Hello fellow webmasters and people in general, I don't sook much but i hoping for some sympathy here lol, for the last 2 years i have used paypal as my main payment gateway, I sell established websites, link sales and a few web solutions every thing is 110% above board and i have never ripped anyone off!! PayPal was my preferred method of receiving payments from clients, now i was only charging $20-$500(tops) before i started selling established websites, my clients / buyers only ever got the good end of the deal as i sold most my sites due to needing to pay off my house payments off, while i should of kept some sites i did sell them below market value / the going rate. This is where my problem begins... as about 6 months ago i was only selling links and advertising space a few template sponsor links and some website links.. my received funds went from $20-$500 to $3,000,- $5,000 after i sold some established websites (still to this day the sites receive 4,000+ uniques a day and would be more than profitable for the people who purchased my websites. Anyway sorry to make this a long topic but i would like to drum up some support / let you know the full story. anyhow paypal have placed a "limited access" on my account, after calling them trying to work out why all they could say was "I am classed as a high risk" to them, never once had a complaint, charge-back, or any kind of dispute to be honest, as i said never ripped anyone off!! never done bad by paypal or my customers, Now after calling them PayPal which i thought was a very serious payment gateway it turns out they are quite pathetic, I live in Australia, never done a thing wrong!! after calling them all they could say is "Its in our best interest not to disclose why we would do business with you" after requesting a manager i got the same thing... so unfair not to understand their reasoning behind this. Really sorry to sook here, but for someone who prides themself on hard workm keeping my clients happy and what not, i am almost being forced ou of this business due to paypal, I now need to find a new payment gateway, i used "Western Union" just the other day for a site sale (from what i heard in the past it was for scammers) from my experience with them i was more secure than PayPal and worked out to be faster. Sorry to biatch but im in the mix of setting up a web design / web solutions website / business and without paypal i am going to lose a lot if business, so i am asking your opinions and hoping you can provide some form of feedback as what i should do. Am also considering a law suit against paypal as i cant even get an explanation or any ideas how to fix what ever problem there is, i dont have the money to fight em or even have the money to find out why, i can only wonder if receiving payments of $20-$500 and then jumping to $4,000+ have made them think otherwise. i really am lost at the moment, people mention "Western Union" and the word scammer springs to mind, I am about to employ article writers, designers and people in general for link building and general web services, but without paypal i dont have many other payment options. Please send me some feedback / ideas as i am an honest business man, i provide a very competitive serve price, and wont take a customers money without their satisfaction. Thanks in advance for replies, i do appreciate it.
yes switching from 20 - 50 $ to 3000 - 4000 rise red flag to your account the best solution to any one is to send email to paypal before the big payments 4 or 5 days and tell them that he will make big sale and ask them about selling virtual items cannot be tracked and when they answer you save the email to be evidence that you tried to warn them that you will recieve big amount
I made a brand new PayPal account then the next day I sold my business. I was paid $1500 for it via PayPal. This was the first ever transaction I had made in this new PayPal account. The day after payment was recieved, my account got limited, and because I dont have a credit card or bank account, I couldnt verify it to get it un-limited! I called PayPal who said the same thing as you, that my account is high risk. I got pissed when I spoke to PayPal so I kept swearing at the guy. I would just keep ringing back like every 10 seconds to swear at those ~censored~! But the point is, anyone who has alot of money in their account and is unverified, gets limited far more quickly!