Having a pen name

[Kamiyan]

Hello there.

I'm freelancing and wanting to sell some comissioned art, but since I would be requesting payments via email my whole name would be there in each email and that wouldn't be the best thing for me.

So, is there any way of sending the emails via my pen name or creating an account for that matter? The closest I got to that was what I read in every topic on the same matter, a "business account" but apparentely it seems like that would require having an actual registered business.

[DPCreations]

PayPal does not allow you to hide your identity.

[Kamiyan]

Can I least shorten my name in the emails? Or use only my first name while sending the payment requests?

[DPCreations]

You can't change your real name on your account.

[teire]

So, having a pen name or an artist's name is not 'hiding your identity', I assure you. It's a common practice. Some changes can be made the name of your account, but it may be wiser to create a new paypal account for the pen name. This is something that might require you talk to paypal though. No, it's not a legal name in the sense that it isn't on a birth certificate. However, my pen name is on copyrights, and I use it in creating and selling art. I imagine that, if paypal hasn't encountered this question before, it's something they should take into consideration.