Commission artists

>>2988041
>charge you back on paypal
I thought that only works if the payment hasn't gone through?

>>2988041
You can't dispute it because Paypal doesn't technically protect your work. You'd have to send a physical copy.

>>2988093
A commissioner can put a claim that they didn't receive any product from you and paypal will roll back the payment since you can't defend it.

I have had one person do this.
During a transaction the risk isn't divided in equal parts, the artist is carrying most of the risk. If you're working with individuals then always take full payment in advance, because even when you do they still sort of have a hand on it, they haven't let go completely. They're protected by paypal while you are protected by good will.

>>2988041
>>2988107
useful tip is to only take commissions from people who have some kind of establishment online (if you can afford to be picky with your clients). doesn't have to be someone with a thousand followers, or whatever, just some form of indication that they're not some complete random person from the internet. a good sign is if they have multiple examples of previously commissioned work from different artists.

if they can't disappear into the night with your work this lessens the chance of them intentionally trying to fuck you over because you could then just spread word to other artists that they will try to slither out of payment, effectively blacklisting them from getting more work. tho even if they don't have some name online, paypal gives enough info in the payment section that you could warn others to be wary of this person should they see the same info pop up. good site to check would be artists beware
http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/

another good habit to get into is invoicing your paypal payments to clients, making sure to jump through whatever the current hoops paypal has at the moment to make it clear that you're being paid for a service, not a good, and therefore there is no shipping label required that could come back to beef you in the booty