paypal

PayPal

Paypal is a great way to pay for or receive payment for your dress, it is a fast and very secure way to trasfer money anywhere in
the world. I have been using PayPal for four years to receive payments for dress listings and have also used it to receive payments
for my own daughters dresses when sold overseas. I have listed below some basic tips for using PayPal. If you have any
questions at all, please do not hesitate to email me.

What kind of PayPal account should you open?
If you just want to pay your listing fee or receive payment for your dress by PayPal, you only need to open a Personal account.
PayPal Personal accounts do not have any transaction fees if the buyer pays by bank transfer (eCheck) or from an existing PayPal
balance. If they wish to pay by credit card, you will be charged fees, click here for details. Credit card fees are lower with a
Premier account....
If you would like to receive credit card payments, you are better off opening a Premier account. This gives buyers more payment
options but remember that Premier accounts have transaction fees on all transactions. The fees are quite low and you can work
out how much they would be by going to the PayPal website and clicking on the "Fees" link that is right at the bottom of every
page, or the blue link above. If your buyer wishes to pay by credit card, they will usually pay this fee on top of the dress price and
shipping or you can agree to split it.
You will need to verify your account by giving PayPal your bank account details. This is so you are able to withdraw your money
out of your PayPal account and into your bank account. This is very secure and PayPal can only deposit money, not withdraw.
For more details on PayPal's security, go to the website and click the "Security Centre" at the bottom of any page.

PayPal keeps rejecting my credit card, what am I doing wrong?
1. Make sure that you are entering your credit card number as one long number, do not leave spaces between the groups of
numbers as they appear on your card.
2. Sometimes PayPal will reject a card for no reason. Leave your payment for a while and then try again or if you have a second
credit card, try using it instead.
3. If you are still having trouble, contact PayPal by clicking on the "help" link in the top right hand corner of your screen. Scroll
down and on the left you will see a link that says "Still having trouble? Contact us" Follow the prompts until you get to a blank
email form and submit your question. If you are in the USA there is also a phone number on these pages to call PayPal with any
problems.

I am in one country and my buyer is in another, can I be paid in my own currency?
In most cases the answer is yes. PayPal accepts payments in US Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars, Euros, Pounds
Stirling, New Zealand Dollars and even Japanese Yen! I recommend that you send the buyer a PayPal money request in the
currency you wish to be paid in. Go to your PayPal account and click on the tab at the top of the page that says "Request
Money". You will be taken to a screen that looks like this...

Fill in the buyers email address, the amount you wish to be paid and then use the drop down menu to select your currency. Click
"Continue". You will then be taken to a page that looks like this...

If the buyer does not have a paypal account, you will see the message as shown above. If they already have an account, it will
confirm it for you. Check all of the details are correct, enter a message to the buyer and click "Request Money". The request is
then sent to the buyer in an email which will contain a link to a secure payment page. They can make a payment by credit card
without opening an account, or sign in to an existing account and make the payment from there. You will also receive an email
from PayPal confirming that the request has been sent.

What happens next?
As soon as the buyer sends their payment through to PayPal, the payment will appear in your PayPal account. You should leave
the money in your account until the dress arrives and the buyer is happy. Once the sale is all final, you are free to withdraw the
money from your PayPal account to your bank account.

Please email me if there are any other questions you would like to see answered on this page.