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Step 1: visit Paypal website (homepage)


It’s: Paypal.com and click on Sign up or Sign up now as screenshot shown below:



Step 2: choose “Buy with Paypal” and click on Get Started

 


There are two types of Paypal account: Buy with Paypal (Personal/Individual accounts) and Receive payments with PayPal (Businesses accounts). You can choose Buy with Paypal for your account type first, if you want to upgrade to business account you can do that on later.



Step 3: Fill the form completely and click on “Agree and Create Account” button


Note: you should provide real information (or you can change it on later but i wouldn’t recommend this) because all credentials need to match with credit card and bank account details also. Anymore, Paypal may require you provide a scanned copy of National ID, Driver’s License or Passport number when verify your Paypal account on later.


 

Step 4: You will be asked to link your card (credit card or debit card). You can add if you already have or want to add it on later by click on “I’ll do it later”.



Step 5: Your PayPal account is created. Now you will be asked to confirm your email address to activate your account.

 


You need to click on “Yes, this is my email address” button (as screenshot above) to confirm your email with Paypal.

 

Step 6 : Verify your Paypal account (add your card and bank account)


To do this, you need to log in your Paypal account (with email address and password what you have already registered with Paypal ) then click on Walllet link on main menu on Paypal. Choose Link a bank account and Link a card and enter your bank account + credit/debit card details (see screenshot below). Please make sure all information are correct, this is very important (Paypal may limit your account if it’s fake/not correct information)



When you have already linked your card and bank account to your Paypal account you will get an email from Paypal for that (verified).



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Note: you may need to provide 4-digit code when verifying your card, this depends on your card and bank account. But most of bank accounts with card will applied this. You can check it on Internet Banking or SMS service of your bank (you can call your bank to ask it if you didn’t get this). Paypal do this to make sure the card is yours (Paypal made a small charge to your card and it will display a unique 4-digit PayPal code on your card statement). When you already entered the 4-digit code and you’re successfully confirmed your card. The charge made to your card will be automatically refunded to you within 24 hours.

You can edit/change information of your profile, address…or add your security questions or upgrade your account to business by navigate to setting icon on the top right of your Paypal account (see screenshot below)


 

 

You’re done with a Paypal account to send and receive payments.

 

Notice when creating and using your Paypal account


There are some tips to avoid getting your Paypal account limited/blocked:

  • You need to read Paypal User Agreement and Privacy Policy to make sure everything is clear.
  • Creating your Paypal account with real information (don’t add a bank account or credit card that someone else used one time)
  • Don’t create more than one PayPal account: if you created many Paypal accounts then Paypal will limit all your accounts (at least 180 days). Even you created them with fake IPs, different computers, mobile phones…Paypal still know that’s yours then blocked your accounts (i have ever met this case before, it’s a pain. I still didn’t understand how Paypal did that till now)
  • Don’t log in your Paypal account at anywhere else except your computer, table and smartphone (don’t try it on devices of other persons then you can be blocked or get login problem)
  • Send and receive with trust seller/buyer/customer (your Paypal account can be blocked with high risk of fraud of seller/buyer/customer who used PayPal to steal)