PayPal Question: I added a debit card, so why is my PayPal balance still ##Question_Title##.00?

Question

I am new to this whole PayPal thing. I added my prepaid debit numbers and even got an email confirming it. Now I am wondering why it says my balance is still $0.00 USD. Is there a step I missed? Thank you very much in advance.

Answer 1

To get a balance in your paypal account you have to transfer money into it using the add funds link.  However, You don't have too put money into it, you can use it for online payments at alot of websites once it is verified by using the send money link.  Before doing any transactions you will have to verify the account. To verify the account they will put a small amount into your account and you will have to go onto the paypal site and put in the amount. Once verified you are connected directly to your account and can click on any site that accepts paypal and click on pay now, enter your email and password and pay.  

Remember never enter your password on a paypal email most of them are scams only enter the password after going to paypal.com and checking your messages from there.

Enjoy!