Paypal.

@laurika (4532)
United States
April 3, 2008 8:42pm CST
I am sure many of you what is paypal for. But I was wondering if someone can help, where I can actually use those virtual money from my paypal account. I guess you can transfer this money to your bank account(not sure) but can you actually buy something for this monye, just straight from your pay pal account? Where? What do you use it for?
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21 responses
@ShepherdSpy (8544)
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
4 Apr 08
It's not just virtual-you can link paypal to your bank account and withdraw money when you need it..there are various services and online stores that accept Paypal..Skype is one..You can use your Paypal account with Ebay..I've ordered things from some US websites and had them delivered to the UK..credit cards may be more widespread for online shopping,but the convenience of signing in with your paypal email address and password rather than rooting for your card details is much better..
@laurika (4532)
• United States
4 Apr 08
Yeah i know I can transfer it to my bank account, but that's the problem, I don't have a online banking and I am in us and my bank is in europe, so kinda hard.
@sahyd2don (2942)
• India
4 Apr 08
i earned $15 as my first earning in mylot from which i have used $5 on some site.....now i have $10 remaining in my paypal account....i want to buy some thing useful from this money can anybody give me some good idea on what to buy and how to buy ........i mean a good thing for a amount as little as $10.........
@laurika (4532)
• United States
4 Apr 08
You should probably post discussion about this and the people might help you. I had the same problem like you till now, I just didn't know where to use it.
@plumwish07 (4057)
• Indonesia
4 Apr 08
hi dear, paypal can be withdrawal in local bank in some coutries, while other can credited paypal balance into their credit card or visa debit card. what i heard to that in some country, paypal able to withdraw in check. for using paypal balance directly, you can do shopping online as like in e-bay or buying books and gift from amazon. most of online shopping using paypal as their payment processor. paypal also avaialable to be payment processor in up grading membership on certain programs. i hope this information is helping you out, dear
@laurika (4532)
• United States
4 Apr 08
I have bought few things from amazon, but never see paypal option to pay for things, have to look better.
@gtargirl (5376)
• United States
4 Apr 08
I have a PayPal Debit Card that I use wherever . . . restaurants, stores, online, anywhere in the world. Of course, you can only spend what's in your PayPal account. You can apply for the card at the PayPal site. It's wonderful.
@laurika (4532)
• United States
4 Apr 08
Hey thanks, that's really useful, I never new about this option.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
4 Apr 08
Hello dear laurika. I think that we can buy things directly by using our earnings from our paypal though I have not used it yet. Because when we got registered at Paypal, it seems to have some lines of words that we could use the Paypal money to buy things online or get it transfered to our own bank account...
@laurika (4532)
• United States
4 Apr 08
I am so lazy sometimes, I should beter read the rules about paypal and see what I can use it for. :)
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
4 Apr 08
I use mine mostly for buying on eBay and a few other online stores, but also occasionally for transferring from one account to another. It is also a great place to receive money earned from PTW programs, not only myLot, but Triond and several others that pay in this way. I love PayPal and do still remember when many people were afraid to use it.
@laurika (4532)
• United States
4 Apr 08
I hear first time about paypal hear on mylot and also was kinda suspicious about it, never hear about the thing like this. But it is very useful, the problem is , I just cannot transfer it to my bank in europe, so that's why I was wonedring where to spend it.
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
14 Dec 08
I have used my pay pal account to buy ink Cartridge for my printer. I'm sure that there are other things you can buy too.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
4 Apr 08
Yes. You can transfer Paypal money straight to your bank account and then you can spend it however you like also. You can actually buy things with the money online also. Alot of sites accept Paypal money for payment. It is real money. You can buy things from Ebay for one. There are many places that accept Paypal though.
• Philippines
16 Jun 08
hey stephcjh.,im from manila, philippines and just want to know if paypal can transfer funds to our local bank.,coz when i tried to add a bank account to my paypal.,they were asking for a bank code.,is it the same as swiftcode? but the thing is they were asking for a nine digit but what we have here in the philippines is just 8digit swift code..,how is that? do you have any idea regarding this matter.,please reply or send me PM.,thanks alot!
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
6 Apr 08
I know that you can use it on eBay and there is another site called ClassicCloseouts where you purchase antique clothing for dirt cheap. One of the things you may want to do is type, "Online stores that accept Paypal," in the search engine and see what you come up with.
• Hong Kong
4 Apr 08
Yes you can actually transfer the paypal "fund" into your own bank account. I have been doing that after reaching a certain amount! If you don't want to do that, usually you can use it for items on ebay because most of the sellers there usually accept paypal as a form of payment.
@laurika (4532)
• United States
4 Apr 08
thx
@beekay (421)
• India
5 Apr 08
OFcourse you can do whatever you want, afterall it's your own money. You can just transfer your money to your bank account for a leter use or even you can purahase anything from the net using your paypal account. may be ebay or some other e-shoping.
@sisco100 (2338)
• United States
5 Apr 08
to get paid by sites tht pay and to pay for things tht u buy online without using u credit card. its a more sucure way of buy things and getting paid
@chazsgirl (256)
• United States
4 Apr 08
there are thousands of places you can use paypal, you can even order something from say Walgreens(ugh..) and pay with paypal!If you owed me $$ you could send me payment through paypal, if you bought off someone through ebay, or bigbigsavings almost anywhere takes it. go onto paypal.com and check to see if there is a link of places to use paypal, I have never had to ask but I am sure there is, if not you can contact them and ask them and they will reply relitively fast. They have been good to me since 1998. Good luck with your account it is alot easier than sending a money order or a check!
@laurika (4532)
• United States
4 Apr 08
Thanks for info
@tops76 (289)
• India
6 Apr 08
1.Yes you can transfer your Paypal balance to your bank account, initially this facility was available only for US bank accounts, recently paypal has added some more banks from other countries where you can transfer your Paypal balance. 2. You can also use your Paypal balance to shop online on the site that accepts Paypal. We use Paypal for online transaction. I think you have got answer to you quarry. Regards. tops76
@andyliuzn (1029)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Apr 08
Hehe, up till now, I haven't got any payment to my Paypal yet, sorry that couldn't give you an answer yet.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Apr 08
all you need do to have paypall send money to your bank is fill out a few blanks which they will tell you how to do and its v ery easy and also paypall has a list of all the stores you can go to with paypal. there is alot of them almost all the well known ones in fact.
@carinio98 (2929)
• Philippines
4 Apr 08
just go to download.com and go to compare price. or go to amazon and ebay to see if there is a list of things you want to buy.
@NotaBene (111)
5 Apr 08
I mainly use paypal for purchases that I make on ebay. It's particularly useful as a secure way of transferring money to people that you may not really know or trust such as faceless ebay sellers.
• Australia
5 Apr 08
I've already registered, I didn't know how it works until march this year. It is very convenient because it's 100% free, multi-purpose such as payment, foreign exchange and getting paid. Once I get paid, I can transfer my money to my bank account !!!...so I very love it.. Most of online business and home-based jobs highly recommend people to use paypal for payment.
• Israel
4 Apr 08
you can do a lot of things with paypal^ withdraw money to your bank, buy online, send money to friends