What payment methods you offer can be a deciding factor when buyers consider whether or not to purchase from you. Many payment options you may use within your own country may not be available internationally.

Make it easy for international buyers to pay you

• Offer payment options that work for buyers you're trying to attract.
• Highlight international capabilities of preferred payment options in your listings.
• Add new payment methods that are convenient to use internationally.

Using PayPal for International Payments

When selling internationally, eBay asks that sellers offer PayPal or an approved merchant account as a safe payment method for your items.

Many international buyers prefer using PayPal for fast, reliable, and secure credit card or bank account payments online.

Plus, PayPal is a great payment option when selling internationally as it can help you:

Accept payments in multiple currencies

• • Choose what currencies you'd like to accept and how you'd like to accept them
• • Payments converted to your primary currency use a competitive exchange rate
• • See a list of currencies accepted by PayPal
• • Find out more about receiving payments in multiple currencies

Achieve higher average selling prices
Items selling worldwide on eBay purchased with PayPal sold for 16.7% more on average.

Reduce your risks and maximize your profits
PayPal's Seller Protection can help reduce your losses due to buyer claims, chargebacks or reversals for unauthorized payments and items not received - all at no additional cost.

To get coverage, just follow some simple guidelines in the PayPal Seller Protection Policy.

PayPal also helps keep you secure in many other ways:

• Data encryption - strongest commercially available
• Industry-leading fraud technology
• 24/7 transaction monitoring by over 2,000 anti-fraud agents
• Financial information are never shared

Learn more about how PayPal helps protect sellers.

Find out more about offering PayPal as a payment method.