Well ya know I got your back (like you weren't expecting me in here, bleh).

As far as PayPal goes, You can open an account for free for Personal, Premier and Business Accounts. You can send money, add funds to your PayPal account and withdraw funds to a US bank account for free. It takes some time for money to be withdrawn to your bank account (about 3 business days).

You can verify your PayPal account by adding your credit card. This just makes your account legitimate (but you don't have to use a credit card if you don't want to). A transaction can be reversed within 60 days and all fees are refunded.

What's good about a personal account is that you have to manually accept or deny the payment sent to you. This might help if your Buyer flakes out on you or if you choose not to do their commission.

Hope this helps ya Miss Peaches.

Oh! Oh! I've got a question! ::.Flails arm.:: Would a personal account or premier account be better for someone who'd like to do some online selling as well?
I've wanted that question answered for a while, and when I say your response to Peaches I couldn't help but jump at the chance to suck your paypal knowledge dry.


P.S. I'd tottally buy a character sketch for $5 once I have some extra cash.

Ohai, well I have a Premier account and it allows you to create an invoice (you can bill your buyer as "Goods" which would be auctions, items you're selling, etc.... or "Services" which would be (I suppose) Graphic Design, Commissions, etc. then you fill out a text field for Subject (i.e. Commission for Airy Mouse) and a description (i.e. One Colored Commission of Ari Mouse), then a field for quantity, your cost, etc. It's all really self explanatory when you sign up and follow the directions.

Once you've created your invoice, you send it off to the Buyer and they'll pay you via their PayPal account, (which automatically dumps your requested money into your PayPal account, after you've accepted it). Then you can either keep it in your PayPal account, or withdraw it from your PayPal account, into your Bank Account (which takes three business days) and then you'll have your cash.

So PayPal basically just makes it easy to receive cash from your Buyers. If you want the cash in your hands, then you'll have to wait the 3 days until it appears in your bank account.

Is this helping you guys? Or am I scaring the crap outta ya? lol

It's really not that big of a deal if you go there and follow the instructions. I've had an account for about 8 years and never had any issues (even after eBay bought PayPal out).

DELICIOUS INFORMATION, thanks. I just wanted to know if it was easy enough to use without messing with my regular bank account/ causing financial ruin to myself and others on accident c:

Yay, I'm glad I was helpful. It won't mess with your Bank account, UNLESS YOU:

1. Choose to withdraw from your PayPal account... in which will ADD monies to your bank account).

2. You may also request money from your Bank account to put into your Paypal, (but it's not really necessary because...)

3. PayPal will automatically withdraw money from your bank account is you deplete your Paypal account balance (unless you choose for it to withdraw from a credit card instead).

Gosh, I'm sounding like an accountant or something.... God, I hate accountants. *shivers*

Lemme know if you have anymore questions (e-mail me). *smile*

How much would something colored by you, or a crazy awesome painting cost ? X3 Just curious ^^;

depends on what it is or how big it is. if you're interested just note me c:

Certainly ~! ^__^ I'm so excited X3 Now to get a job...

Paypal yes.