User Guide

Introduction to PayPal Merchant Tools
P
ayPal offers many different tools to meet your business needs.
You already know that PayPal is the world’s favorite online payment
service, with over 25 million members worldwide, but you may not know just
how many features your PayPal account contains. This manual will serve as
an introduction to the different tools PayPal offers to help keep your payment
processing running smoothly. It is divided into 3 main sections, to help you find
the information you need:
1 Getting Started (Page 4) - Find out how to set up your PayPal Business
account and prepare to begin receiving payments - all in five easy steps!
2 Using Your PayPal Merchant Account (Page 7) - Learn about PayPal’s main
Merchant Tools, and find easy ways to maximize the value you receive from
your PayPal account.
3 Additional PayPal Services (Page 17) - Discover PayPal’s tools for
merchants with several employees, doing business internationally, selling
on auctions, and more.
The PayPal website provides additional information not covered in this manual.
Just go to https://www.paypal.com/
and click on the Merchant Tools tab for
detailed information on the features covered in this manual, or click on the
Help Center link in the upper right-hand corner of the page to search for more
frequently asked questions and additional information.
Welcome to PayPal!