That was a bit long to read but it gave a lot of insights I didn't know about. What I know is that I was wondering the same as the OP: why Communities can set up PayPal DONATE buttons that... wait I minute, actually my own Community has paypal donations set up, but paypal still gets a fee out of those. 😅 @Gwynmina wrote: 2023 and we still have no option to designate Ko-fi as personal payments instead of business ones??? @rainbowstarks wrote: What's the point of even using Ko-fi, I should just get people to go via PayPal ['s friends & family option] I've been wondering the same two things; when I joined Ko-fi I wasn't expecting PayPal to take a cut, since Ko-fi keeps advertising about no fees... but the thing I realized is they imply no fees taken by themselves - Ko-fi - not by the payment processor (if you dig on their help site, the FAQ will point you to the fees article). What to take away from my post: friends&family is a user's payment type, they (Ko-fi) won't/can't use it even the paypal donation system comes with fees so... there's no escaping
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