To upgrade your current PayPal Personal Account to a Business or Premier Account:

1. Go to https://www.paypal.com/UPGRADE and log in to your PayPal account
2. Click the Upgrade Now button at the bottom of the page.
3. The next page will allow you to choose a personal Premier Account or a Business Account. Simply select which type of account you would like, and click the Continue button.  If you have selected a Business Account, you will be asked to enter your Business Information and click Submit.

Note: PayPal Business Accounts allow you to conduct transactions under a company or group name.  Whatever account you choose, all transaction records and history from your Personal Account will be retained in the upgraded account.

Did you know you can add up to 8 unique email addresses to your Paypal account? Really useful when you want to keep branding separate, but want to use just one Paypal account for convenience. Here’s how to add more email addresses:

To add an email address

Log in to your PayPal account at www.paypal.co.uk
Click ‘Profile’ at the top of the page.
Click ‘Email’ under the ‘Account Information’ column. (Don’t see this step? Follow the alternative set of instructions below.)
Click ‘Add’.
Enter your email address and click ‘Save’.
Or
Log in to your PayPal account at www.paypal.co.uk
Click ‘Profile’ near the top of the page.
In the ‘Email’ section, click ‘Update’ and follow the instructions.
You can add up to eight email addresses to your account.

To confirm an email address

When you add an email address, Paypal automatically sends an email to this address.

Click the confirmation link in the email.
Enter your PayPal password.
Click ‘Confirm’.
If the link does not appear in the email, you can confirm your email address from your PayPal account:

Log in to your PayPal account at www.paypal.co.uk
Click the ‘Confirm email address’ link in your ‘To Do list’.
Click the link ‘Click here if the button does not appear in the email’.
Enter the 20-digit confirmation number provided in the email we sent. Click ‘Confirm’.

The confirmation email may be delayed if your preference is set to receive emails in HTML format.

To create a Paypal Admin User and set up access privileges:

Login to your PayPal Account.
Click on “Profile”.
Choose “My Account Settings” (from the left sidebar).
Select “Manage Users” (6th option down)
Select “Add User”.
Complete the Form, entering the users full name, the ID you want them to use (a username) and a password.

Note, the login ID is “not” an email address, it’s just a unique user name you make up. The unique user name is used to log in along with the password you assigned.

Next you need to assign the privilages. The privileges listed below are the typical business operations that can be performed on PayPal. If the user is just going to be setting up paypal buttons in the merchant side of the account, you can ignore all of the Accounting section, tick the ‘View Profile’ and ‘Edit Profile’ choices in the administration section.
Next click save and its done. You can then logout and test the login ID and password yourself.

List of Privilages you may assign:

Accounting Section
* Send money – Allows users on your account to pay almost anyone with an email address in the countries that accept PayPal, with no fees.
* Request money – Allows users to request that someone send money by email or through invoicing.
* Add funds – Lets additional users add money to your PayPal account from your bank account.
* Issue refunds – Lets your users send a full or partial refund.
* Withdraw funds – Allows the user to withdraw money from your PayPal account to your bank account.
* Cancel payments – Lets the user cancel unclaimed payments for you.
* Distribute mass payments – Lets another user on your account pay large numbers of people using only the recipients’ email addresses and the payment amounts.
* Set up recurring payments – Allows the user set up automatic billing cycles for your customers’ credit cards or PayPal accounts.
* Handle authorizations and settlements – Lets another user perform this task for you daily.

Integration Section
* Activate and authorize APIs – Allows your developer to integrate your website with our products by setting up PayPal secure API credentials and permissions.

Administration Section
* View balance – Lets the user view the available balance shown on your Account Overview page.
* View profile – Allows another user on your account to view your profile’s settings.
* Edit profile – Lets users add, remove, or edit information on your PayPal account for you.
* Discuss account with Customer Service – Gives the user permission to discuss your account with our agents. All you have to do is accept our Account Administrator Agreement after you select this privilege.

Virtual Agent
*Schedule and download transaction history and run settlement reports.

Postage settings can be applied directly from your Paypal account. Go to ‘Profile’, then ‘My Selling Preferences’ and ‘Postage Calculations’

Paypal offer two ‘Cost Method’ options for postage charges:

Flat Amount:

Calculate a flat postage rate based on the total amount of the purchase. Or,

Percentage:

Calculate the postage based on a percentage of the total amount of the purchase.

Whichever you choose, PayPal then gives you up to 5 customisable tiers of cost and price ranges which you can enter a postage cost for. For example, if you choose the flat postage rate option, you could use the following settings:

£0.01 – £49.99: £5.00 delivery charge
£50.00 – £99.99: £9.00 delivery charge
£100.00 – and up: free delivery

Similarly, if you choose percentage of sales:

£0.01 – £49.99: 10% of total
£50.00 – £99.99: 8% of total
£100.00 – and up: 6% of total

You may also allow individual transaction-based postage values on certain items to override the profile postage settings listed above.  This is because you may want to offer a service and not charge any postage at all, or it is ideal for really small/light or really heavy/bulky items which the flat rate wouldnt be suitable for.

Postage will be applied to all PayPal Shopping Cart Purchases, Buy Now Buttons, and Donations as per the settings above.

Postage will not be applied to payments made with PayPal Subscriptions and Recurring Payments, Winning Buyer Notification, or Instant Purchase (for eBay listings).

Although PayPal doesn’t offer every shipping option an online merchant may want ‘off-the-shelf’, you can always box clever and approximate your postage costs or even amalgamate (some or all) into the actual product cost, you just need a little creativity.  This may work out a lot cheaper in the long run than switching to a 3rd party merchant that you have to pay a monthly subscription to, in addition to your transaction fees.