Does PayPal hate "in process" or "order processed" for tracking?

[DangYouPayPayal]

Have a few sales that are in process and will be for awhile, and some that did not require shipping so their order was processed, so that's how I marked them on my PayPal.

However, I am wondering if PayPal hates this actually and will eventually come back to me for tracking, even if not applicable.

Does anyone know? I mean it may be hard for anyone to know, so maybe I'll rephrase. Does anyone else mark as in process or order processed and have not had issues?

[phaz0rz]

A lot of the time I leave the transaction as is and don't mark it as anything. With a lot of our regular customers who pay via PP invoice I turn the VM off after sending their invoice and then never go back and upload tracking or mark the order as shipped or anything.

So I wouldn't say they "hate" what you're talking about but I think it would be a red flag if you start having problems with customers.

[DangYouPayPayal]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

A lot of the time I leave the transaction as is and don't mark it as anything. With a lot of our regular customers who pay via PP invoice I turn the VM off after sending their invoice and then never go back and upload tracking or mark the order as shipped or anything.

So I wouldn't say they "hate" what you're talking about but I think it would be a red flag if you start having problems with customers.

Cool, I appreciate the input!

Dumb question though, and it will probably hit me after you tell me, but what is "VM"?

These are also regular customers too who I trust and have a history with. It just still worries me though, lol.

[phaz0rz]

Virtual machine. Basically what I meant was, I send the invoice to the customer then turn off the computer I sent it from. I'll log back in a few hours later to make sure it's been paid before I drop off their shipment, but I rarely go back in and add tracking or mark the order as shipped.

[DangYouPayPayal]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

Virtual machine. Basically what I meant was, I send the invoice to the customer then turn off the computer I sent it from. I'll log back in a few hours later to make sure it's been paid before I drop off their shipment, but I rarely go back in and add tracking or mark the order as shipped.

Makes total sense. I thought it meant virtual machine but wasn't 100% sure.

Thanks man. I really appreciate it! Makes me feel better.

[ebaystealth1974]

On a website of mine, the payments came in through Stripe and Paypal. I NEVER uploaded any tracking to the Paypal transactions and never had any problems.

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by ebaystealth1974

On a website of mine, the payments came in through Stripe and Paypal. I NEVER uploaded any tracking to the Paypal transactions and never had any problems.

I'm a firm believer that if you do it regularly they expect you not to upload tracking. And they're fine with that as long as you don't start having customer problems.

[ebaystealth1974]

I'm sure.

Only time I was ever worried about the PP account, regarding the website sales, was once we had an inventory mishap and I had to refund about 10-15 orders in a row for a hot item.

$110 item. I was skurred lol

Nothing ever came of it, though.