Questions to ask
Politics:
- History of explicit support of activists using their service? If not, are they neutral or hostile?
- Is payment for sexual content/pornography/sex work against their terms of use (this is common and may prevent some activists and many open content web sites using them)?
- What are the politics of their founders/investors?
Features:
- Payments accepted from donors/customers around the world y/n?
- Payments made to recipients around the world y/n?
- One-off payments supported y/n?
- Recurring payments supported y/n?
- What's their minimum transaction?
- What are their fees for small transactions?
- Do they require/encourage incorporation?
- Do they limit donations (no concrete goods or services in return) to registered non-profits or charities?
- Do they have a history of freezing accounts?