1. First go to the site
http://www.paypal.com
2. At top of the page you see a button "sign up" Click that button and it will take you to the sign up page.
3. You will have your country choice and a choice between three different types of accounts, personal, business, and premier. Personal is the simplest, and you can still do most things with it. But you can make your own choice that best suits your needs. Click one of the choices.
4. On the sign up page, fill out your information, name, address, etc. and click the button "agree, create my account"
5. After the account is created, within a minute or so, you will receive a confirmation email that you opened a new PayPal account. When you receive this email, if it asks you to verify information, verify the information as the email asks. And then your account is activated. This all takes about a minute.
Next step after your account is open, is to add one of your debit or credit cards, visa, master card, Amex, or discover to make the account operational to make payments.
1. Log in to your PayPal account from
http://www.paypal.com
2. Under My Account Overview, there is your name, email, and "Edit profile" click "Edit profile"
3. On the Profile Summary page, you will see middle column "Financial Information"
In this column click "Credit/Debit Cards"
4. On the Add Credit or Debit Card page please fill in the information. At the bottom click "add card"
Please use a card that you have online access so you can verify it, do not use a card that you have no online access for.
5. After doing this you will receive an email that you added a card to your PayPal account, and you will be asked to verify the card.
Note: USA PayPal accounts can also add bank accounts to send electronic checks. You may add your bank account right from your PayPal account overview home page where you will see the button "add bank account" on the left side of the page. You will need your bank account number and your nine digit routing number, for a US bank account, and name and address of your bank. After you add your bank account, PayPal will ask for verification of your bank that it is your account. In other countries such as the UK, PayPal may also offer accounts where you can add a bank account.
1. PayPal will make two several cent deposits to your bank account. For example 0.09 cents and 0.14 cents, or any other two small deposits. To see what these deposits are go to your bank's online banking, and log in to your bank account to see what these two deposits are, and write them down.
2. After you write down these two small deposits go back to the PayPal website
http://www.paypal.com
and log in to your PayPal account with your email address and password.
3. PayPal will ask you to verify these two deposits. Enter them, and and your bank account will be added to your PayPal account, and it will be ready to use to make e checks, back up funding, and if you have added a credit card, you will also be able to make instant transfers.
1. Go to the PayPal site
http://www.paypal.com
and log in with your email address and password.
2. Click "Send Money" at top of the page and follow instructions.