hi
since we're talking about SSNs and paypal, i have an interesting situation
i'm canadian
i want to have a us (usd $) paypal account
reason for this is my suppliers are almost all american
meaning, its important that i am able to sell my products in usd $ and keep the money in usd $
converting to cad $ means i'll take a big loss
trouble is, paypal won't allow someone who doesnt have an SSN to get a "paypal payments pro" account (basically a merchant account)
i've phoned paypal to ask them about this, and they confirmed that a non-resident cannot get this service from them
it doesnt make sense to me
i can open an LLC in the states as a non-resident and get an EIN...
any ideas on how to work around this?