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Adding your payment methods (Venmo, PayPal, cash…)

Save your Venmo, Zelle, PayPal, Wise, cash, or other payment details once, then pick which ones each event accepts.

Payment methods are how attendees pay you for events that don't use card payments. You save them once on your profile, then choose which ones each event accepts. Offkai doesn't process or hold these payments. They go straight from the attendee to you.

Adding a method

  1. Open your profile and find the Payment methods card.
  2. Press + Add.
  3. Pick a Type: Venmo, Zelle, PayPal, Wise, Cash, or Other.
  4. Fill in Handle / account info, the username, phone, or email people should pay. For Cash there's nothing to fill in, and it shows as "Collected at the door".
  5. Add a Label (optional), such as "My Venmo", as a short note for yourself. If you picked Other, the field becomes Platform name, which is required, and it's what attendees see, for example GCash, Revolut, or PayPay.
  6. Press Save.

The handle can be up to 100 characters and the label up to 50.

Using them on an event

When you create an event, you pick which of your saved methods it accepts. See Creating and publishing your event. Attendees only see the methods you selected for that event, so your other handles stay private. Card payments are separate. To offer them, see Connecting Stripe.

Removing or changing a method

You can Remove a method (you'll be asked to Confirm remove). There's no edit button, so to change a handle, remove the old one and add the new one.

Each event keeps its own copy of the handles and labels from when it was set up, so changing your profile later doesn't change what attendees see on events you've already created. If an existing event needs a different handle, open that event's edit page and check its payment methods.

PayPal: Goods & Services vs. Friends & Family

Attendees paying by PayPal see a heads-up on the event page: PayPal Goods & Services shares their address with you and deducts a fee from your payout, so they're encouraged to choose Friends & Family instead. On US dollar events, attendees who still choose Goods & Services are asked to add the fee on top so you still receive the full amount. On events in other currencies, they only see a note that PayPal may deduct a fee, and aren't asked to add anything.

After attendees pay

You confirm these payments yourself. See Approving payments.

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