How to Use Your Computer to Make PayPal Money Now

1. Open a PayPal account. This will require a valid email address and bank account number. You may also align a credit card with your account.
2. Comb through your home and select several items to list on an auction site such as eBay. Review others' listings of those items and, if you can afford it, price them below anyone else's listings so your items are bought first and you get paid more quickly.
3. Include a Buy It Now option on your auction. This is the fastest way to get paid, because buyers pay immediately instead of you waiting the 7 days for the auction to expire. Check the 'Immediate Payment Required' box when you set up your auction. This prevents buyers from locking down your item and not paying for it. If the buyer doesn't immediately pay you with PayPal, the item remains on the website and someone else can swoop in to pay for it.
4. Describe your item fully with as much detail, history and exciting language as applicable to tempt the buyer. In the item setup page, check the 'PayPal' option only, certifying that no other payments may be received.
5. Explore other ways to sell items over the Internet, always first checking whether the sites use PayPal as an acceptable payment. Crafters may want to check out Etsy, whereas the nationwide Craigslist offers zip-code segregated bulletin boards where you may post items for sale and note your PayPal address for payment.
6. Include your PayPal ID on registries and distribute your PayPal ID to gift-givers who may be searching for the ideal present to give you. Make it known that the gift of green -- or bytes in electronic payment form -- is always appreciated. Your gift-givers will have to have PayPal accounts themselves. Include a link to the PayPal registration page in your next email, blog or text message.
7. Apply for work through a website that pays its workers through PayPal. Although this will be a less immediate source of income, once you've jumped through the hoops and begun working, you may receive PayPal payments two times a week or more. In this case, you'll use your computer to do work such as grading papers, creating digital designs, editing and writing and other freelance work. If you work continuously, your PayPal account may as well be continuously refreshed with more money. Note that this work may fall under the government's independent contractor consideration, so you'll have to pay taxes on your earnings.