How long will it take to verify your paypal account? That depends on you! When you opened the account, they sent an email to verify you have access to your email account. Did you open and click on the link inside that email to confirm it? This is the first step in verifying your identity on your paypal account. The next step would be to go and add a credit card number or a bank account on your paypal account. If you add a bank account, They will send a small credit to that account and ask you how much the two deposits were? You need to check your account and then tell paypal how much those deposits were to prove that you are really the owner of that account. The last thing to do would be to add a cell phone number. If you add a credit card account instead of a bank account you could be verified in less than an hour.
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Here's the real info PayPal does not advertise, market or even wants to tell you about paying with a credit card.
With PayPal's Website Payments Standard, PayPal does say that you don't have to have a PayPal Account to make a purchase. And they provide an option for you as a Premier Account owner or Business Account owner to configure your account to allow customers to pay with a credit card and/or open/use your PayPal Account. This information is valid.
The small bit of very important information not told to you is the following. Lets say you have returning customers or have clients that pay you for services on a regular basis. After your customer or client pays you 3 to 4 times using the same credit card, PayPal will interrupt the transactions and require the customer or client to open a PayPal Account or use a totally different credit card.
People need to understand that PayPal's mission it to sign up new business or accounts. It's just that simple. And although Website Payments Standard is great concept becasue you pay only for the services you use, there are limitations. As they say, you get what you pay for.
For folks who really just want their customers or clients to pay with a credit card with no limitations, then the product to use is Website Payments Pro. However, with Pro, there is a monthly fee, security requirements and transaction fees.
Google Checkout can use as an alternative
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i am not trying to pay anything, i am trying to set up an account that people can pay me on.
I WAN TTO SET UP A NEW ACCOUNT THAT IS VERIFIED AND UNLIMITED IN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY I CAN RECEIVE
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