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Still looking for assistance in this matter.   1. How do I keep my personal information completely private and unviewable with a Personal account. 2. How do I automate this process as much as possible? I don't want to have to create an invoice for every commission, and was really looking for it to be a simple 'click and pay anonoymously' setup. ... View more

I'm still not clear on the information you've provided. I apologize, but I require more simplified instructions, preferably step by step. My account is six years old, and even after clicking the provided links I have no way of accessing those options in any of the account summary drop down menus.  I was hoping that this would be a fairly simple process, where I simply supply them with a link and they then deposit money into my account. I was not looking for this much data entry or this much technical requirement on my part.   1. I want to provide the customer with a simple link to pay me. 2. I have no idea what to do or how to fill out the invoice (especially since I do not have the commissioner's information yet). 3. I do not want them to see my personal name at all, in any shape or form. I do not even want to show my email account, if possible. 4. I want to use a personal account, not business.   How, in simple terms, do I go about doing this? Again, I'm sorry but I need a much more concise, step by step breakdown of this process as that is the only way I will be able to understand it. ... View more

"You can use PayPal Invoices. Click Manage Invoices on the Summary page under Seller Tools section. You have the ability to send an Estimate, a recently added feature and is handy. You can also accept deposits by checking the Allow partial payments checkbox.   Click Help on the Manage Invoice page to read all about how the invoices functions.  TIP: If someone paid a deposit and they cancel and accept that you don't give refunds on deposits an as invoice term/contract, you can put minus sign in front of an amount to cancel it out on the invoice. Or if they paid a retainer and you want to reflect on an invoice that they've already paid, use the minus sign on a line item. Anytime you want to reconcile a line item, use the minus sign in front of amounts. "   I see no option to access 'Seller Tools' or 'Manage Invoices' anywhere on the Summary page.  ... View more