Immediate Payment Required

[Jack]

A while back I responded to a post on the immediate payment required seller tool. I said I'd never buy from someone using it as you need to link your account to buy. Now I'm finding the shoe on the other foot as I'm using it myself on a more expensive item. The question I have is whether or not using the "immediate payment required" for buy it now will cause or increase the chances of your accounts being linked? Apparently you have to show paypal as your preferred payment preference, and of course enable checkout. Does anyone know if offering the immediate payment option for buy it now will just be a trade off from risking a nonpaying buyer to the much worse risk of linking accounts? Or is that only a problem if you're the buyer? Thanks

[socalrunner]

How is linking your paypal account different than verifying your paypal account?

[maris23]

Originally Posted by socalrunner

How is linking your paypal account different than verifying your paypal account?

Yes linking connects your eBay and Paypal accounts together.. so if one is suspended the other is sure to follow. Verifing your PP account is providing 2 of 3... SSN, bank account, credit card account. I really dont see the problem linking accounts if everything was set up properly.

[Jack]

I really don't see a way that this could work. If the accounts are linked, you'd have to open a whole new paypal account. If this is what you're proposing, it's easy to start with, but as others have said, once you get some decent flow through your account, paypal will start asking questions and requiring documents. Verifying however is relatively painless as long as you have a couple days to kill as you have to wait for the deposits to post.