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strxbe β Convert POINTS to USD Tutorial
Published: 2013-02-20 04:54:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 18535; Favourites: 401; Downloads: 106
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Updated version with the new submission page, ahaha. Because my old one is sooo out of date now. x'D (also redone the deviation itself for a second time so it's less sloppy and looks prettier hahaha)
Anywho, yep. Figured this could help out a lot of people who don't already know about it LOL.
CONFUSED ABOUT HOW MANY POINTS = HOW MANY USD BECAUSE YOU HEARD ABOUT/READ ABOUT IT BEING 80 = $1? Read this: strxbe.deviantart.com/journal/β¦
IMPORTANT INFO:
Additional from the old deviation:
---Yes haha when you use the points > USD conversion, it will take two weeks before you can withdraw the Earnings as points. Not only that, but if you use the conversion, dA will take 20% of the points. So you may have it up for 100points, but when you withdraw, it'll only be 80points.
So I suggest if you want to sell your commissions/etc for points only, that you do NOT use this Premium Download and just get points the normal way.
Hope this is helpful!
Feel free to ask any questions you may have or ask for any sort of clarification. I'll explain as best I can in detail!
Also, check the comments- your question may have already been explained once before!
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Hey I have a question: If you have payment in points that people have payed for before (by giving) would this still count as being 'bought' so you can transfer it to money like USD
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I still don't really get it ;;
so you set this things people will click at it
and it will be in your pending transaction
after 14 days of nothing it will become avaible and then you can go to withdraw by paypal and ?
just type in your account and the money will go there?
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I have some trouble 
can someone exchange my 1360 point to 15$ paypal?
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can i withdraw even if i'm not a core member? ;v;/ Tq~
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You should be able to, yes!
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I have money in my DA earnings, but I was wondering how I can verify my paypal to be able to withdraw the earnings?
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i have 4000 point for now.Β But i still cant earn it. On the avalaible colum still 0$
please help me.
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Hey, sorry for the late reply!
Do you have 4000points in your EARNINGS or just in your general points balance?
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this may sound silly but... i can convert points to paypal money when someone uses a commission widget, then i go to my earnings, click on withdraw with paypal and.. what i do next? sorry, i barely understand ;;
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That's it! When you click "withdraw with PayPal", it'll have you put in your PayPal email (if you haven't already, it's been a long time since I've had to connect a PayPal to deviantART haha so some of the specifics are a little fuzzy)
Then you put in the amount of your earnings that you want to withdraw (there has to be a minimum of $5 to withdraw) and click withdraw and it's done! You should be able to check your PayPal within the next few minutes and see the $$$ amount there. If not within minutes, then within 24 hours.
Does this help?
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mmm, i actually tried it whit my other accocunt, this is what i did:
i added Β a widget here in this account of 500 points, then i went to my other account and requested taht commission of taht widget, came again to this account and accepted it. When i went to my earning and tried to whitdraw it i couldnt
may you please explain me? ;; v ;; im sorry if i dont make any sense, this is not my native language
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Ooooh, it sounds like you're just in the waiting period then!
Every transaction, whether it be through giving points or the commission widget, will take two weeks to process before they can be withdrawn. So once it's been 14 days from you accepting the commission/points, THEN you should be able to withdraw it to your PayPal.
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i just discovered it
Thnaks Β a lot! ; v ; so once the 2 weeks has passed i will be able t withdraw it??
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Yep! You definitely should. (:
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I have #00 points in my DA Earnings and want to transfer 'em to my Paypal...I go toΒ Withdraw by Paypal but i can't type anything out in it?....
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Can you please explain a little more? I'm not sure I understand haha.Β
You can only withdraw what has been already converted to your paypal. So, for example, if you had 500 points as points sitting in your earnings or whatever else, you can't just withdraw those points to PayPal. They have to already be converted to $5.00 via the commissions widget or premium download- that is the only way. You can't change already existing points into USD, they must be converted when you receive them.
If they ARE converted already and you have a $$$ amount in your earnings, then you have to have a minimum of $5.00 to withdraw anything to PayPal.
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Wait, so, let's say someone pays me for a custom commission (meaning they request a certain character to be drawn). The same person will NOT have to pay again if they want another commission of a different character??
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If you are using the Commissions Widget to take commissions, then (if I remember correctly, it's been a long time haha) I'm fairly sure they can request more than one commission just fine and you'll get the payment from them with no problems.
If you're using a Premium Download for your method of receiving payment, then it needs to be a NEW upload each time for it to accept payment from a deviant more than once.Β
Which, all that means is, you have to upload a new deviation each time the same person is paying with a premium download. The same person can commission you an infinite amount of times, you just have to have a new, fresh place for them to pay for it. This can mean an entirely new deviation or, if you're using payment pages (like I do here:Β strxbe.deviantart.com/gallery/β¦ ) you could simply adjust the price of one page temporarily for the person to pay, and then adjust it back afterwards. For example, if someone has already commissioned you and paid on a 500points payment page once before but need to pay for a 500points commission again, you could change the price of your 600points Payment to 500points, let them pay it there, then change it back to 600 again once they're finished. Though remember that if you do that, they now will need a new page if they ever need to pay 600points.Β
The reason it is this way is because the premium download feature has no way of knowing that someone is technically paying for something else rather than what is offered as the deviation or what they paid for the first time. When you're using the Premium Download feature, the buyer is actually paying a price to gain the privilege to download the deviation in full resolution at their leisure. So by buying it, they're now allowed to download it as many times as they want because they've 'unlocked' that feature. So for them, the payment button no longer exists- it's just a download button. The way we get around this is by using a different deviation for a different commission or by deleting the old deviation entirely and uploading a new one.Β
I hope this helps! Feel free to ask if you have any more questions or need more clarification on things.Β
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This is going to seem like a really silly question...but just for clarification...
So I've been doing commissions and have been accumulating $$$ in my transactions.Β
When I withdraw that money, will my points go down? Β I'm assuming they will but just the way it looks appears almost as if you get point and dollar credit for the transactions...
Sorry again for the silly question but I just wanted to clarify. Β
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Sorry for the late reply!
No worries, always good to make sure haha. And who knows, maybe by now you've already gotten your question answered. x'D
If this is what you're talking about, then no that it just displaying the separate funds you have: Cash and Points. Using/withdrawing one will not affect the other.
Though, if this sort of thing is what you're talking about, then yes you are not actually getting both Points and USD per transaction.
All that is showing is how much total credit you received for that specific premium download and how much you would receive of either currency when you withdraw them. It defaults to the dollar amount shown since that's what premium download is generally used for, but as you can see in the first screenshot I linked, you are also able to re-convert those dollar earnings back into points if you desire. The points shown in ( ) is showing you how many points you'd receive if you re-converted them back into points.
I hope that answers your question!
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It does <3 Thank you so much ~ I understand nowΒ
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very helpfull........If when you already convert those point into real money. Then how do you use them in outside....I mean not internet, It's the outside world you living (sorry for my bad English)
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It's alright!
Once you transfer your points into money, you withdraw it from deviantART to your PayPal account. From there, you can withdraw the money in your PayPal account to your bank account.Β
From there, it's used just like any other money! You can use a debit card or cash, anything!
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Oh, understand now, thanks
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very helpful!Β
I also have a question about when people donate points to you could those points also be converted into USD?
and how does the donation part work?
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Sorry for the late reply!
If someone sends you points by gifting or using a donation pool, then they CAN'T be converted into USD in your Earnings.Β
You can only convert points by using a Premium Download like what is shown in the tutorial.Β
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Ah! OK, thank you!
And its OK :3
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if i want to withdraw by paypal
did i have to wait another 14 days for completing the transaction like when i sell my content?
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Nope!
Once you withdraw it from your Earnings on dA to PayPal, it goes instantly. (as far as I can remember; it's been a while since I've done it)
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i see
thank you so much for answering my question
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like the comment below, how can you convert already existing points into money?
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You can't convert points you already have into cash, sorry!
The only way to convert points is whenever you're getting points from another dA user.
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Is there no way to convert already existing points (points given by donation and gift) to money?
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yeah i want to know that too
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What do you mean exactly?
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If someone had money and the other had points,couldn't they be traded
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They could, yes. You could "sell" your points to a friend that way haha.
This tutorial just shows how someone can pay for something with points, but you can receive it as money instead of points.Β
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What you said before
I thought this was Β a point calculater
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