I don’t really want to reveal my identity online and I’ve been trying to find how I can do that. It seems like Patreon is the only one that acts as a middleman between you and the donator but it only does monthly subscriptions which I don’t really want to have…

  • Lionir [he/him]@beehaw.orgOP
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    1 year ago

    If it can, I can’t figure it out.

    Here are my observations on it:

    • Paypal
      • If you use a personal account, your full name and the email address associated with the email account will be revealed in the Paypal transaction
    • Stripe
      • If you set it up with a business name, it will seemingly still reveal the city from your home residence.

    It doesn’t actually act as a shield like Patreon does where the only thing the person paying sees “Patreon LLC” on the transaction.

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      1 year ago

      If you’re willing to setup a business for this, there are services that provide registered office addresses at different locations, basically a mailbox for registration purpose.

      For conveniency pick a city relatively close, but not necessarily your city of residence. Lookup services in your country to get details and prices.

      It’ll have a cost, and it won’t make it perfectly anonymous, company records probably will show your name, and the registration/hosting service know who you are.

      It really depends who you want to prevent from having your identity. It’s likely impossible to receive money while being perfectly anonymous from all involved parties.

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        1 year ago

        That is true, getting a PO box seems expensive though…

        That said, I just want to hide from the donator, not the government nor the payment provider.

        The issue is that even by incorporating a business, my full name be trivially found. Corporate listing services in Quebec are free.