PayPal is one of the safest and most efficient ways to pay on eBay! eBay buyers can pay for their items via their stored balance, bank account or with a credit card simply by clicking the "Pay Now" button on a listing they've won, or by clicking a link in a PayPal Money Request email.
PayPal, an eBay company, enables any business or consumer with an email address to send and receive online payments.
PayPal transactions are safe and secure. With PayPal, buying on the Internet is more convenient and cost-effective than ever before.
Who Can Use PayPal
If you live in one of PayPal's supported countries you may use PayPal to pay for an item.
Buyers in any of the supported countries may use a credit card to pay for an item.
When You Can Use PayPal
If your eBay item offers PayPal as a payment method, you will be able to use PayPal to pay for the item online using your credit card.
Even if an item on eBay is not originally listed with the PayPal payment option, the seller can later sign up for the service and allow you to pay online. However, you should ask your seller about PayPal before bidding and respect the payment methods offered.
You can also use PayPal to pay for any item for which your seller sends you a PayPal Money Request or Auction Invoice.
No Fees to Send Money
There is no fee to send a payment using PayPal. The seller is charged a small transaction fee. An exchange rate may apply to Multiple Currency transactions. For full details on PayPal's fees, see the fees page.
Security and Privacy
All of your private information is sent to PayPal using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), the Internet encryption standard for secure commerce transactions. Internally, PayPal adheres to the high standards of security necessary to safeguard your information and protect your payments.
In addition, PayPal protects your privacy and does not share any of your personal information. We will only disclose your account or transaction information to third parties in the following ways:
To other PayPal members: Information such as your name, email address, date of sign-up and Verification status is available to other users. When sending a PayPal payment, you may choose to reveal your postage address to the recipient. We never reveal your financial information to other PayPal members, unless it is required by law
To card authorisation and fraud screening services: If you add a credit card or debit card to your PayPal account, we use these services to verify your card information
Companies with whom we jointly offer products: If you sign up for a co-branded version of PayPal, we share only the minimum required information to enhance integration between our two services
We may disclose information during the investigation of fraud or illegal act
To find out more about how PayPal protects your privacy, please visit the PayPal Privacy Policy.
Read the PayPal User Agreement
View the PayPal User Agreement. You can also view the User Agreement by clicking the link at the bottom of the PayPal home page.
Sign Up For PayPal
You can sign up for PayPal in less than 3 minutes! Signing up for a PayPal account is easy, and it's free.
Privacy Matters
PayPal is fully committed to protecting the privacy of all of your personal information, as well as information related to your transactions. PayPal does not share any of your personal information.
PayPal only provides the seller with the information necessary to communicate with you effectively and to successfully complete your order. PayPal shows the seller the following information:
PayPal does NOT show the seller your credit card number or your account details, and the seller will not need to collect it from you for any reason in order to complete a transaction.
To find out more about how PayPal safeguards your privacy, please visit the PayPal Privacy Policy.
A message from our lawyers
The PayPal service is provided by PayPal Australia Pty Limited (ABN 93 111 195 389) which holds an Australian Financial Services Licence, number 304962. eBay International A.G is an authorised representative (number 30831) of PayPal for the purpose of providing information about PayPal. eBay and PayPal are not acting as your agents, are not providing personal financial advice to you and do not take your individual circumstances into account in providing information about PayPal. You should consider the Product Disclosure Statement and Financial Services Guide before deciding to sign-up for or use the PayPal online payment service at
https://www.PayPal.com.au
Must use Buy It Now and PayPal.
