How To Open And Verify PayPal Account In Nigeria -Fastest Method
PayPal is the world’s number one online money transfer platform and is used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide to send and receive money. To participate, you need to create a PayPal account.
If you have been asking the question, how do I open and verify PayPal account in Nigeria, this article is for you.
Few years ago PayPal decided to consider and decided to add Nigeria to their list of supported countries that can use PayPal, which means you don’t need any old back door ways to open and run PayPal account as a Nigerian.
You can now open and verify you PayPal account with very easy procedures. The good news is that you can open the PayPal account yourself and it is free.
HOW TO OPEN A PAYPAL ACCOUNT
To open a PayPal account in Nigeria, follow the simple steps below…
- First thing you do is visit the PayPal Website here
- Click on signup…select personal or business
- Personal will be for your personal debit card and business is for your company debit card (if you have one). I suggest you click personal if this is your first time.
- After selecting personal, click continue…you should see “Nigeria” in the drop down area, your email address and password.
- Fill in your email address (doesn’t have to be Gmail or yahoo. It could be @yourcompanyname)
- Type in your password and make sure it is one you can remember
- Go to the next page and type other details such as names, date of
birth, address and phone number. - Also when filling in your address, make sure that it matches the same address details you filled when you opened a bank account
- It takes you to a page where you fill in your debit card details
- Type in your card number, expiry date and the last three digits behind your debit card.
- Go to your email account and click on verify
- Voila!! Your account is set up
- Test it by sending $10 to anyone or to your PayPal account abroad (if you have one)
- You get debited in naira and you should get an alert from your local bank
HOW TO LINK A CARD TO YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT
After successsful creating your paypal account, the next step is to link it with your mastercard or other supported cards. You can link more than one card to your paypal account. I actually linked two cards to mine. To do this, follow the simple steps below…
- Simply login in to your Internet banking account using your password and token
- Choose the “PayPal wallet” in the main tab and click “create PayPal wallet” on the drop down menu.
- Select which cards you wish to link to your PayPal account and which card will be the default card. Try using one card for easy reconciliation
- Press the button on your online token and confirm accordingly
- Create a password in the pop up window
that appears - Click on “agree and create account”.
- Go to your registered email account with the bank which confirms that you have created a PayPal account.
- You are done.
Feel free to tell me how you feel using the comment box below…
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Hello. It’s not as easy as you stated. I can’t link my MasterCard. Naira cards have been banned. Please proffer solution
Use GTBank master card… Make sure you have some money in the account
Nigeria MasterCard can’t be link, I have try all means but no progress.
what is Nigeria zip code or postal code,I don’t know if there is any way you can teach me how to build websites please
It depends on your location, here at University of Benin I use 300283
Please what’s the exchange rate of Naira to dollar on PayPal?
Can this PayPal you’re referring to be used to receive payments? It’s rather a curse than a blessing if your answer is NO.
It is a sure way to receive payment… An alternative is Payoneer
It’s a blessing… You may want to try out Payoneer
Well, it’s been popularly known that PayPal accounts opened here in Naija cannot be used to receive payments, but to pay out only. And that has always made it clear that the team behind it does not want us to earn dollars but they want to drain off our already falling naira. That was why I called it a curse rather than a blessing. Now, do you mean PayPal team has finally given us access to the full function of their account as experienced in USA, or is this a kind of “hide your IP address” method?
Can we use USA PayPal account here in Nigeria? Nigeria has too many restrictions and we cannot accept payments but only pay for stuff. I wanted to use Auction Essistance to help me set up a PayPal in the USA and cash out since Nigeria has too many issues that is not worth doing.
You can use it to make payments without restrictions… My friend over here(Nigeria) uses Paypal for transactions almost every week
The main issue is that the master cards are not linked. This post is incomplete cos am sure you are aware of this and remained mute. Funny enough you compied this post exactly from another idiot that couldn’t solve this same problem.
Unfortunately I wrote this post out of experience. I own payoneer and paypal account.
I have linked mine… I used Gtb mastercard for linking.. Which master card did you use?
i have been trying to link my gtbank master card but its not going through. pleASE I NEED HELP
Have you used the GTBank card to make any payment online…?
Hi.. you have a great blog and you’ve done a great Job.
Im also in Benin so just wondering if we can meet.
I want to use PayPal to pay for stuff but I can’t seem to figure it out.
Can you help me pay for it and then I pay you in cash ?
This link might be helpful.
Hi, Thanks for the write up,this only explains how we can make payment using PayPal but I will like to know if I can use PayPal as a means of receiving payments on my website here in Nigeria, if the answer is Yes then I will appreciate it if you can explain how to go about it. Cheers!
Normally, when you want to receive payment using paypal, you are asked to fill your paypal email. That was the only thing I was asked to supply when I signed up for ipage affiliate marketing.
Now, if you are to receive any payment using paypal, enter paypal as the payment option and give them other details that they require.
Hi, thanks for the post. I actually have a payoneer and i have received the Master Debit card. I tried to link the CHECKING bank account details with PayPal, but I am not able to do it. PayPal always give me an error message each time I tried. Please do you have any suggestion as to how I can do it? Thanks
The truth is that PayPal misbehaves most times…. But With more attempts you should be home and dry.
I have been trying to add my Master card but they say the code is invalid.
Are you sure you entered the code correctly?