Thank you, kernowlass. I must be losing brain cells over this! Your responses seem to take us back to where we started. Some questions: This sentence from "David" seems to suggest that my account should be valid to receive payments as it is. This would have no impact anymore regarding payments received for items that are being sold. There are no restrictions anymore like there would have been with Personal Accounts. And your comment seems to say the same thing. "Group name" - what does it refer to? My Etsy shop names? So if you are a seller that does not operate under a group name you are fine with your personal account which is in fact a premier account. By the way, I tried the link before in your message to "Express Checkout" and I get this error message: "You have requested an outdated version of PayPal. This error often results from the use of bookmarks." Perhaps one of you can refer this to the powers-that-be in Paypal. Also, do any of you know a way that I could reach someone at Paypal with authority to answer my questions, who knows what Etsy is (the last person I talked to didn't know what it was), is based in the U.S., and can give me the definitive answer I can take back to Etsy? Otherwise, I will probably just cancel the Paypal option on Etsy. I'll keep my personal Paypal account - I like it a lot. The good thing is that this ongoing discussion has helped me understand the issues involved.
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