news PayPal has suspended dotDB permanently without explanation.

[silentg]

We regret to inform you that our PayPal account has been permanently suspended because of someone's persistent abuse of our services and a miscommunication with PayPal. Unfortunately, this means that we can only accept credit cards as a payment method for now. We are actively seeking assistance to recover our PayPal account and restore it as a payment option.

https://dotdb.com/news/2023-04-28/paypal-has-suspended-dotdb-permanently-without-explanation

 

[AEProgram]

sorry to hear, it is times like these that i wish everyone would have moved to crypto. These companies play god.

 

[biggie]

These companies play god.

Hi

whether they accept pp or not, you still gonna pay a fee to access the database.

so...
the more power they get, or think they got
then
the more god-like they may become

imo....

 

[accuname]

I hope they recover from this. I don't use their site enough to justify a subscription but it certainly is useful when I need it.

 

[alcy]

what the hell is dotdb

 

[silentg]

Same issue with every payment providers:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1652209998414643201

 

[King]

PayPal is nothing but trouble, stopped using them around 2020.

 

[alcy]

there is nothing wrong with paypal. they have 300 milion accounts not because they are bad or wrong. problems only happen to a few accounts. the problem with problems is that that's all that ever makes front pages.

 

[VadimK]

PayPal is nothing but trouble, stopped using them around 2020.

Same here. Stopped using them in 2013. They can do anything they want with your money or account at any given time, without any explanation and you have no recourse whatsoever.

 

[Samer]

The PayPal Mafia

 

[Fayaz Ahmed]

Why don't you use alternatives, like:

• Stripe
• Paddle
• Lemon Squeezy
  etc.?

Also, as far as I know, Lemon Squeezy is probably the most recommended solution for Downloadable Digital Products (software, data, e-book etc.) and SAAS now a days.

Please check them out (I have no affiliation with them BTW).

So, may be don't waste your time on PayPal? Because lets' say they'll fix the issue now. But there's no guarantee that the same problem will not happen again!

 

[snake_case]

Paypal= criminals

 

[marijuanadomain]

It is a private company and they can do whatever they want just like Twitter Facebook Google banning users
Without any explanations

 

[alcy]

It is a private company and they can do whatever they want just like Twitter Facebook Google banning users
Without any explanations

lol people join em and agree to all of it in their tos and then they cry ..pathetic. nobody forces u to use em.

 

[karmaco]

It is a private company and they can do whatever they want just like Twitter Facebook Google banning users
Without any explanations

Its not the same. They hold and process payments. Why there is no oversight is anyone’s guess.

 

[Samer]

Its not the same. They hold and process payments. Why there is no oversight is anyone’s guess.

Paypal is also a Public company. (NASDAQ: PYPL)
I see PayPal as the: “Godaddy of Payment Processors”

 

[Future Sensors]

Quoting dotDB:

"We reached out to our account manager for help internally. However, the Risk/Compliance team at PayPal denied our request to recover our account, stating that their platform does not permit SEO service providers to use their services."

If Paypal classifies dotDB in such a way, then I'm afraid a lot of similar domain services (Namebio, others) are also at risk.

 

[Samer]

Quoting dotDB:

"We reached out to our account manager for help internally. However, the Risk/Compliance team at PayPal denied our request to recover our account, stating that their platform does not permit SEO service providers to use their services."

If Paypal classifies DotDB in such a way, then I'm afraid a lot of similar domain services (Namebio, others) are also at risk.

Namebio experienced this same PayPal treatment. Fortunately, the domain community helped NameBio; shout out to @Michael!
Let us try to get a repeat of this outcome:
https://namebio.com/blog/update-to-the-paypal-ban-paypal-explains-everything/

 

[Future Sensors]

Namebio experienced this same PayPal treatment. Fortunately, the domain community helped NameBio; shout out to @Michael!

They got a ban indeed. At that time, it was because Paypal associated the company with illegal file sharing.

 

[Samer]

They got a ban indeed. At that time, it was because Paypal associated the company with illegal file sharing.

Michael’s story gives me hope even though it was 2-3 years ago and not the exact same thing. It can be done!!