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Your PayPal release amount has changed
 

Can someone explain to me ?


Dear XXXXXXXXXX,

We appreciate that you chose PayPal. However:

We want to make sure that you have enough money in your account balance. With this in mind, beginning your release amount is decreasing to . Payments you receive above your release amount will become available after days.

Old release amount:

New release amount:

Increasing your release amount

We review accounts periodically and may increase your release amount in the future. Here are a few good business practices we look for when reviewing accounts:

Process orders immediately and ship quickly using a service that provides tracking and delivery confirmation.
Upload tracking information or delivery confirmation numbers.
Communicate early and often with your buyers.
Make sure that you confirm your financials and account details associated with your PayPal account, and keep them up to date.
We realize that even in the best of times it is not possible to foresee every problem. If an issue does come up, you should work with PayPal to resolve it as quickly as possible. We’ll email you if your release amount changes again.

More information about release amounts can be found on the PayPal Help Center by searching for “release amount."

Questions?

If you have any questions, click Help Center at the bottom of this email and then choose Email us or Call us.

Thanks,

PayPal

(This is my main pp acc btw)

Re: Your PayPal release amount has changed
 

What do we need to explain? It seems clear enough.

They're going to hold X amount of money for X days to be sure you do what you're supposed to do.

You may be dealing in risky goods with a high rate of chargeback, or you've had some sort of complaint/case, or a bot is worried for some reason.

Not much you can do about it, keep your nose clean and stay out of trouble, it'll probably get better at some point.