#1890 - Q&A: Is it unprofessional to use Venmo for business payments?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Today’s caller uses the mobile payment service Venmo for both personal and work use—but as they’re expanding into a new business, they’re worried it’s not considered professional enough. Do they need a merchant account?
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| 0:38.2 | Hey there, what's up? Thanks for tuning in today. My name is Chris Gellibot. |
| 0:41.5 | Got an A-listner question for you here. Today's caller uses the popular mobile |
| 0:46.0 | payment service, Vinmo. Do you ever use Vinmo? It can be really helpful when you're out for dinner |
| 0:51.0 | with friends. I use it sometimes to tip my hairdresser. There's a way to add the tip to the |
| 0:57.9 | build, but that then goes through the hair salon. She gets it on her check a few weeks later or something. |
| 1:02.8 | Whereas if I send her Vinmo, I actually get it right away. Lots of people use Vinmo, |
| 1:07.3 | but our caller is wondering about using it for both personal and professional use. |
| 1:11.7 | They're expanding into a new business, which they'll tell us about, and they're worried it's |
| 1:15.4 | not considered professional enough. Do they need a merchant account? Do they need to accept credit |
| 1:19.7 | cards directly? Do they need a blockchain ledger, a gold treasury in which to receive payments? |
| 1:25.1 | Okay, maybe not those last two, but the point is, is it okay to only use a more informal |
| 1:29.8 | payment network like Vinmo, or it could be cash-app. It could be something else for business transactions. |
| 1:35.6 | Good question. I don't know if we've ever had this question in all of our different episodes. |
| 1:39.1 | So let's see if I can give some helpful feedback. Question and my answer coming right up. |
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