon doesn't work, take a look at Sponsus. Might work there if Patreon doesn't.

Roberto Nieves

Let us know what we can do to help. There's also Ko-fi and indiegogo and Kickstarter.

Lilly

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. ^_^

Jaegar Media

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.

DuckHunter

This sucks and I don't know what to say. You might need to ask Patreon about how they handle payments.

Nobody-Kadaj

SubscribeStar and Ko-Fi are alternatives. Pixiv Fanbox is another one. Maybe consider those?

Anonymous

Damn it! Right when liquid mercury was getting good!

Alexey Stratulat

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?

Anonymous

I hope for the earliest possible improvement, just like you.

Pax

Hope you will be okay

l3ad-1uck

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 :)

Anonymous

OMG, that's really annoying

Anonymous

If you can't get through traditional ways, there are ways you can