Creating a PayPal Account
Create the correct PayPal account for your business. The choices are-:
- Personal (Shoppers only)
- Premier (Shopping carts or buy now buttons for businesses not listed below in Business)
- Business
- Sole Trader
- Public Company
- Proprietary Company
- Government Body
- Association
- Partnership
An example of the choices from the PayPal website
Entering the correct information
PayPal need to be strict in who signs up especially for buinesses. Hence it is important to get the details right as some sections cannot be changed once setup.
Business Account
It is important when setting up a business to consider the legal business name and ensure it is either associated with your website domain name or clearly mentioned on your site. This is important because if the shopper leaves your site they are expecting to see a name on the PayPal account that they can associate with your business.
It is a good practise to work from the payment backwards to ensure people are going to pay you and not stop at the crucial moment because they cannot recognise the Business Name. From a website design point of view we work the other way as well to ensure someone wants to buy in the first place.
Check the information below on Business Type and an email address used.
PayPal uses your registered email address as your account identifier - hence ensure your email address is one you can keep permanently and reflects your business.
With my clients I step them through this process including-:
Phil Hoile - GoldCoastLogin.com.au programmer
Griffith University Lecturer in industry courses
- e Business & advanced e Business
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