Paypal, question about payment?

Question

For paypal, I know I can send payments but can people send payments to me? I have just a normal account. So do I have to open some special account or can my account receive payment from others?

Answer 1

No, they can send to you with just your normal account.

Answer 2

To your first question, yes, you can receive payments from others. The only limit for "Personal" accounts (that I know of) are that you can't accept credit card payments and you can only withdraw $400 a month from Paypal to your bank account.

Second, no you don't have to have a "Special" account to receive payments, unless they pay with a credit card.

In that case Paypal will prompt you to upgrade to a "Business" account, which is free but Paypal takes a small percentage of the money that someone sends you (less than 2%).