To Any Guru Out There: Paypal Who?

[Vadym]

Howdy y'all,

Got a quick question about Paypal.

First of all, we know Paypal have a tendency to be completely pricks. If you don't agree with me, well, you've never had your $18,000 been put on LIMIT for 180 days when you tried to pay your friggin' rent that month (true story).

Now, I'm launching a new piece of software that's going to be selling for $250-500 a month, and open to 100 people.

What this means, of course, is that I'll need a payment processor. Since I've got 2-3 super affs promoting and filling these spots for me, I'll be using PayDotCom, which works by check or PayPal.

My question is:
Is there any humanly things I can do to PREP my PayPal account for the surge in activity? Anything at all, including calling them up and TELLING them that I've got this software coming out? [I've done this in the past, and they made me send friggin' screenshots and 3 copies of 3 pieces of ID.]

Thanks to anyone at all who can help me with this dilemma.

Cheers.

[Fernando Veloso]

Hi Vadym,

Can't you just make a phone call/send a email to Paypal and alert them?

[Gene Pimentel]

Originally Posted by Vadym

My question is:
Is there any humanly things I can do to PREP my PayPal account for the surge in activity? Anything at all, including calling them up and TELLING them that I've got this software coming out? [I've done this in the past, and they made me send friggin' screenshots and 3 copies of 3 pieces of ID.]

Thanks to anyone at all who can help me with this dilemma.

Cheers.

You've answered your own question. You MUST call them and let them know what you're about to do, and what kind of numbers you expect. They will (should) make not of this information in your record so it is there for the appropriate personnel to see, should a red flag be raised. So what if they "made me send friggin' screenshots and 3 copies of 3 pieces of ID." Small price to pay for the benefit gained, don't you think?

[LB]

Call them. More than once.

Get everything ironed out before hand and call them again the day before and remind them of everything. Even then they might freeze the account...then you'll have to call again.

That's Paypal.

For what it's worth...merchant accounts make Paypal look like angels.

[Vadym]

Originally Posted by Gene Pimentel

You've answered your own question. You MUST call them and let them know what you're about to do, and what kind of numbers you expect. They will (should) make not of this information in your record so it is there for the appropriate personnel to see, should a red flag be raised. So what if they "made me send friggin' screenshots and 3 copies of 3 pieces of ID." Small price to pay for the benefit gained, don't you think?

Seems like they get SUSPICIOUS when you call them. That's the annoying thing.

But yeah, from reading a WSO I got here on Paypal, hiding behind a 3rd party processor like PDC should keep me semi-safe. I might transfer to ANOTHER Paypal account, just to be super-safe, before withdrawing, and leave it at that.

Thanks

[talfighel]

The best thing to do is to either email them and let them know about this, or even better, CALL them.

That way, they know what is going on.

I launched a program myself and asked for permission to use a PAYPAL buy now button so that all the sales that I get are through PayPal and are INSTANT commissions. So I emailed PayPal for permission to do this and they emailed me back and AGREED for me to use their system to sell my product.

It is a good idea to ask them personally for stuff like this.

Tal

Tal

[Michael Oksa]

With all due respect, why are you even thinking of using PayPal if they froze $18,000?

You seem to have had a sufficiently negative experience to never use them again.

In other words, in your situation, you may want to ask for the best alternatives.

Anyway, that was my first thought. Either way, I hope you do well with your offer.

All the best,
Michael

[Vadym]

Originally Posted by Michael Oksa

With all due respect, why are you even thinking of using PayPal if they froze $18,000?

You seem to have had a sufficiently negative experience to never use them again.

In other words, in your situation, you may want to ask for the best alternatives.

Anyway, that was my first thought. Either way, I hope you do well with your offer.

All the best,
Michael

What other choice do I have?

To have everyone create an... ePassporte, or whatever the devil people use as an alternative these days?

Truth is, I'm the provider of the product, so I'm the one who has to be flexible.

[Michael Oksa]

Originally Posted by Vadym

What other choice do I have?

To have everyone create an... ePassporte, or whatever the devil people use as an alternative these days?

Truth is, I'm the provider of the product, so I'm the one who has to be flexible.

Now THAT sounds like a good question.

I don't know, but other Warriors may be know of some viable options.

All the best,
Michael

[MikeAmbrosio]

Originally Posted by Michael Oksa

With all due respect, why are you even thinking of using PayPal if they froze $18,000?

You seem to have had a sufficiently negative experience to never use them again.

In other words, in your situation, you may want to ask for the best alternatives.

Anyway, that was my first thought. Either way, I hope you do well with your offer.

All the best,
Michael

Freezing of money is not something Paypal invented, nor are they the only one to do such a thing.

Merchant accounts can and DO freeze accounts when an sudden influx of cash, or pretty much any unusual activity takes place.

Calling them is the thing to do.

Been using PP for almost 9 years, with 3 accounts and have never had an issue with sudden cash influx - because I always call them first.

Good luck on your launch Vadym

[Gary McCaffrey]

I had PayPal require scans of my bank account letters and passport etc after a sudden influx of activity. I had also prewarned them that it was coming.

I simply complied with what they requested and have been fine ever since.