Your Account May Only Be Used to Send Money

[descartesjunior]

Dear all,

I opened a PayPal account in Albania and added later a Visa card from my Luxembourg bank account.

I can make payments (I have actually bought two times online) but I cannot receive them.

My PayPal account reads: "

Your Account May Only Be Used to Send Money

As a PayPal Send Only account holder, you are not permitted to receive funds from other PayPal account holders.

Your account cannot receive payments. To receive payments, set up your account.

"

When I click on "set up your account", I am redirected to my profile and that does not help. I cannot set up my account so that I can use it to receive funds and not only to send!

When my clients try to pay me, they receive this message: "Your recipient must first set up his or her account to receive funds"

My emails and Visa card are both verified. 

I am living in Albania, have opened my PayPal account and registered it with an address in Albania and am using a Luxembourgish bank account to make payments.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,

[kernowlass]

@descartesjunior

Your visa card billing address should match your physical address to be able to verify your paypal account.

[descartesjunior]

thank you for your reply.

I understand that but there is no reason why I can pay but cannot receive any payment.

Also, there is no reason why the link does not work and it redirects me back to my profile. 

I did not enter any address regarding my Visa Card. I wasn't requested to do so.

I had verified my email, yet paypal said that I hadn't. 

I think that there is much more to it than just 'the addresses matching'.