MUST I accept Paypal as a payment option?

Stealthyman · #1 06-24-2009

I’m starting to set up my diversified portfolio of stealth accounts. I actually want a total of 10.

1 of the accounts is going to be pre 2007 and have a merchant account attached but the other 9 are not. All 10 will have its own EBay account attached. Of the 9 some will be LLC's , some wont etc etc....And I guess each account will have its own Cartmanager account...

Since on the other 9 accounts I will not have a merchant account attached and EBay requires some type of electronic payment ----MUST I accept Paypal as a payment option? Is there any way around it?

I know there are tricks using CCNow and google checkout etc... I’m talking about how the eBay accounts MUST be set up.

Any suggestions before I set these accounts up? Thank you.

GreenBean · #2 06-24-2009

You must be aware of what category each account will sell. Certain types require paypal. If it is clothing,cell phones,iPods,electronics aka high risk,then paypal is a required payment option. Not to say there is no work around

Stealthyman · #3 06-24-2009

The category is laptops. Is paypal a required option even if you have a merchant account set up? Plus, I don't even mind setting up paypal as an option. My concern is that if I don't set it up correctly. ie They eventually ask me for a SS # , that I don't have, then I will lose the corresponding Ebay account that is attached. The last thing that I want to do is lose all of these accounts that I spend so much time on. For some reason----- Based upon my past volume, or for whatever reason. They keep asking for ss#'s
So the question now is do I need 9 separate ss #'s to match the names on the paypal accounts before I even begin?

GreenBean · #4 06-24-2009

In a way, you have answered your own question: use paypal on any USA account and the SSN might be needed. Even a correctly made account can be asked for this. Bottom line is it's paypal & that is what they ask.