Secondary email, to receive money, no info from primary email & legal name, to protect identity

[Kallakasha]

Hi, can I register one (of the up to 😎 emails on my personal account under an avatar name (like here my legal name isn’t the kallaskasha but may be the name I’d use for a secondary way to receive money into my PayPal account) and use that email for all receiving of money. Does my primary email/legal name get involved, will my legal name be shown or the avatar name I give the email address (If that’s possible? I still haven’t found any confirmation on that) For example; if I became a streamer and someone donates money to me, will my legal name on PayPal account be shown to people if I use my primary email (yes this I know) But a secondary email that I would only use for this & email regarding the streaming. Will PayPal be basically doxxing me with my personal email & legal name. As I wouldn’t be making the big bucks or using it like a job, (that’s when I would get a business account) but if it’s just like the occasional donation to buy cat food (it would be a cat rescue & adoption type stream) just for the animals, I would like to have an avenue for small donations for the animals I rescue. I just want to have a non legal name so my location & address can be protected, my primary email is my legal name which is why I need to keep it from being too public. I hope this isn’t too confusing but I just need to know if I can go this route or not. I appreciate anyone’s help & preferring to not get the generic answer I’ve seen all over google of (you can have up to 8 emails on your account… avoiding the yes or no) thank you very much for your time!

[kernowlass]

https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/Transactions/What-Email-can-I-use-to-get-paid/m-p/3013574#M11654...

[PayPal_Olivia]

Hi @Kallakasha,

Thank you for your post and welcome to the Community Forum,

I understand that you'd like to receive funds under an alias that is not your legal name for the sake of anonymity, and/or receive payments to two different names. I understand that desire! In addition to the information given by @kernowlass, I wanted to provide a couple more points. 

Receiving payments under multiple names is not possible with one account, however you can have two accounts if one is a Business account and one is a Personal account. If you establish a business, a Business account would carry the name of your business, and that business name is what would be shown to those who pay you. Your bank account associated with the Business account would have to be associated with your Business name, and both accounts would have to be associated with your legal full name as the account holder.

I hope this information is helpful!

Olivia