We have chosen PayPal to send our gifts. Follow these insights to set-up your account and avoid fees.
First, set-up your PayPal account as personal, not business.
Second, although they ask you for your credit or debit card information when you join, you should add your personal bank account. Why? Because anytime you send a gift with a credit or debit card, they will charge a fee. Not so when you use your personal bank account or money that is in your PayPal account to send your gift.
Here is how to link a bank account. When you open your PayPal account page you will see you name in the upper-right corner. Click that go down to “Account Settings.” Open “Account Settings” and on the left you can scroll down to the tab, “Money, Banks & Cards”. Open that tab and you will see a tab entitled, “Link A Bank”. When you open that you can link your personal checking account. You will need your bank’s name and your account number. You will also need your bank account username and password.
Again, if you have enough money in your PayPal account, you can send your gifts out of that. When you are ready to send a gift:
1) click the “Send Money” tab at the top of the PayPal webpage,
2) put in the amount you are sending,
3) enter your Group Leader’s PayPal email, which is available in your back-office, and
4) when it asks you what is it for, type in “Gift”, then send it.
