how big is paypal in USA?
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PayPal is an Internet business which allows the transfer of money between email users and merchants, avoiding traditional paper methods such as checks/cheques and money orders. PayPal also performs payment processing for e-commerce vendors, auction sites, and other corporate users, for which they charge a fee. Corporate headquarters are in San Jose, California; it is now an eBay company.\n\nAs of the end of Q4 2005, PayPal operates in 57 countries and it manages over 96 million accounts and in Feb. 2006 PayPal declared that it reached 100 million accounts. Every second PayPal processes an average of $823 in total payment volume. PayPal supports payments in U.S. Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars, Euros, Pounds Sterling, Japanese Yen and Chinese Renminbi (Chinese PayPal.com.cn accounts only).\n\nPayPal operates locally in 13 markets, including: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and China.\n\nIn China, PayPal offers two kinds of accounts[4]:\n\nPayPal.com accounts, for sending and receiving money to/from other PayPal.com accounts. All non-Chinese accounts are PayPal.com accounts, so these accounts may be used to send money internationally. \nPayPal.com.cn accounts, for sending and receiving money to/from other PayPal.com.cn accounts. \nIt is impossible to send money between PayPal.com.cn accounts and PayPal.com accounts, so PayPal.com.cn accounts are effectively banned from international payments. For PayPal.com.cn, the only supported currency is the Renminbi (RMB, ISO: CNY), whereas for PayPal.com accounts the only supported currencies are USD, CAD, AUD, EUR, GBP and JPY.\n\nPayPal also operates a large customer-service centers in La Vista, Nebraska, just outside Omaha as well as Vancouver, British Columbia.\n\nDue to the manner in which it operates, PayPal is not considered a bank. Therefore it is not required to abide by the legislation that governs banks. Like Western Union, PayPal is considered a money transmitter in many states in the United States and is licensed as such where required. PayPal's European subsidiary PayPal (Europe) is licensed as an electronic money institution and regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority.
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According to PayPal:  "When you confirm your U.S. bank account, your Sending Limit is lifted. The amount of money you send through your PayPal account will not be subject to Sending Limits although the maximum dollar amount for any single transaction is $10,000.00 USD or the equivalent thereof."\n\nConfirming your bank account is very simple.  You just give PayPal your routing and account numbers.  They make two "microdeposits" into your bank account.  For example, they will deposit $0.17 and $0.05.  It will take about two days for it to show up in your account.  When the deposits are in your account, you just confirm your account by telling PayPal what the two amounts are.  They know that it is your account since you have access to the amounts.\n\nI would highly recommend confirming your bank account if you are a merchant.  As a customer, I would not send money to a non-confirmed merchant.\n\nYou still have the ability to use your credit and debit cards on PayPal.  But after you confirm your account, you also have the ability to send immediate payments from your checking or savings account.
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Some take paypal, which requires a link to a bank account. But it is very limiting as most sites require a credit card.
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The difference between a merchant account and a regular account is that the merchant account doesn't have transaction limits.  Or if they do, they're a lot higher than for a regular account.  The downside is that the fees are higher for merchant accounts.\n\nI haven't had an personal bad experience with Paypal, but many different people have had stories of Paypal doing undesirable things with their accounts, such as locking the funds on activity that is perfectly legal.  I haven't done any high-volume transactions with them, though.  I couldn't say myself, but if you Google, you'll find plenty of stories about it.
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A lot of people use paypal. (Mostly people on ebay) but the point is if a company like this is so big and has many customers, they are usually the best way to go.  Since at their size customer fidelity is very important.
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Just go to the paypal website and follow the instructions.
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There are at least three ways to "implement PayPal" (Website Payments Standard, Website Payments Pro, and Payflow Gateway).  Which one are you interested in?  For more information, read here:\n\nhttp://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_merchant-outside
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Paypal has more than likely put a temporary hold on your funds.  They will be released back to you in a few days.
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You don't need an American bank account to have a PayPal account.  I used to work in banking but with the recent additions to the Patriot Act in screening foreign accounts, it got so complicated that I don't remember.  You might try an online account like ING Direct or Citibank.  You would be given a routing number and account number from the US and everything would be calculated in US dollars.  I've been using both banks for a long time and am very happy with the online convenience.
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Paypal accepts users from Japan but there is no Japanese localised paypal (as far as I know).\n\nYou can withdraw money from your paypal account into your Japanese bank account (in yen, paypal will do the conversion with a 2.5% charge). You can pay sellers using your credit/debit card. However, you cannot fund your paypal account from your Japanese bank account.\n\nBuyers can also pay you through paypal if you intend to use paypal to accept payments. Money from buyer-->to your Paypal account-->to your Japanese Bank account.\n\nThe only way to verify your account is by credit/debit card, unlike other countries where bank account is enough.
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paypal or neteller.  They are both reputable and safe.  I prefer paypal
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A fee every which way you turn with ebay.\nFinal value fees was always there. Its just such\na detailed and confused listing of your billings\nhard to sort it all out in the begining when sales are active.\nEven fees in paypal in case you did not notice.\nRounds up to about 10-15% of sales. - Outrageous costs\nin a low profit setting. Bolds, highlights, a million and one ways to pay fees.
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it is free to set a paypal account. just click "register" and answer the questions...\n\n-Doc-
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Never had any problem with PayPal\n\nBeen a user for 4-5 years
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You can add funds to your PayPal account from a local bank account if you live in The United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland or the UK.
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yes .It is feasible. PayPal is one of the most popular online money transfer systems widely used for online auctions, pay to surf programs, e-books and purchase of  low value goods. It is now a part of the online auction website eBay. More details available at\n http://www.money-transfer.in/paypalindia.html
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from USPS.com  "The Postal Store® will accept any of the following major credit cards: VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and Diners Club. Pay Pal is not accepted."\n\nIF YOU ARE TRYING TO RESPOND BY CLICKING A LINK IN AN AN EMAIL CLAIMING TO BE FROM FROM PAYPAL - DON'T!!!.  The email could be from a a scammer that is phishing for your account information.\n\nCONTACT PAYPAL IMMEDIATELY FROM THE 'Contact Us' link on their home page - again, NOT BY CLICKING A LINK IN AN EMAIL, and let them know your account has been compromised and contest the charges.\n\nPaypal provides a phone number for customer service: \nPayPal Customer Service Agents are available to help you during the following times:\nCall us at: 1-402-935-2050 (a U.S. telephone number)\n4:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST Monday through Friday\n6:00 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST on Saturday and Sunday