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The problem with traveling and using PayPal
PayPal track your ip address for security reasons. Your ip address is basically the internet address of where you are located. If this changes, it tells PayPal that perhaps someone other than you from a different location is trying to access your account. AKA it’s an alarm signal to PayPal to see you change location.
As you can imagine, as a traveler moving from country to country this can cause a lot of problems.
Restricted PayPal account!
This is the dreaded statement that many a traveler will have heart palpitations over when they login ready to pay a bill. It basically means you cannot make any payments. But, you can still receive.
You will now need to jump through several painful loops to undo this situation and free up your money, and your PayPal account.
How to unrestrict your PayPal account
There will be instructions on how to do this on your PayPal account. The requirements of which seem to change every year or so. Recently they have been requesting you to give them your home telephone number, and then tell you to wait for a call with a code you can then enter into your account to unblock it.
For a traveler, that can be a serious difficulty as PayPal insist the number you give them is from your home address. So unless you are on roaming. And don’t mind a huge bill, this can be a dead-end.
Another request that’s come in is for you to fax, or email in your passport details. Again, this is not always an easy thing to do.
Options to prevent your PayPal account from getting restricted
– Travel notifications: Many users are now reporting the long-awaited travel notifications option appearing in their PayPal dashboards. Use it!! Not every country has them displaying yet, but if you are lucky enough to see this option, then fill in the details and let PayPal know what country you’ll be accessing your account from. Otherwise, keep reading.
– Send a message: Before traveling, send them a message through your PayPal account telling them you will be in “____” country next. This is often reported to work, and if not, gives you a little ground to stand on should you still be restricted.
They will send you an email confirming the countries you have told them you will be logging in from. Should you be traveling, they will then only ask for other verification methods; rather than a home telephone number.
– Telephone them: Call them before you travel.Yes, depending on your country, PayPal may have options for you. The most common one is to open another account in the new country you are going to. This is not sensible to me, but it may work for shorter term travelers.
– Don’t try to cheat: Do not use a VPN system to set up a proxy server. It may work for a short while. But unless you really, really know what you were doing. You are asking for trouble should PayPal catch you. And yes, I met a Swedish web designer with just that problem recently and his account was closed.
– Don’t log in everywhere! Keep a spreadsheet with all your accounts on it. PayPal send you an email when you get paid. There’s no need to log in and check all the time. Especially if you are only passing through a country briefly.
– Invoice people: If a company or person requests an invoice before payment. Make up an email template and send it to them, together with your PayPal or other payment details. Most companies requesting an invoice before payment will accept this.
– Play their game: Open a different Basic PayPal account in any country you are travelling through to deal with small transactions. And, don’t use your main account until you are in a better location.
