How to make payments through the PayPal app
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Sending money to other people over the phone is getting easier. There are many proposals that allow us to do it, and both Google has introduced it in Google Assistant and Apple in its iMessages. However, we are going to focus today on the the app version of the pioneer company in online payments, PayPal.
If we are PayPal users, we can download its app to be able to keep better control of the operations we carry out, both purchases and sales.But apart from this, the PayPal app allows us to make payments quickly and easily We are going to see how to do it step by step so that you can incorporate this tool into your day a day.
First, we have to enter the app. Our recommendation, if you can, is that you enable fingerprint access, just like with bank apps. When it comes to platforms that manage our money, all precaution is little.
In the start menu we will find a summary of our recent activities. At the bottom of the screen we will have two buttons, one to send money and another to make a payment request We will mark the button on the left. Now we will appear in a new menu where we have to select the contact to whom we want to make the payment.
To do so, we have to enter the email address that the recipient uses as a PayPal user It is a good time to remember that we can only send money to other PayPal users, so if we try to enter any non-registered data, the app will not recognize it.
Once the user has been selected and recognized by the platform, we will be asked the type of payment we want to make, if it is a payment between friends or family or we are paying for a product or service What does PayPal care?, you may think, but there is a reason why they tell us this.
If we choose to send money to make a purchase, we may enroll in PayPal's Buyer Protection Program.This tool, which has no cost for the buyer, allows you to make claims and refund money in case you do not receive the product, receive it in poor condition or receive something different to what was purchased. If we are simply going to send money to do a favor or pay a specific debt to a friend, we can choose the first option.
After choosing the type of payment, we have to determine the exact amount that we are going to send, and press Next. We will then be in front of the last menu, where the operation is summarized. We can add a note if we want to specify the subject, either “payment for web design” or “for movie tickets”. We mark "Send now" and the process is carried out. In total, we will have taken a couple of minutes to carry out the operation.
Payments with balance or account
When the payment is done, we will receive a notice in the app, apart from an email in our inbox confirming the payment. With both we will be able to know from which source the money has come. PayPal uses our PayPal balance by default and, when it runs out, it uses the checking account we have associated with it. It may happen that some payments are made partly with PayPal balance and partly with our checking account.
Take into account that, as with bank transfers, it takes a while from when we see the operation in our PayPal app until we receive the payment in our account. Apart from that, you can already count on one more tool to make payments quickly without having to know the checking account of the person to whom we send the money
