Dealing with Paypal

Hello boys and girls,

I've noticed a lot of people are having issues with PP recently. In terms of having limits placed on their accounts, or people get shut down all together.

It's all I've been seeing on FB the last couple of days.

Might I suggest just being a little proactive here? If Paypal are doing the rounds and looking for excuses to freeze peoples accounts, there's a simple way to ensure you're not in the firing line.

Obviously avoiding disputes and such is the obvious foucs, but what I regularly do with Paypal, is call them up directly, and have a chat with one of the staff. I explain that business is going well, and I'm expecting the frequency and size of payments I receive for my digital services to be increasing over the coming month or two. As a result of this, I just want to check my account is up to date with everything they need, so that I know my withdrawals will run smoothly etc.

The usual response I get from this, is a thank you for letting them know, a congratulations on the growth of my business, a confirmation that is well and there's no reason for any potential troubles, and they make a note on the account so that if there are any spikes in income, it's already explained, they don't have to freeze and investigate.

To some I'm sure this seems like common sense, and this probably wasn't the most exciting read, but I have NEVER had any issues with Paypal, simply by keeping them updated, checking all is well, and being polite.

If you sell digital services in any shape or form whether it's coaching, traffic, memberships, whatever, I'd suggest this is a practise you begin follow as it seems these account freezes are becoming more frequent...

I hope this proved to be helpful for some of you

Shaun