{"id":506,"date":"2022-03-08T18:56:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T18:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/?p=506"},"modified":"2022-03-31T21:07:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T21:07:00","slug":"does-paypal-show-my-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/does-paypal-show-my-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Does PayPal Show My Name When I Send Or Receive Money? (Explained)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PayPal provides many different options for sending or receiving money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are using a Personal or Premier account, most of these options will show your name to the person on the other side of the transaction. Business account holders can usually choose a trading name or alias. <em>Read more details in our article on <a href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/change-name-on-paypal\/\">changing your name on PayPal<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article breaks down whether and how your name may be shown when using PayPal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_64 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-66117e520b2d2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" 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Product?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/does-paypal-show-my-name\/#Does_PayPal_Show_My_Name_When_I_Buy_A_Service\" title=\"Does PayPal Show My Name When I Buy A Service?\">Does PayPal Show My Name When I Buy A Service?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/does-paypal-show-my-name\/#Does_PayPal_Show_My_Name_When_I_Send_A_Gift_Or_Personal_Payment\" title=\"Does PayPal Show My Name When I Send A Gift Or Personal Payment?\">Does PayPal Show My Name When I Send A Gift Or Personal Payment?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/does-paypal-show-my-name\/#Is_My_Name_Revealed_When_I_Click_On_A_PayPalme_Link\" title=\"Is My Name Revealed When I Click On A PayPal.me Link?\">Is My Name Revealed When I Click On A PayPal.me Link?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/does-paypal-show-my-name\/#Is_My_Name_Shown_When_I_Click_On_A_PayPal_Donation_Button\" title=\"Is My Name Shown When I Click On A PayPal Donation Button?\">Is My Name Shown When I Click On A PayPal Donation Button?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/does-paypal-show-my-name\/#Does_PayPal_Show_My_Name_When_I_Sell_To_A_Buyer\" title=\"Does PayPal Show My Name When I Sell To A Buyer?\">Does PayPal Show My Name When I Sell To A Buyer?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/does-paypal-show-my-name\/#Does_PayPal_Show_My_Name_When_I_Set_Up_PayPalme\" title=\"Does PayPal Show My Name When I Set Up PayPal.me?\">Does PayPal Show My Name When I Set Up PayPal.me?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/does-paypal-show-my-name\/#Why_Does_Paypal_Insist_On_Showing_Your_Name_To_Other_People\" title=\"Why Does Paypal Insist On Showing Your Name To Other People?\">Why Does Paypal Insist On Showing Your Name To Other People?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/does-paypal-show-my-name\/#More_About_PayPal_And_Your_Privacy\" title=\"More About PayPal And Your Privacy\">More About PayPal And Your Privacy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_PayPal_Show_My_Name_When_I_Buy_A_Physical_Product\"><\/span>Does PayPal Show My Name When I Buy A Physical Product?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PayPal shows your name to the seller when you send money to purchase a physical product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seller sees your details in their account activity. The seller also receives an email notification of your purchase that contains your name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a Personal or Premier PayPal account, then your account name is shown. However, you can choose to show a different name if you upgrade to a Business account. <em>Read more details in our article on <a href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/change-name-on-paypal\/\">changing your name on PayPal<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Addresses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You should also be aware that your email address and shipping address are shown to the seller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shipping address isn\u2019t shown in some other circumstances. But in the case of physical products, the seller must know where to send the product!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_PayPal_Show_My_Name_When_I_Buy_A_Service\"><\/span>Does PayPal Show My Name When I Buy A Service?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PayPal shows your name to the seller when you send money to purchase a service or digital product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PayPal users sometimes think that there\u2019s a big difference in details shown to sellers if the purchase is a service. After all, the merchant doesn\u2019t need to deliver something to your door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the seller still needs to send you an invoice. For this reason, they see your name and at least your email address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_PayPal_Show_My_Name_When_I_Send_A_Gift_Or_Personal_Payment\"><\/span>Does PayPal Show My Name When I Send A Gift Or Personal Payment?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PayPal does not show your name when you choose the option of \u201cgift\u201d or \u201cpersonal payment\u201d when sending money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the recipient of your money sees your email address in their account activity. They also receive an email notification of this gift that shows your email address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_My_Name_Revealed_When_I_Click_On_A_PayPalme_Link\"><\/span>Is My Name Revealed When I Click On A PayPal.me Link?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PayPal shows your name to the owner of the PayPal.me link when you click on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The link owner sees your details in their account activity. They also receive an email notification of the transaction that shows your name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_My_Name_Shown_When_I_Click_On_A_PayPal_Donation_Button\"><\/span>Is My Name Shown When I Click On A PayPal Donation Button?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PayPal shows your name to the recipient of your donation when you click on a PayPal donation button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your name and email address are on the donor receipt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_PayPal_Show_My_Name_When_I_Sell_To_A_Buyer\"><\/span>Does PayPal Show My Name When I Sell To A Buyer?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your name is shown to people who send you money via PayPal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They see your details in their account activity. This includes your name and email address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sender also receives an email notification with your name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you use a Personal or Premier account, this is your standard user name. If you have a Business account, you have the option of using a trading name. <em>Read more details in our article on <a href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/change-name-on-paypal\/\">changing your name on PayPal<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_PayPal_Show_My_Name_When_I_Set_Up_PayPalme\"><\/span>Does PayPal Show My Name When I Set Up PayPal.me?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PayPal rolled out the PayPal.me feature in 2015 as a way to make it easier for users to receive money from their friends and contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s important to understand that one of the features of PayPal.me is that people who send you money should be able to know that they are paying the correct person!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, PayPal makes it easy for people to see your name when you have a PayPal.me page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Name on your PayPal.me web page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember that the feature creates a web page specific to you. This is the URL that you can send to your contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people don\u2019t put much thought into their page setup. Therefore, their name is displayed clearly on their PayPal.me page to people who just click on the link or browse to the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s an example of a PayPal.me page that we browsed to without sending or requesting money (we\u2019ve obscured the name):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/christina_paypal_me.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/christina_paypal_me.jpg 340w, https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/christina_paypal_me-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to hide your name on the PayPal.me page?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s possible to set up a more obscure name on the PayPal.me page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s an example of someone who may be called Marvin\u2026but we\u2019re not sure. Note how his PayPal.me page is displaying some sort of nickname.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"277\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/marvmarv_paypal_me.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/marvmarv_paypal_me.jpg 277w, https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/marvmarv_paypal_me-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>However, when someone requests or sends money with this page, the full name of the link owner is shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you wondering how this user managed to get a nickname? We think he is using a Business account. That allows him to have a \u201ctrading\u201d name separate from his business account name. <em>Read more details in our article on <a href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/change-name-on-paypal\/\">changing your name on PayPal<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s also quite shy in his profile picture. If it\u2019s a he!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Does_Paypal_Insist_On_Showing_Your_Name_To_Other_People\"><\/span>Why Does Paypal Insist On Showing Your Name To Other People?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people aren\u2019t happy about how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.PayPal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PayPal<\/a> shows their name when they enter into financial transactions with other users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there\u2019s a good reason for the transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If people are sending you money, they want to know that you are who they think you are. They also want some recourse if they don\u2019t receive the goods or services that they paid for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, people who receive money from your account usually need a way to verify where they are getting money from for legal or tax reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_About_PayPal_And_Your_Privacy\"><\/span>More About PayPal And Your Privacy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We mentioned address details a few time but this article focuses on your name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in what PayPal reveals about your location, check out our separate article on <a href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/does-paypal-show-my-address\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"517\">when and how PayPal shows your address when you send or receive money<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need to back out one of your banks, check out our article on <a href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/remove-bank-account-from-paypal\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"488\">how to remove a bank account from PayPal.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PayPal provides many different options for sending or receiving money. 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