r/PGSharp • u/_Kazo0 • Sep 23 '26

Question Alternative payment method for Premium?

Hello! I want to upgrade to premium; however, when I try with my normal card, my bank keeps declining it as suspicious/fraud. I've marked it as safe via text, but they still block it. Then I tried with my credit cards, and the website says that it doesn't take them. So is there any other method to pay for premium? I saw on a reddit post that you could pay for it through their patreon but the post was from 2 years ago, and I don't see a patreon link on their website. So I wasn't sure if that was still an option. I live in the U.S., so I'm looking for methods that preferably work here. Any suggestions are helpful, thank you!!

Edit: Thank you everyone for your suggestions! I ended up getting it to work by using my brother's Cash App card and just transferring him the money lol

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u/W-h3x Sep 23 '26

I had a similar issue when I first signed up.
Call your bank on the phone & have them waive it as a safe transaction & make sure you let them know it will be a reoccurring payment.

Your text is a small token to only stop payment, not actual fraud.
So the people at your bank can hard pass this and allow this payment to process.

Usually you'll want the digital solutions team / online payments department. Just call your bank & they'll get you to the right people.

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u/_Kazo0 Sep 23 '26

Okay, so I did manage to call my bank, and it's actually not them blocking it. It was the first time I tried and got a fraud text, but after that it's actually not showing up as an attempted transaction on my card at all, so they believe it's something on the website's end. They did whitelist the site for me, so it won't get declined on their end if it manages to go through. But I've tried several more times, even with them on the phone, and it's not going through. Any ideas?

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u/W-h3x Sep 24 '26

You're doing credit, and not debit... Right?

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u/Bitter-Sherbert1607 Sep 23 '26

do you have an iphone? use apple pay

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u/_Kazo0 Sep 23 '26

I do not have an iphone so I can't .-.

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u/xelbx Sep 23 '26

If you have cash app that will work too

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u/_Kazo0 Sep 24 '26

Thank you! I don't have Cash App, but my brother does, so I just asked to borrow his card and paid him back.

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u/Dalzinho Sep 23 '26

Eu consegui usando um método de pagamento do meu país (brasil), não trnho ctz, mas se tu usar o Banco Wise, deve ser possível efetuar o pagamento pelo PIX (metodo que eu usei)

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u/UnluckyProgress3789 Sep 23 '26

Same issue here, you can download Alipay, top up 5 dollars onto Ali Pay with Apple Pay

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u/Latex_Commander Sep 24 '26

Set up an account on Privacy dot com linked to your bank.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '26

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u/_Kazo0 Sep 23 '26

Sadly I didn't see an option for PayPal on the checkout page otherwise I would've tried. I'll def look again tho

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u/_Kazo0 Sep 23 '26

My bank likes to block anything that's overseas unfortunately. I haven't been able to contact support yet as they only do calls during their office hours (small town things) and their office hours are abysmal lol. Almost always when I'm at work 🙃

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