How do you protect yourself as a seller, from Paypal frauds, taking back money?

[crunk001]

Rather offtopic, or is it? Anyway, how do you protect yourself as a seller of.. lets say world of warcraft accounts or gold, on ebay, for example, against possible scams? Such as a buyer takes your item, pays and then takes back the money, claims as item not received or whatever. Paypal agrees and sees the item as virtual and not-tangible, meaning there is no protection and you have lost. Any ideas? ID's for verification can be faked easily. I am about to add "Sofortüberweisung" which is a german/european direct-debit service like western union or skrill, working with the bank account directly. Totally safe, for me a legit seller. Are there ways how this can be made possible using Paypal? It's just convenience for most and when they read anything else, possible avoid the offer and I really dont want that aswell.

How do you protect yourself as a seller, from Paypal frauds, taking back money?

[ev0]

There's literally a huge guide on this forum:

[Guide] Protecting Yourself From PayPal Chargebacks As A Seller

[crunk001]

There's literally a huge guide on this forum:

[Guide] Protecting Yourself From PayPal Chargebacks As A Seller

Yeah, saw that. And now "digital and intangible items" are included. I didnt know that, and wasnt very active in 2016 when that started. So payment request and invoice seems abit too much nowadays, when sellers are apparently equally protected, hm?

[D3Boost]

Yeah, saw that. And now "digital and intangible items" are included. I didnt know that, and wasnt very active in 2016 when that started. So payment request and invoice seems abit too much nowadays, when sellers are apparently equally protected, hm?

There's no method that will automatically protect you against chargebacks unless you send a physical item with tracking / signature.

The difference now is that evidence for intangible goods & services is accepted & helps rule cases in your favor. Prior to that policy change, PayPal would not even consider any evidence you provide if it was an intangible item.

[xedc1337]

Keep in mind that buyer can still say that his credit cards were stolen and pp acc hacked.. If PP disagree with it, buyer just needs to go in bank and tell them that he had unauthorized transaction.. bank will automatically charge back and you lose your gold, plus ull have to pay 15e per transcation for chargeback.. stay away from pp

[Confucius]

If I'm selling something on paypal I always set it up as an invoice with description of what I'm selling. That gives the seller some more protection and paypal more likely to rule in your favor if you have proof of the trade, which you should with images and screen recording. It also allows the buyer to buy without having a paypal account.

[gippy]

wrong thread