@ all thinking of paypal
I use paypal but it is prudent if you are going to do business online to understand what you are getting yourself into.
Paypal can and does with frequency limit accounts. Such a lock out can be a minimum of 6 months. They are always auditing their systems and trust me,they are efficient.
There are a number of well known reasons why they will limit your account
* Size of withdrawals
* Some proxies & IPs of unsupported countries
* Many refunds/chargebacks
* Amount of money going through account
* Credit/debit card that does not check out
* Types of products being sold
*using different too many ips to login to your account. Now if you are using safaricom,you know you can have even 5 different ips in a day!
If you have any of these with your account,they will find you out some day. the problem is that it always happens when you have a lot of money in there.
Talk to your paypal agent. They will inform you that if you login to your account from a different country from where it is registered,you are likely to have your account limited. Just because they haven't locked you out yet does not mean that they won't.
I have looked for a solution for Kenyan merchants and the safest for them is simply using another merchant.
Kenyans have the option of using plimus or 2checkout and in my humble opinion,they work just as well as paypal. You can also use moneybookers.
Do a google search on paypal limiting accounts. You will be surprised at the number of accounts locked out and the risk you are taking for your long term business.
If you wish to be happy with paypal,please follow their TOS. You can bookmark this post for future reference but if you are using paypal for Kenyan business,sooner or later,they will limit your account and it is not fun.
Jose: If I make it through this thug life, I'll see you one day. The Lord is the only way to stop the hurt.