How To Open A Verified PayPal Account With Your Blackberry Phone.

It has become so paramount these days for you to have a foreign account before you can make payments or buy some vital things online. Take for instance; so many people are unable to get their Droid vpn upgraded to premium account because they don’t have a foreign account.

Hence, I will be sharing with us how you can easily create a PayPal account that is globally accepted anywhere in the world  as a payment system using your blackberry phone.

I was surfing through Nairaland when I saw this post on How to get a verified PayPal account; so I felt its nice sharing the steps involved here since not everyone is aware of it; hence, it will be beneficial to every body.

What Do I Need To Create A PayPal Account

Blackberry Phone

Active Bis Subscription

VBA (USA Virtual Bank Account)

How Can I Open A PayPal Account Using My Blackberry Phone

Your blackberry phone let you access Paypal website with a foreign IP Address without the use of any software at all while the VBA allow you to verify your PayPal account.

Step 1:  Open your blackberry default browser  visit  http://whatismyipaddress.com/. This will check the location of your phone and you should see your IP address as United Kingdom or otherwise; but not Nigeria.

Step 2: Generate your US phone number and address by going to http://www.myus.com/ or http://www.usyellowpages.com/ choose a suitable state and city and  you'll get a list showing so many business contact details (address and phone number) in the US. Copy down this details somewhere safe.

Step 3: Next, is to visit  PayPal homepage  at www.paypal.com/us  Opening a USA PayPal account with UK IP might make PayPal think you are living in UK but you are a US citizen who wants to open a PayPal account to be linked to your USA bank account.

Step 4: Click on Sign Up ===>Choose Premium account type, fill in your details including a valid email address, plus the US address and phone number generated earlier and click on "Agree and Create Account" button.

Step 5: Now you should receive an email to verify your sign up in your email box; please use your default blackberry browser to access  your email, don’t use any other browser not even your opera mini (it’s very important you adhere to this).

Step 6: Copy out the verification code PayPal sent to your email and go back to your PayPal account, past the verification code in the space provided.

Step 7: If successful, you will be directed to the next page to provide two secret questions and answers for security verification. 

Finally, click on submit once you've provided the two secret questions.

Yipeeee! You now have a Paypal Account but not verified. Though you can still use it  to make and receive payments online with some limitations.

How Can I Verify My PayPal Account?

To verify your PayPal account, you are going to need USA Virtual Bank Account. Search online for people who provide US VBA services. Once you get , they will provide you with the following informations

-          A routing number, An account number, Bank name,  login ID and  Password

Once you have your VBA info, go to "My Account" and add all the details required. Once done, click on “Confirm Instantly”, and you will receive an alert displaying your bank confirmation account.

How To Fund Your PayPal Account

GREENDOT: With GreenDot,  you can fund your PayPal with it, its like buying a recharge card card online. Their are still some more ways of funding your PayPal account.

PAYOONER: Payooneer is a universal Credit card for paying and buying online. You can get your own Payooner Credit card and get it delivered to your address free of charge. to get your copy faster, you will need

1. A valid scanned copy of your  ID Card like International Passport/National ID/Drivers lincense or otherwise.
At-least if you don't need a PayPal account, you will surely need a Payooner account. It's for free so

sign up with them here and get your own Payooner Credit card delivered to your house address free of charge. It is time to go global!

That’s it friends.

NB: Don’t attempt to open your account from a non blackberry device or location except your default blackberry phone.