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I own a small collection agency dealing with medical debt and apartment debts. Many debtors want to pay by PayPal.
Can i sign up for paypal and accept payments online?
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Yes. Note, you should have either a verified Premier or verified Business Account setup first - doing so allows your clients to pay with a credit card without being required to have a PayPal Account.
And you have options for receiving the money. You can email invoices to your clients or setup a web page where as your clients can pay there. For example, check out this Pay Your Bill Online example:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Button Example Code</title> <!-- START META TAG SECTION --> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en"> <!-- END META TAG SECTION --> </head> <body> <!-- START SAMPLE CODE SECTION --> <!-- PARAGRAPH 1 --> Pay Your Bill Online Examples <br><br> Buy Now - Customer Enters Amount, very simple. <br><br> <hr align="left" width="50%" noshade> <br><br> <!-- START CONTENTS --> <!-- START BUTTON EXAMPLES --> <form target="_self" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <!-- If using a Business or Company Logo Graphic, include the "cpp_header_image" variable. --> <input type="hidden" name="cpp_header_image" value="https://www.yourwebsite.com/logo.jpg"> <input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Customer Number">Please Enter Your Customer Number: (Example: 99999999) <br><br> <input type="text" name="os0"> <br><br> <input type="hidden" name="on1" value="Invoice Number">Please Enter Your Invoice Number: (Example: 99999999) <br><br> <input type="text" name="os1"> <br><br> Enter Amount Due : (Example: nnn.nn) <br> <input type="text" name="amount"> <br><br> <input type="reset" name="reset" value="Clear Selections"> <br><br> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_paynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"> <!-- Replace "business" value with your PayPal Email Address or your Merchant Account ID --> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="your email address"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Online Payment"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="OLP-00001"> <input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="0.00"> <input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0.00"> <!-- Replace value with the web page you want the customer to return to after a successful transaction --> <input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.yourwebsite.com/ThankYou.html"> <!-- Replace value with the web page you want the customer to return to after item cancellation --> <input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="http://www.yourwebsite.com/Cancel.html"> <input type="hidden" name="button_subtype" value="services"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0"> <input type="hidden" name="cn" value="Add special instructions to the seller:"> <input type="hidden" name="country" value="US"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> <input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US"> <input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-BuyNowBF:btn_paynowCC_LG.gif:NonHosted"> </form> <!-- END BUTTON EXAMPLES --> <!-- END SAMPLE CODE SECTION --> <br><br><br><br> <hr align="left" width="50%" noshade> <br><br> NOTES: <br> In order to test the code, you must replace the "business" value variable with your PayPal Email Address or your Merchant Account ID. </body> </html>

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Hi cvccprather,
Welcome to our Communtiy Forum
snowshoe is right.
You can sign up to use PayPal for this type of business but it's important to note that you may be required to acquire pre-approval before receiving payments of this nature.
cvccpratherm, it might be no harm to have a quick read of our Acceptable Use Policy here: http://goo.gl/TKplzQ and feel free to email us if you have any further questions or queries.
Hope that helps,
Conor

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