Receiving a payment

[92canalboat]

Hi, I have never received money via Paypal. What link do I have to give to the sender.

[angelleye · Accepted solution]

There are a number of ways to do this. Here are just a few:

1. Use PayPal.me. Log in there to set yours up, and then you'll have a link like this where people can easily enter an amount and pay you: https://www.paypal.me/angelleye

2. Just give the person your PayPal account email address and ask them to use the Send Money tab inside PayPal.

3. Go to www.paypal.com/buttons. Create a Buy Now, Subscription, Donate, etc. type of button. This will give you HTML or an optional URL you could use as a link for payment.

4. API integration (advanced)

[kernowlass]

@92canalboat

Some additional info to add to the good advice above.........

You may be subject to the 'new seller hold' (info on that in link below), BUT once cleared you can click on 'withdraw/transfer funds' and send it to any linked bank account.
https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/fundsavailability

Be very careful as lot of scam merchants about...

1. A lot of scammers encourage you to accept a paypal payment and if you don't have an account ask you to open one.
2. Do not get scammed via spoof emails that look as if they are from paypal.
3. Never send anything unless the funds are showing in your paypal account balance, even if you are a new seller and subject to the new seller hold the funds would still show in your balance but have pending by them.
4. Do NOT send anything to an address not linked to the paypal registered address of the buyer.
5. Do not be fooled by you so called buyer and "paypal" telling you that you either have to >>>

a. Send the item and provide a tracking number BEFORE the funds show in your balance.
b. You have to pay the buyers shipping agent via western union or moneygram before his payment that is supposed to include these costs are credited to you.

6. Do not accept payment for sales using the family / friends option.
7. Remember sellers send invoices and not buyers so if you get an invoice "marked as gift / paid" and saying it won't show in your balance for 24 hours or that your payment can't be the subject of a chargeback.....its a scam.

If in doubt come here and ask and also read up on paypals seller protection first so you can risk assess your transactions.

[92canalboat]

Thanks for your help.