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Selecting, Changing or Removing an Automatic Payment Method

Setting up an automatic payment method is a convenient way to pay your seller fees. You may change your automatic payment method at any time.

For information on payment requirements, late fees, and payment schedules, see Your Payment Due Date.

To learn about one-time payments, see Making a One-time Payment.

Setting up an automatic payment method

When you start selling on eBay, you are required to select an automatic payment method for any seller fees you may be charged. If you prefer, you can use ID verified to confirm your identity, and select an automatic payment method at another time.

You have a choice of two automatic payment methods:

If want you to set up an automatic payment method, follow the same steps as Updating your automatic payment method.

Paying by PayPal

PayPal is a safe, convenient way to automatically pay your eBay seller fees. When you set up Automatic PayPal Payments, your seller fees are automatically deducted from your PayPal account no sooner than 10 days after you receive your invoice.

How automatic PayPal payments work
  • PayPal first attempts to withdraw funds from your PayPal account balance.

  • If there are insufficient funds in the PayPal account, PayPal uses the funding source you selected when you signed up for automatic PayPal payments.

  • If you didn’t select a preferred funding source during that process, PayPal uses your other PayPal funding sources.

Changing your PayPal funding source

You can change your PayPal funding source for eBay seller fees at any time.

To change your PayPal funding source for eBay seller fees:
  1. From the PayPal home page, log in to your PayPal account.

  2. Click the Profile tab.

  3. In the Financial Information column, click the "Preapproved Payments" link.

  4. Click the "Edit Funding Source" link to change your funding sources.

  5. Click the Save button.

If a payment from this preferred funding source fails, (for example, the credit card expires), the eBay invoice amount can be paid from other available funding sources.

Note: You can prevent certain funding sources from being used for Automatic PayPal Payments from the Preapproved Payments page in your PayPal Profile.

You can update the PayPal account on file for automatic payments at any time. To ensure that the new information is used for an invoice payment, please update the account before the end of your billing cycle (either the end of the month or the 15th of the month).

You can update your bank account information at any time. To ensure that the new information is used for an invoice payment, please update the account before the end of your billing cycle (either the end of the month or the 15th of the month). To learn more about payment schedules, see Your Payment Due Date.

To remove your checking account from your eBay seller’s account, see Removing a Payment Method from Your Account on this page.

Paying by credit card

You can have eBay automatically charge your seller fees to a credit card. eBay accepts the following cards:

  • Visa

  • MasterCard

Note: Your credit card will normally be charged 5 to 7 days after you receive your invoice. Learn more about eBay account invoices and payment schedules.

You can update the credit card on file for automatic payments at any time by going to the Place or Update Your Credit Card on File page. To ensure that the new information is used for an invoice payment, please update the credit card before the end of your billing cycle (either the end of the month or the 15th of the month).

To remove a credit card from your account, see Removing a Payment Method from Your Account on this page.

Updating your automatic payment method

Note: To ensure that the new information is used for an invoice payment, please update the account before the end of your billing cycle (either the end of the month or the 15th of the month). For payment schedule, see Your Payment Due Date.

To change your automatic payment method for your next invoice:
  1. Click the “My eBay” link on the eBay Home page.

  2. Click the "Seller Account" link under the My Account section in the left-hand navigation.

  3. Click the "automatic payment method" link under the My Payment Methods section, (see A in the illustration below).

     

  4. Select PayPal, Direct Pay, or credit card, and then click the Set Up Automatic Payments button.

Removing a payment method from your account

If you want to remove the bank account or credit card from your eBay account, contact Customer Support about this change.

A message from our lawyers

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