User Guide

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PayPal Merchant Tools
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Getting Started
You can start accepting payments
with PayPal in 5 easy steps:
1. Sign Up
Go to https://www.paypal.com/
and click
on the “Sign Up” link in the upper right-
hand corner of the page. Click on the
“Business” link to sign up for a Business
account.
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Make sure to write down the
email address you use and the password
you choose; in the future, you will use
them to login to your PayPal account.
After completing the 2-page sign-up,
PayPal will send you an email to confirm
your email address.
2. Confirm Email Address
Open your email and click on the link
in the email we sent you. You will be
taken to a PayPal page and asked to
enter your password.
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Once you have
successfully entered your password,
your email address will be confirmed.
3. Add Credit Card
Log in to your PayPal account and
click on the “Profile” subtab of the “My
Account” tab.
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Click on the “Credit
Cards” link in the “Financial Information”
column. On the Credit Cards page, click
the “Add” button. The credit card, you
added will become your Primary credit
card, meaning it is the default credit card
used on your PayPal account. If you
decide to add additional credit cards to
your PayPal account, you can change
any of them to be your Primary card.
In addition, the credit card billing address
you entered when you added your credit
card is now a Confirmed Address. Many
sellers require that buyers use their
Confirmed Address as their shipping
address when they pay with PayPal.
You can use Confirmed Addresses as
a positive indicator of a buyer’s identity.
When you ship to a Confirmed Address,
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Business Account Sign Up.
Confirmed Addresses:
At this time, only
U.S. members can have
Confirmed Addresses.
PayPal hopes to offer non-
U.S. buyers the ability to
add Confirmed Addresses
soon.
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Email Address Confirmation.
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Profile subtab