Question
Can I use my credit resulted from a promo code to activate my account?
- Posted October 8, 2014
I received a promo code which gave me 100$ credit, but I did not finish activating my account. I have yet to add a credit card, but the problem is I don’t own one, so it seems that the only option is to make a one time payment using Paypal.
Do I really need to make this payment, taking into consideration that I already have 100$ on my account?
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As per the normal rule, you need to add a card or send some money (USD 5) from Paypal to get the account activated. Once this is done your account will be verified and you will receive the free credit.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Regards, Alex
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I just discovered that DO actually puts the upfront $5 PayPal fee towards hosting credit. How nice of them. I feel better now. They should really document that somewhere, I searched multiple DO threads and FAQs and not a single thing was mentioned on that. Glad it’s settled now though.
Pay $5 with PayPal and get to use $100 worth of credit? Seems like a steal. :)
yes you really need to make a payment
I just discovered that DO actually puts the upfront $5 PayPal fee towards hosting credit. How nice of them. I feel better now. They should really document that somewhere, I searched multiple DO threads and FAQs and not a single thing was mentioned on that. Glad it’s settled now though.
Hello, I believe you either have to pay the 5$ Paypal if you want to activate your account with the code. If you have a debit/credit card however, you do not need to pay 5$
You can run to your nearest Walmart, 7-11, Target, etc, and get a prepaid debit card and use that if you want to. I would just say that you should pay the 5$ Paypal because its faster, and plus, since you are already getting a 100$ credit, its very worth it.