Students should be able to input the code without having to enter credit card info.

this is a really shady tactic. Won’t use your platform.

In order to activate any new account you will need to set up a billing profile. This method of payment would not be used until your $100 credit is used up. You can set up your billing profile either by adding a credit card or by making an initial PayPal payment of at least $5.

but I receive my 5$ back?

the sad thing is I don’t even have a paypal.. and the initial payment is somewhat painful.

paypal is really convenient ,it’s a good choice if you don’t have or don’t want to add a credit card.

yes but it is a small price to pay to ensure your a real person with good intentions and not someone just trying to use a credit to spam people (has happened, does happen else where) its just a lil added validation that your a real person and you intend to keep things on the up and up and there is a validated link to who you are in case you don’t. It is frustrating in some cases but worth it for everyone as a whole.

I did not know about the GitHub program and at the time I used a referral promo. Can I no longer use the GitHub code? Are you going to force me to create a new DigitalOcean account to take advantage of it or is there some way to use the code?

It Says :To add a promo code, please first link a credit / debit card or add PayPal credit.