Want to donate, but can't

[Rayne94]

Hey I'd like to show my appreciation to this server, by donating a few dollars.
Since I do not have a credit card but just a standart bank EC Card, and paypall, it doesn't seem to be possible for me since everytime i click donate, google wallet pops up and it only accepts credit cards.
Is there an option for me to donate? I'm comming from a country in which ~80% of ppl do not have credit cards, so it's really weird for me that you guys just accept credit cards, it makes absolutely no sense in my eyes.

greetings Rayne

[Deems]

You can use EC/Debit cards such as Visa Electron with Google Wallet.

[Rayne94]

I got an electronic cash card maestro. Tried it, but didnt work. Paypall would be so easy...

[Infusion]

Try to get to know someone who has both of the payment methods, pay him on Paypal with the correct amount and then he'll donate to Smolderforge using his own card. I can see this as the unique way to donate to SF.

There are third persons in this deal, they are specialists to carry this process and to witness the fair trade between the two parts, some are free, most take a small percentage, in this case it would be barely a dollar for an S4 code. You can find many on D3scene.

[Henhouse]

Does it make sense? No. Do we have a choice in the matter? Not really.

PayPal banned us, as well as multiple other private servers. We can't do anything about that. I wish Google Wallet would extend their bank account implementation to other countries besides the US, but they haven't. So we mainly have to use cards instead. Mobile payment systems prove to be horrible and not work very well, so we've stayed far away from them. Paysafe integration requires us to form a legal company to become a partner, etc. We've just found it's more worth on our end to provide a great service that works, but has it's limits, than stretch to great lengths to make it possible for everyone to donate.

Integrating services like this is very time consuming and difficult. Making it completely automated and integrated into our system, etc.

I wish I could provide more methods, but it's really not sensible to do. I always keep my eye out for new services that may prove good in the future though. Ironically, I applied to use Skrill, like Molten-WoW does but when they reviewed us, they instantly banned my account since this kind of use was "not allowed." I wrote back asking why in the world they've allowed Molten-WoW to do so for years, and they basically ignored the question saying they cannot talk about other merchants... lol.

[Rayne94]

That's quite sad. I just wanted to help your project, but sadly it seems to be impossible for me to donate then, sorry ;(