How can people pay to my paypal account?

[hc1998]

What information do I need to give people so they can pay me through paypal?

And why are people saying I need a google play card so they can send through the money?

[kernowlass]

@hc1998 

The email address you use with Paypal identifies your Paypal account and is all someone needs to pay you.
Or you can send a money request/invoice from your Paypal account to their Paypal email address for them to pay.

The latter is better as you can then fully describe the item that your buyer is paying for and that may help you if they open a 'recieved but not as described' dispute.

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 funding source.
https://www.paypal.com/au/webapps/mpp/funds-availability

YOU DO NOT NEED A GOOGLE GIFT CARD OR ANY SORT OF ITUNES VOUCHER ETC ETC, THEY ARE SCAMMERS USING ANY EXCUSE LIKE SAYING YOU NEED IT TO VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT OR BECAUSE THEY SENT TOO MUCH ETC TO SCAM YOU. MORE BELOW.........

However 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 that is not the buyers Paypal registered address.
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 OR buy Itunes vouchers or tokens for varying reasons before his payment is 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.