Has anyone tried changing their Paypal name to a Business name?

[cebumedia]

Hi,

I was just wondering if this would be a wise idea to change my real name with a business name in Paypal. I sent them documents already for identification and they need a cover letter etc to make the change. I want to know if this would be safe especially if I start withdrawing money from my account? Anyone has tried this before?

cebumedia Reviewed by cebumedia on 13th Jan 2012. Has anyone tried changing their Paypal name to a Business name? Hi, I was just wondering if this would be a wise idea to change my real name with a business name in Paypal. I sent them documents already for identification and they need a cover letter etc to make the change. I want to know if this would be safe especially if I start withdrawing money from my account? Anyone has tried this before? Rating: 5

[ceekeigh]

I suggest checking with PayPal on this as you might screw your account if you did a wrong move.

[cebumedia]

That's why I made this thread because I wanted to know what others would think about what I'm about to do. Anyways, I decided not to pursuit the name change. Anyways if I'd be selling a great product then I think others wouldn't mind the name I'm holding in paypal.

[Froomple]

Changing name is not possible in PayPal as far as i know.

[greekcasey]

dunno from where you are (US?) but you can change your account type from personal to business with 2 simple clicks online, no docs needed.
check your settings.
this cannot be undone though!

might be different in US, in Europe its like this.

[ServerDeals]

I don't believe this is possible. We always had a personal account then a company account so that records were easily kept for tax purposes or any other purpose.

[Vevcom]

nah, never heard of that before

[makia]

why not just open another paypal account and this time choosing business as the account type.

personally, i have all personal, premiere and business