Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

Business

a help with me starting making money

Hi

I live in Iran, so there are lots of limitation around technology or anything else (Matlab, Adobe, some of Google parts like khanacademy/html5rocks & etc. don't even open their first pages to us... [it's good to have VPN] important things like Paypal, Visa Card, etc. are much painful to not have access to. And It's just limitation from outside. Just search about Iranian Internet censorship! You'll find it quite sad and funny!!! (no access to cloudfront or aws [TH Videos are hard to access!]) )

So making money from other 99% of humans on earth is a big deal for an Iranian guy...

Since designing and developing in "ltr" is much much easier than "rtl" (especially for Iranians), I decided that with a little help of my friend, I make my life easier!

This friend of mine, has a Bank of America Account and also a Paypal connected to it!

Since I'm no one in world of web, where do you suggest to put my designings and my photographies ? (which sites did you used and you were satisfied with them?)

How is the way to get paid? should the name of paypal account be the same of account holder in the main selling site (like themeforest)? Is there a money management thing that you could separate an amount of money and connect it to specific sites? for example all of monies coming from themeforest go to that part of your account or when you subscribe for another month in treehouse, it reduces from that part... Is such a thing available?

and please don't hold any information to yourself! even things you think are important but I didn't ask

I'm at place in my life that I really need this.

Thank you all in advanced!


and Sorry about posting such a thing in here... I know there are lots of other places to ask these, but you guys always helped me to figure out everything

;)

2 Answers

Derrick Lee
Derrick Lee
7,743 Points

Hello, the envato marketplaces are a great way to get your stuff sold! I'm a very frequent buyer on the envato marketplaces and based on my experience, we have to pay through paypal to envato.

So, you (as an author) have to link your paypal account to themeforest, and the proceeds from your sales will be deposited into your paypal account (at the end of the month, assuming). This is because the buyer (me) does not pay to the author (you) when the buyer purchases a theme from the author.

The very same logic is used throughout many marketplaces.

Now, if i understood your question correctly, just treat PayPal as a medium between your bank account and the other party (that being themeforest, or treehouse).

You have to look at it from this perspective as an author of envato marketplace, with PayPal as your medium, the other party (envato) will have to deposit money into your PayPal, and you will have to withdraw the money from your PayPal into your bank account.

Let's take a look at another scenario, imagine yourself as a buyer of envato marketplace, with PayPal as your medium, the other party (envato) will have to withdraw money FROM your PayPal account, with your permission. If you do have money in your PayPal account, which can be gained through deposition of other parties, or you can deposit it yourself, envato will simply deduct it from your PayPal account. However, if you do not have balance in your PayPal account, PayPal will deduct money from your credit card (bank) linked to your PayPal.

I hope i helped!

Dear Derrick...

You helped alot.

I hope someday I could return your favor

;)