How do I change payment methods for Ebay shipping labels?

[Nikita666]

Hi,

I would like to pay for our shipping labels with credit card on ebay. How can I achieve this? When I am about to purchase the labels on ebay the only option available is "pay with paypal". I need to change that. Based off of my research I believe it is done with paypal and not ebay, but I could be wrong. I researched online but could only find outdated instructions. If you believe you have the solution please make sure it is still a valid solution. Thank you very much.

[Reliableone772]

Well I use my phone PayPal app, but to get to it open setting on top right corner.click on automatic payments.then click on eBay Inc shipping. That's how I found it.

[Temp20221222ih]

I have a credit card that offers 5% back for shipping payments.  I added it to PayPal.  Then to use it for shipping payments I did this:

Click on the settings gear symbol ⚙️ on the top right of the page after you log in, they Payments, then Automatic Payments
Click on the link for eBay Inc Shipping
Click on eBay shipping, then the link in the detail for Payment Method. Mine was set to Balance.
Click the toggle for Use Paypal Balance First so it is off, then select your payment method. Done!

[sidemouse]

I did NOT see an option to pay with credit card, anywhere.

What I did under Managed Payments it's under:

Account Settings > Account > Payments (Right under Payment Methods)

Being able to access that section took several tries, I kept getting "it's not you it's us" and other such errors but it's there.

Also see attached picture.

Once there you'll be able to add / delete payment methods, in my case I deleted Paypal and added a credit card.

Further, I went into my Paypal and under Account Settings > Business Profile > Money, banks and cards...
Scrolled to the bottom, where it says: "Set Automatic Payments" there is a link, clicked that...
And changed all "Ebay Inc Shipping" from active to Inactive.

Then went back to ebay, went to ship my orders and right before paying it gave me the option to change from Paypal Payouts TO Pending Payouts.

I did NOT see an option to pay with credit card, anywhere.

[CKKat]

You need to update this in Paypal. eBay Inc Shipping uses Paypal but you can restrict Paypal automatic payments to a credit card. 

Solution:
1. Under PayPal settings (the gear button on your upper right), click on Payments tab
2. Click on link for 'Manage automatic payments' in the upper middle of page
3. Scroll all the way down to the bottom left side and click on 'Manage Funding Sources'
4. Uncheck your bank account or any other source that you do not want to use for automatic payments
5. Click Save then Done to return to Automatic Payments page
6. Scroll through your list of Automatic Payment Vendors and look for 'eBay Inc Shipping' with purple logo and click on it. This is different from the eBay account (who knows why).
7. To your right, click the 'Cancel' option to remove this vendor from Automatic Payments. This will force eBay to ask you to provide the details of your shipping payment for postage labels. You can also keep this Active if you have set up your Automatic Payments to not include your bank account or any other funding source.
8. Repeat this process for all other Automatic Payment vendors as you might find others that are sourcing payments from funding sources that you do not want.

This is an old problem that just keeps coming back after various updates at eBay and/or PayPal. I suspect that there is a business reason for this otherwise PayPal and eBay would have fixed this long ago. It might be related to getting access to your account data. For example, when you use Venmo or Zelle, they have rights to download your account data if you use their service (look up 'Early Warning' financial services and request your report from them - very scary). If eBay accesses your bank account, they have rights to use the data in your bank account. This information is often sold to financial services companies, credit agencies, etc.