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Home Β» Other Resources Β» Making Money Online Β» PayPal is Live in Nigeria and 9 Other Countries: How to Get a Verified account

PayPal is Live in Nigeria and 9 Other Countries: How to Get a Verified account

June 27, 2014 By: babanature31 Comments

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Finally! Finally!! Finally!!! PayPal has officially expanded their payment services to Nigeria and 9 other countries.

These countries include: Belarus, Paraguay, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe, as well as Macedonia

I am so excited because now a Nigerian or an African entrepreneur can finally do transactions online without restriction or whatsoever.

Wow! This is good… i still remember way back in the early days, when internet was new to us, a friend of mine needed to purchase a book for his final thesis in school.

We hit a brick wall has we got to know at the time that PayPal was not accepting Nigerians. To make matter worse, Paypal was the only option we had of checking out. So we never bought the book, sad right?

With the absence of paypal, This has slowed the growth of ecommerce and education of Nigerians and other restricted countries on ecommerce or making online transactions with the aid of an online account or using their card.

Shopping for electronics, phones, clothes and books from the UK&US were not easy to come by – everyone asked for PayPal. I am proud to say: I was one of the few well-meaning Nigerians that signed a petition against Paypal to restore its service in Nigeria. And thank God they heard us.

Do you remember?

I still remember! Before a ban country can have a verified paypal account, they must hide behind a proxy and have a virtual credit card before they can go through with the process. But many good people still get caught at the long run, why? Because, it is impossible to cheat a program for a longer period πŸ™‚

Must Read: HOW TO OPEN AND VERIFY PAYPAL ACCOUNT IN NIGERIA FOR FREE

Now PayPal is here, let’s do away with the negatives. This is fantastic news for SMEs, Online Shopping companies in Nigeria and people like us that shop and do business that requires using PayPal.

How to Get a Verified PayPal account

Having successfully created and verified a Nigerian PayPal account, without any proxy whatsoever, I will show you the step by step guide on how to get a verified PayPal account for yourself. So are you ready for the best tutorial of all time?

First off, Open your favourite browser, and head to Paypal.com

Click β€œSign Up” button located above the homepage. See image below

How to Get a Verified PayPal account

Then, you will be redirected to another page. Here, you click on the β€˜β€™Open an Account’’ button as illustrated in the image below. Whilst on this page, be sure Nigeria is the selected country. Their system automatically detects your country based on your IP address, so be sure not to use a proxy program when opening your account.

How to Get a Verified PayPal account any where

You will be redirected to a form page where you will enter all your details. Here, I advise you choose a very strong password.

Note: When required to save password, click never. Do not ever, ever save your PayPal account on your computer or that of a friend or family.

verify paypal account

Your next hurdle is a small security challenge to prove; you are human. Enter the letters you can see(not paypal scattered in background). See image below…

verified paypal account

After the above step, you will be sent to the next stage, you will be required to fill in your card details. See image below…

paypal credit card detail

   

First, you type in the number on your own atm (Refer to number highlighted in yellow in image below).

credit card for a verified paypal

Next, you select the expiry date of your card. To find this, refer to Black highlight in image above.

Last hurdle here is to find the CSC number, which you will normally find at the back of your card: It is a three digit number.Β  See image below…

verified-paypal7

Next check your address and make sure it is same with the address you used when opening that account tied to the card you are using. Done, click β€˜Conitnue’.

Note: if you already have a PayPal account and want to add your Debit card details, here’s how to do it the perfect way:

Steps:

Click on the Profile Menu -> Add/Edit Credit Card ( You can add your debit card here even though it says Credit Card )

verified-paypal8Second step, you’ll have to insert all the particulars of your debit/credit card and once success, you’ll see this screen.

verified-paypal9

Fill up with all your details, then click continue. You will be directed to a page where you will be required to verify your account.

If you are using a Gt Bank MasterCard like me, you will be sent a code when GTB alerts you of an international transaction on your card. Check carefully in the notification and you will see the code. It is usually a four digit code. Mine was something like this: β€˜β€™PP*1212CODE’’

This amount is just an authorization charge. It will be returned after you validate your account. To verify your account, you need to enter the code sent to you. Normally, your account will look like…

Must Read: How To Receive Clickbank Payment Through Payoneer MasterCard

Final Step, login to your PayPal and look under Notifications -> Confirm my debit or credit card

Key in the code number, for example, mine was 1212. Now, you can use your PayPal account to buy that Rolex Watch you have always loved or that gaming pc you saw on Ebay. The opportunities are endless except; you can transfer money with your PayPal account yet.

Over to You:

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Comments

  1. Nanda Rahmanius says

    June 27, 2014 at 9:15 am

    Hi Babanature,

    It sounds great. I am also happy with the good news, Babanature. πŸ˜€
    From your article you sounded very pleased with this news. In my country, PayPal existing but not many people know about it. Sometimes I find that an employee who works in a bank, don’t know PayPal and instead asked back “What is PayPal?”
    Hahaha..!!

    Yes, all businesses should have started to go online. It is a great opportunity to grow the business, isn’t it?

    Thanks for sharing this tutorial, Babanature.
    Do have a wonderful week ahead.

    Nanda

    Reply
    • babanature says

      June 29, 2014 at 11:01 pm

      Hello Nanda,
      Indeed, i feel excited because my online business what limited due to not having a paypal account. But thank God, we can now hope for the best πŸ™‚

      Ahhh… not too many people know what is paypal except people who often transact online, but for a banker not to know what is paypal? that indeed funny πŸ˜€

      Thank you for stopping by mate. Hope you’re having a beautiful weekend…
      babanature recently posted…10 Essential WordPress Plugins for the Absolute BeginnerMy Profile

      Reply
  2. Eedris Djsamlegxy says

    June 28, 2014 at 5:36 am

    Babanature, i tried verufying using my GT Master card but its telling me to try again later i really need this thing, your and will be highly appreciated, Thanks.

    Reply
    • babanature says

      June 29, 2014 at 11:05 pm

      Hello Eedris,

      The simple reason your GT Master Card is not being accepted, is simply because your card does not have enough many. Try to fund your mastercard with 1000 naira and try it again. i am sure it will be accepted…

      Thank you for stopping by and do tell me how the story goes.

      Reply
  3. Ikechi says

    June 28, 2014 at 3:34 pm

    Great news. Now there is no restriction for every Nigeria. I remember banging my head when I wanted to purchase an item and had to use paypal. Today it’s history.

    Reply
    • babanature says

      June 29, 2014 at 11:10 pm

      Yes o, Ikechi πŸ˜€
      Now online transaction will not be restricted anymore…
      Thanks and do have a faithful weekend.

      Reply
  4. lalitha lalitha says

    June 30, 2014 at 6:55 am

    Hi Excellent Post ,

    Nice post..Thanks for posting this, I saw a couple other similar posts but yours was the best so far. The ideas are strongly pointed out and clearly emphasized.

    thank you for sharing .

    Reply
    • babanature says

      July 4, 2014 at 4:44 am

      Hello Lalitha,
      Thank you for seeing the post as an excellent post. and i do hope you shared the post with your friends, right?
      anyways, thanks for the comment and do have a nice week ahead…
      babanature recently posted…How to Manually Backup Your Database the Best WayMy Profile

      Reply
  5. Steven Bingo says

    June 30, 2014 at 7:20 am

    Thats really awesome news for nigerian. I’ll make sure to share it with my nigerian friends.

    Thanks for share.

    Reply
    • babanature says

      July 4, 2014 at 5:00 am

      Hello Steven,
      I am sure that they are going to be thrilled hearing this πŸ™‚
      Thanks for the comment and do have a nice week and a beautiful weekend start…

      Reply
  6. Kaloyan Banev says

    June 30, 2014 at 10:28 am

    Verification process should be very easy and straightforward. I had a lot of headaches in the past when I found out that I can’t use Paypal addreess from my home country and my current location and have to go into similar procedure that is described above.
    Kaloyan Banev recently posted…Decay of Webmaster Forums! Ghosts, Trolls and SPAMMy Profile

    Reply
    • babanature says

      July 4, 2014 at 5:15 am

      Hello Kaloyan,
      Before the introduction of paypal to Nigeria, the process of signing up was difficult but not now. Now we can easily apply like the simple process above.

      Thanks for stopping by and dropping a comment. do have a wonderful week ahead…

      Reply
  7. Addison Grey says

    July 1, 2014 at 11:53 am

    Hi Baba,
    This is great news for all Nigerian and definitely will share with other blogger and Nigerian friends.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Keep p;osting.

    Reply
    • babanature says

      July 4, 2014 at 5:23 am

      Hello Addison,
      And i am sure your Nigerian friends are going to be thrilled to see this post πŸ™‚
      Thanks for stopping by and do have a nice week ahead

      Reply
  8. Sylviane Nuccio says

    July 2, 2014 at 1:36 am

    Hi Babanature,

    That’s definitely great that they opened Paypal in Nigeria and other African countries, because it’s going to open so many opportunities for entrepreneurs of these countries often not favored. I’m really glad for all those folks. And thanks for letting the rest of the world know. I had no idea.
    Sylviane Nuccio recently posted…How To Tremendously Improve Your Writing StyleMy Profile

    Reply
    • babanature says

      July 4, 2014 at 12:24 pm

      Hello Sylviane,
      Yes, this is indeed a great innovation for we Africans. Now we can easily do transaction easily with the rest of the world πŸ™‚ .
      Thanks for stopping by and dropping your awesome comment. Do have a wonderful weekend ahead…

      Reply
  9. Mi Muba says

    July 2, 2014 at 2:52 am

    Hi babanature
    It is good to learn PayPal started operations in many African countries. It will be so helpful for bloggers there to make their money transactions online without involvement of any third party.
    You well explained here the whole process of how to get PayPal account. In a listed company there is no need to go for proxy and one can put all the organic information to get the account working.
    In our part of the world in Asia still most of the countries including my country Pakistan don’t have this facility. But we are also hoping to have this in near future.
    Thanks for sharing this wonderful post that now will be a direct need of most of the bloggers in your area.

    Reply
    • babanature says

      July 4, 2014 at 12:41 pm

      Hello Mi,
      We bloggers in Africa did sign a partition and thank God, its been heard.
      I am sure that if your Country sign a partition as well, they will lift their restriction in your zone. πŸ™‚
      Thanks for stopping by and dropping your comment. Do have a wonderful week ahead…

      Reply
  10. Okto says

    July 2, 2014 at 7:26 am

    Paypal is easy to use. and really useful for online business. Congratuations my friend I hope this good news will ease your business.

    Cheers
    Okto recently posted…How to Write 500 Words Blog Post in 5 MinutesMy Profile

    Reply
    • babanature says

      July 4, 2014 at 12:45 pm

      Hello Okto,
      Yeah, paypal has open door for more business opportunities and that’s a plus.
      Thanks for stopping by and do have a wonderful weekend…

      Reply
  11. Neamat Tawadrous says

    July 2, 2014 at 6:53 pm

    Hi Babanature,

    That’s definitely great news that they opened Paypal in Nigeria and another 9 African countries!! Doing the happy dance for you guys. I was looking if Egypt was one of them but I didn’t see it. Do you have an idea if PayPal is available in Egypt and the Middle Eastern countries of not?

    Thanks Babanature for the update!! Have yourself a great rest of the week!!

    Be Blessed,

    Neamat

    Reply
    • babanature says

      July 4, 2014 at 3:27 pm

      Hello Neamant,
      Ahah… indeed bringing paypal to Africa has opened doors for Africa’s entrepreneurs and that’s a plus.

      Yes, Egypt also is eligible to apply for a paypal account, as their country is also listed πŸ™‚

      Thanks for stopping by, i really do appreciate it. have a lovely weekend start.

      Reply
  12. Cj Matthew says

    July 2, 2014 at 11:08 pm

    Hi Babanature! Thanks for that piece of information. Please I tried signing up on PayPal but I didn’t see Nigeria in the listed country, what do I do?

    Reply
    • babanature says

      July 4, 2014 at 3:30 pm

      Hello Cj,
      Simply empty your cache and try signing up again and make sure you are not using any proxy when registering. . There is Nigeria in the list of countries

      Reply
  13. suganya says

    July 5, 2014 at 8:28 am

    Hi gys ,

    thi si really amazing article , great information regarding how to get a verfied paypal account . Ive read your stuff before and you are just too fantastic.Thanks for great stuff.

    thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  14. Sayantan Mahato says

    July 18, 2014 at 11:28 am

    Hi Baba,

    I’m glad that PayPal has ventured into African countries this time. African countries have a lots of potential, and with the coming of PayPal, more and more folks would shift to online world. It would be a great help to the bloggers out there.

    Thanks,
    Sayantan

    Reply
  15. areesha Noor says

    September 20, 2014 at 5:28 pm

    Hello Babanature,

    It’s good new for Nigerian to new offer for you.
    I am so happy. But In Pakistan Paypal is not exist. But we have ATM card that have Visa and Master card facility. We can purchase any thing from Internet but the main problem is Paypal is not here.

    Any way thanks for sharing your happiest moment with us.

    Areesha Noor!

    Reply
  16. Saif Ullah says

    January 16, 2015 at 7:13 pm

    Hi onenaijablo, I have made my PayPal account with the aforesaid method. They are demanding me verification containing fake addres. I don’t have USA ID card, I have 1400$ into my PayPal kindly send me pricedure to again verify this account and to recover my money. I shall be greatly appreciate your help. Thanks in advance.

    Reply
  17. Nuzzo says

    June 9, 2016 at 1:35 am

    Very good information, but if I cannot get my own, do you think getting a USA verified PayPal from Auction Essistance be a good idea?

    Reply
  18. oliwia says

    April 16, 2018 at 1:31 pm

    hi, is there any possibility to connect any other accout without having Visa or Mastercard od American Express?

    Reply
    • babanature says

      April 17, 2018 at 8:17 pm

      You will need to connect your local credit card to activate it…
      babanature recently posted…What Are Your Top 5 WordPress Plugin You Can’t Do Without?My Profile

      Reply

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