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Ivan says
I contributed money to this site through Tinypass and now find this on recurring payments in PayPal:
“You’ve authorized use of your PayPal account for future payments to Tinypass. You can cancel this authorization by clicking Cancel below.”
I don’t want Tinypass automatically having access to my PayPal account. If I cancel this authorization does Italychronicles still get my money and does anything change for me? I just don’t like having open access to charges by third parties.
Alex Roe says
Hi Ivan,
First, thanks for contributing. Second, I have no idea why Paypal has set if a recurring payment – none of the contributions are recurring. It could be just to make it easier if you decide to contribute again in the future. Cancel the authorization and we’ll see what happens. I think Italy Chronicles will still receive your contribution – we’ll see and sort things out if problems arise.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Kind regards,
Alex Roe
Cassidy S says
Have you thought about getting some sponsors or ads for the website? Maybe promote like hotels or wine from Italy and have them pay when a certain number of people click the ad. Regardless, I love the website!
Alex Roe says
Hi Cassidy, thanks for the love, sorry about the very late reply. Ads are run and the site does have other sources of income but they aren’t enough to help it grow yet.
With enough paying subscribers, that could change. Still a long way to go though.
Am hopeful though 🙂
Cheers,
Alex