Quick Question about selling online

[kewldewd]

Hi All,



I plan on launching my e-commerce site quite soon. I have E-Junkie all set up and am almost ready to go, but I was curious about one more thing.



Do I need to do anything special to my paypal account? Right now I just have a normal paypal personal account. There is no limit that I know for sending our getting money (I think some personal accounts have a $500 limit).



I have noticed other sellers in the market I am in that have they name of their webstore when you go to pay for a product, but for me, as it is now, it just says my email address.



So i was curious do I need a merchant account or need to start a new paypal for my webstore; and what would be the benefits?



Any information is greatly appreciated!



Thanks!

[markmcknight]

I upgraded my personal Paypal account to a Premier account. As far as I can remember it was free to do. I think they carry out some additional security checks, then you're good to go. I can accept credit and debit cards easily now.

[kewldewd]

I actually ended up updating my account to a business so I could get the business name on the invoice. It was also free!

[olusegunoyefuwa]

Hi,
When test running my product page, i discovered only buyers operating paypal can buy my product. That is it cannot accept credit cards and debit cards.
Is that as a result of operating a personal paypal account or am just not getting something about the html code right?
Thank you

[E-junkie_Guru]

Personal PayPal accounts cannot offer buyers the option to pay with a card if they don't have a PayPal account; to offer the card payment option, you must have at least a PayPal Business or Premier account, and also set PayPal Account Optional: ON in your in your PayPal account under Profile > Profile & Settings > My Selling Tools > Website Preferences.

We recommend getting the free upgrade to a PayPal Business account anyway, which should also lift your monthly payment receiving limit and allow you to specify a business name that would be shown during checkout and in PayPal payment references (rather than showing buyers your PayPal Email address), among other business-minded amenities. You can use this link to upgrade to Business if you haven't already:
http://short.e-junkie.com/paypal-business