receiving paypal payments (5-7 days?)

so i did a test purchase and the funds have not been deposited in my account...

then i saw on paypals website that it takes 5 to 7 days for the funds to be received... is this why you need a paypal debit card?

am i understanding this correctly? kind of lame to me

Straight paypal payment will be in your paypal account instantly unless its an e-check payment to paypal then it has to clear. If you want the money thats in your paypal account to be transfered to your bank account it takes 3-5 business days. The debit card lets you use the funds in your paypal right away.

Did you recieve an email from payapl saying you recieved money? How did you do your test purchase?

hey mike thx for the reply,

yeah i received the funds in my paypal account instantaneous...for some reason i was thinking that paypal would deposit it into the bank account also...

the one thing that is strange is that step #3 is still highlighted like it is incomplete or something but there is nothing else that i can do...

i have the ipn and my cart set up fine--everything works properly...i received a confirmation email from paypal and all that...

how do you complete step 3? or does it stay like that? and do i have to tell paypal to deposit the funds or do they do it automatically?

thx

Not sure if you can set it up to have paypal automatically transfer. We request the funds be transfered and it normally happens 2-3 business days.

so if i don't request then the $$$ just sits there? btw, how do you request...:blush:

which step 3, on the cart or something on paypal?

on paypal...it says

"Setup your payment solution"

and then it goes through a little tutorial to show you how to incorporate the paypal standard plan...

lol...sounds like this is my problem but i did everything and the box is still highlighted....:wacko:

I'm confused if you already have the paypal ipn setup in your cart why are you going through a setup process with paypal:huh: should already be done.
To get your funds, sign into your paypal account and click on withdraw funds.......thinking....... did you set up a paypal account? or did you just setup the paypal ipn in your cart without having an actual paypal account.....see I'm as confused as you now......LOL

no i setup a paypal account....it's the 3-step process to setup a business account...

hmm. im going to try and "withdraw" funds...

Oh I see the process where you convert your regular paypal account to a business account....Its been so long I don't remember the steps.

I had an old paypal account and recently made a new one. I know what you mean by step 3 ("Set up your payment solution"at paypal). It is their "New and Improved" paypal sign up procedure.

Ignore it, I went through all the frustration to get rid of it, and it there it is, haunting you as if you didn't do step 3. As I remember, the step 3 takes you to a page so full of time wasting things that you can do at paypal and worthless links, but no real solutions or a way to do anything useful.

After hours of trying and then calling paypal, a rep. finally admitted that it was there web designers who has not fixed it yet. (this was 2 months ago for me)

If you went into your profile and set up the paypal ipn properly, then you are fine.

My paypal works OK, and step 3 still is there every time I sign on with this new account. Those who have older paypal acc, like my other one, do not see Step 3.