Open a Business account online

To open a Business account, you’ll need to provide your full legal name, email address, a password, your business registration number*, business description, and bank account details.

(*)Business registration number is optional for casual sellers or individuals.

There’s no fee to open a Business account and you pay for sales only when you get paid. Get more details.

There's no money required to open a PayPal Business account. ​When you make a purchase or send payments, we’ll draw funds directly from your linked bank account.​ We’ll send you a receipt every time a payment is made from your account so you can keep track of your transactions.

We can link your PayPal account to most banks and credit unions. There are some banks that are not compatible with PayPal, including most online-only or prepaid bank accounts.

At PayPal, privacy is our priority. As a trusted global payments company, we not only help protect your data, we respect it. We comply with privacy regulations and we integrate a privacy-first approach into all our products and services. See how we protect your data.

No. You can only use Paypal to send and receive payments outside of India.

All PayPal accounts allow you to send and receive payments.

Personal: Recommended for individuals who shop and pay online, or who wish to send or receive personal payments for shared expenses like family gifts or dinner bills.

Business: Recommended for merchants who operate under a company/group name or causal sellers, as well as non-businesses who wish to get paid online. A PayPal Business account offers a variety of additional features, such as limited access to your account for up to 200 employees and a customer service email alias to make it easier to route customer issues for faster follow-up.