Comment by mholm
2 hours ago
Once you start doing frequent business through PayPal, they begin 'holding' some of your money to form a buffer against chargebacks and fraud. This doesn't happen often at the consumer level, but dominates within the small business world.
This just isn't true.
PayPal isn't a bank. They're a processor. People run a fowl when they keep large amounts in their processor account instead of doing free nightly sweeps. They also run into trouble when they do weird things - like new accounts receiving large funds from international sources, etc. PayPal (and all processors) are required to investigate those instances until you have an established relationship with them - and they'll temporarily hold the suspicious funds while that happens. Business accounts have predictable, established patterns.
99% of the horror stories you hear fall into one of these categories, or both: 1) New Account 2) Unusual Account Activity
PayPal processed millions in annual payments for my previous company, without any issues.
>People run a fowl when they keep large amounts in their processor account instead of doing free nightly sweeps.
Bird law in this country is not governed by reason.