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768c416c
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Unable to add PayPal as a payment method

I'm unable to add PayPal as a payment method - do I need to do anything special? Credit card is the only payment method available.

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cylver1z
Community Member

Hello Tomasz,

 

I'm sorry to hear that. It's because the country of your company address is one of the restricted countries for setting up a PayPal account as a billing method imposed by Upwork. Thank you.


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European Union countries are on a list of restricted countries? Are you crazy? O_o

AveryO
Community Manager
Community Manager

I'm sorry for the confusion, Tomasz. You will need a verified Paypal account to be able to add it as a billing method. You may read more info on Verified PayPal accounts here


~ Avery
Upwork
768c416c
Community Member

I have a verified PayPal account.

 

Besides, how can Upwork know if my PayPal account is verified or not if it's even not possible to select PayPal as a payment method?

Hi Tomasz,

Please take a screenshot of the issue on your end, one of our team members will contact you directly via ticket and assist you further with this. 

~ Goran
Upwork

Please see here:

 

https://screenshots.firefox.com/BjvGxXu1YbJBPcT3/www.upwork.com

 

It's not possible to choose PayPal as a payment method.

petra_r
Community Member


@Tomasz C wrote:

Please see here:

 

https://screenshots.firefox.com/BjvGxXu1YbJBPcT3/www.upwork.com

 

It's not possible to choose PayPal as a payment method.


 Where are you currently physically located?

768c416c
Community Member

I'm physically located in Tokyo/Japan right now as we speak.

Hi Tomasz,

Our team has already reached out to you via ticket, you can access your tickets on this Link.

~ Goran
Upwork

Unfortunately I don't see your ticket as the link redirects me to:

 

https://www.upwork.com/ab/jobs-home/3195428?email=&external_id=&kind=error&message=Invalid%20data%20....

 

 

Also if I go directly to https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us - it redirects me to the above link, which shows my jobs, not the tickets.

 

Even though I'm signed in to Upwork.

 

Hi Tomasz,

 

You will need to be signed in in our help center as well, and you will be able to access your Requests section.

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~ Goran
Upwork

As I've mentioned in my previous message, https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us redirects me to https://www.upwork.com/ab/jobs-home/3195428?email=&external_id=&kind=error&message=Invalid%20data%20... even if I'm logged in to Upwork.

 

For this reason, I'm not able to access your ticket.

Hi Tomasz,

Did you tried to clear your cache and cookies or log in with another browser? Let me know if you still can`t access your requests section and our team will investigate this further, thank you.

~ Goran
Upwork

I've just tried using a browser where I've never used Upwork, but unfortunately it still redirects me from https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us to https://www.upwork.com/ab/jobs-home/3195428?email=&external_id=&kind=error&message=Invalid%20data%20....

 

 

Hi Tomasz,

You should also have an email from your ticket, please check your junk and spam folder as well. You can respond back to the ticket directly for your email.

~ Goran
Upwork

Unfortunately I don't see any other messages from upwork, except notifications for this thread and work-related emails.

 

Do you have a message ID for the "ticket email" which I've never received? Our mail admin could check if we ever received it.

Hi Tomasz,

Please check with your email provider if upwork.com is blocked somewhere, and let me know here or send me a PM with more details, thank you.

~ Goran
Upwork

As I've mentioned in the previous message -- I'm receiving Upwork notifications for this thread and for Upwork jobs. So no, Upwork mail is not blocked.

 

If you could get a message ID for the "ticket email", I can get my email provider to check if we received it.

Hi Tomasz,

I will send you a PM with more details shortly.

~ Goran
Upwork

Hello,

 

it's been a few months, and still, nobody contacted me.

 

I'm still unable to add PayPal as a payment method.

Hi Tomasz,

 

Our team has already reached out to you back in February with detailed explanation about this on your ticket ending with the number 476. To access your tickets please use this Link, if you need further help let me know or reach out to our customer support directly. Thank you.

~ Goran
Upwork

As I've mentioned before - I'm not able to read any messages in https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/requests, as it gets me redirected to "My jobs" with https://www.upwork.com/ab/jobs-home/3195428?email=&external_id=&kind=error&message=Invalid%20data%20.... as the URL.

 

Something's broken with my Upwork account, and nobody from your team seems to care.

Tomasz,

 

Sorry to hear you've been having issues accessing the support page. We checked with the team and it sounds like they are already assisting you with that issue. You should still be getting updates on the email you've registered with Upwork. 

Thank you for your patience while we are getting this fixed.

~ Valeria
Upwork
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