Accepting payments from non-verified Paypal users

14 years ago

Honestly, I have never paid attention.

I know that I have taken payments from both, and I don't see bad behavior coming more from one group over another.

I do know however that some of the worst behavior, in my experience, has come from verified PayPal users.

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memme

14 years ago

at one project i got some problems with people using stolen paypal accs and they were verified......

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Ryan Even

14 years ago

I've never had a problem taking payments from non-verified users.

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carrot

14 years ago

I havent really noticed a problem either. Ive had my fair share of crooks mind you, but they are just as often verified than not.

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George Wright

14 years ago

I just learned something. I didn't know you could select not to receive non verified payments. Can you really?

What I wish is that you could "review" payments coming from Credit Cards rather than paypal balances.

George Wright

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UMS

14 years ago

The reason I ask is that I was setting up a WordPress plugin that has the option to accept payments from non-verified Paypal users or not.

I must admit that I hadn't really considered whether it was an issue or not.

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DigitalBusker

14 years ago

I think "verified" is meant to indicate that the person making the payment is more likely to be the owner of the card being used to make the payment. Paypal do this by sending two small sums of money, both less than $1 to your checking account. You have to confirm with paypal what amounts they sent to become verified. Don't know how secure this additional procedure actually makes it.

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UMS

14 years ago

Originally Posted by DigitalBusker

I think "verified" is meant to indicate that the person making the payment is more likely to be the owner of the card being used to make the payment. Paypal do this by sending two small sums of money, both less than $1 to your checking account. You have to confirm with paypal what amounts they sent to become verified. Don't know how secure this additional procedure actually makes it.

I know what verified and non-verified Paypal users are.

I was more wondering if it makes any difference as to the reliability of the payment.

Judging from the replies so far, it probably doesn't make much difference.