From a lot of experience being a seller and using PayPal here's my advice:
1) Only accept payment as Friends & Family
- A lot say 'don't use F&F' but also say 'Don't have charge-backs', is it ever explained how to reduce charge-backs though? No. Only accepting payments via F&F ensures a 0% charge-back rate.
2) Create a new PayPal when $1,400 has gone through your PayPal account (in and out).
- PayPal tend to lock/investigate accounts when they hit the $1,500 milestone. Stopping at $1,400 allows you to unlink your personal information that PayPal would use to identify you with your next account (such as Cards, Banks, Mobile Numbers, Addresses)
3) ALWAYS refund Goods & Services payments
- Ensures 0% charge-backs
- Lowers your accounts risk of getting locked (makes PayPals algorithm think you're being a responsible business, as if you're refunding a defected product)
- Most customers are just trying to save the $0.36-$2 on the transfer fee by using G&S, you can either tell them to send as F&F after refunding (which they'll usually do after realising they're not going to get your service without it) or offer to take on the fee (by reducing your price etc.)
4) NEVER make your PayPal accounts 'Business Accounts'
- This will only increase the likelihood of getting locked before the $1,500 threshold, ending in your personal info being locked too.
Really hope this helps, it certainly helps me.
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