Paypal status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Paypal reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Paypal users through our website.

• Sign in (48%)
• Errors (32%)
• Website Down (19%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Paypal outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Coral Springs	Sign in	10 hours ago
Pouzauges	Sign in	12 hours ago
Mechanicsburg	Sign in	1 day ago
Stockton	Sign in	4 days ago
Brighton	Errors	5 days ago
Génelard	Website Down	5 days ago

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Mobot685 (@marshallpress0n) reported 3 minutes ago

  @omoalhajaabiola @RaenestApp The actually solve reliable bank transfers without the constant issues we face with PayPal, Wise, or Payoneer in Nigeria. No more frozen accounts or long waiting periods. Exactly we’ve been waiting for!

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  Danny North (@iamodynorth) reported 4 minutes ago

  tweets so accurate Glitch thinks a copy of the movie legitimately got leaked to me (@GooseworxMusic check your PayPal)

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  Ryan Kuruppu (@raiiii_kun) reported 6 minutes ago

  @0xkarasy @PayPal It doesn’t seem like the update is out yet though. I really hope they don’t delay it under “technical issues” or something vague. I also wonder why banks like NTB, HNB, NDB etc didn’t hop on this

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  Adam Graf (@amgoblue) reported 10 minutes ago

  @buythefukndip @ryancohen @Comedyorwat Ive been thinking this is a step towards getting the float monster part of the play in a paypal, venmo or insurance co. He will get as much cash out of ebay as possible no doubt, but much will go towards paying down debt early on. As we say these days, we will see what happens.

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  strei (@streinotstraw) reported 10 minutes ago

  what korean platforms put me through (continued) so i can pay: 1/ naver making me file out this form that takes me 3 tries to not run into some kind of verification error so i can pay w paypal. then it forces me to use the same phone number as the phone number in my naver acc+

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  REDACTED (@Redactederd) reported 12 minutes ago

  PayPal gotta fix their system. No way can people just do this with no consequences. You people disgust me so much.

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  LokiAMouse (@Nightnight60) reported 13 minutes ago

  Thank you @PayPal for deactivating my account for zero reason. No warnings nothing just an email saying you deactivated it. I've had that account for years with no issue. I refunded the person, but my account got deactivated -_-

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  Big Brain Business (@BigBrainBizness) reported 14 minutes ago

  Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and early Facebook investor, explains how to tell a good monopoly apart from a bad one: Thiel starts with an honest admission about how monopolies are perceived: "From the inside, monopoly is always a good idea. From the outside, that's it's much more debatable." The way to tell them apart, he argues, depends entirely on whether the world is static or dynamic. In a static world, a monopoly earns its bad reputation: "Monopolies deserve the bad reputation they have in a static world where nothing changes because that's where the monopoly is just a rent collector or a tax collector of one sort or another artificially restrict supply. And that's sort of a bad monopoly." A good monopoly, he explains, is something entirely different: "It is one that actually has invented something new." His example is Apple and the iPhone: "When Apple came up with the iPhone, it was the first smartphone that worked. And so it for many years had a monopoly on smartphones. I would argue it still actually has it with the brand and with, you know, a lot of the network effect that's built up around it." The test, according to @peterthiel, comes down to what the monopoly does to supply and value: "In a dynamic context, that's a monopoly that actually doesn't create scarcity, but creates a whole new thing. So it's, you know, people are lining up to get iPhones because they didn't even exist before. That's a good one."

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  Hao Jün (@haojun222) reported 14 minutes ago

  i'm Malaysian, live between NYC, Dubai, Spain, and nomad. Earn in USD, invest globally, send MYR home, trade on hyperliquid last weekend i used: -Wise (1.5% fee) -Chase bank (slow + fee) -Binance (worse rate) -Paypal -Hyperliquid (separate wallet) Paypal took $40 from my mom's birthday transfer, so I'm building @tachyon_fi one app for all of it, with one API to route between all channels

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  Briar🥀 (@witheredbriar) reported 17 minutes ago

  Update on Commissions: I will be closing them for now due to issues with PayPal, once the issue is resolved, I will open up again

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  Sinead (@sineadmcfly) reported 20 minutes ago

  @FaceValueCFC Why? Because I’m a woman? Tickets are club Wembley and I accept PayPal goods and services for payment to protect the buyer. Terrible ticket page if you’re calling anyone a scammer without evidence

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  Prince 💙 プリンス 👑 (@PrinceVTube) reported 20 minutes ago

  So uh…. If StreamElements is really going down where ******** are we moving our tipping/donation stuff? Preferably something that isn’t tied to PayPal for all those security reasons….

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  Hao Jün (@haojun222) reported 23 minutes ago

  i'm Malaysian, live between NYC, Dubai, Spain, and nomad. Earn in USD, invest globally, send MYR home, trade on hyperliquid last weekend i used: -Wise (1.5% fee) -Chase bank (slow + fee) -Binance (worse rate) -Paypal -Hyperliquid (separate wallet) Paypal took $40 from my mom's birthday transfer so I'm building @tachyon_fi one app for all of it, with one API to route between all routes

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  Jim Osman (@EdgeCGroup) reported 24 minutes ago

  PayPal is down roughly 25% since I wrote this. The market is up more than 30%. That is not just underperformance. That is the market telling you something. In payments, scale used to be the moat. Now distribution, ecosystem control and consumer habit may matter more. Apple is not just competing with PayPal. It is changing the rules PayPal used to win under. $PYPL

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  C:\\Users\Melissa (@Melissax5w) reported 25 minutes ago

  I’ll never forget watching my PayPal get taken down for fraud in real time. R.I.P I DIDNT EVEN DO ANYTHING

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  Ben Valentin (@TheBenValentin) reported 32 minutes ago

  Anthropic just went after 30 million small businesses. Claude for Small Business dropped this week. 15 pre-built workflows. Connectors to QuickBooks, PayPal, HubSpot, Docusign, Google Workspace. Invoice chasing, payroll planning, lead triage, contract review, cash-flow monitoring. All baked in. No extra charge beyond the Claude license. Here's what most people will miss about this: The biggest AI lab on the planet just told small business owners they're worth building for. Not enterprise. Not Fortune 500. The 10-person company that's been duct-taping tools together for years. That's a market signal. When Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google all start shipping SMB-first products in the same quarter, it means the enterprise-only era of AI is over. But pre-built workflows are the floor, not the ceiling. They solve the generic problems every business has. The real unlock is when a business deploys an agent trained on their specific operations, their specific data, their specific customer patterns. That's where the ROI compounds. Generic workflows get you started. Custom agents get you ahead. 10-city live tour starting yesterday. Free half-day workshops for small business owners. Anthropic is doing field sales now. Let that sink in. What's the first workflow you'd hand off to an agent tomorrow morning?

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  Liz Bell (@LBellNC) reported 32 minutes ago

  @PayPal I had THE WORST customer service experience. If you want to instill confidence in yiur company you will fix this. There is no way to complain about it! Other than AI which hangs up on you. @paypal contact me to fix this.

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  HiPri$ (@PlayDaMac) reported 32 minutes ago

  Lil bit selling nudes Like 2015! 20$ PayPal for a Dropbox. Just login to Onlyfans

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  마랑 (@vhopekookerz) reported 33 minutes ago

  @SORTE613 Hi Sorte-nim, I think Paypal is having an issue my payment is not proceeding 🥺 is there any other payment option please?

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  Grow☘️ With Joshh (@TrinityFXB) reported 34 minutes ago

  @omoalhajaabiola @RaenestApp I am not the type to talk down on other brands but PayPal set a $20 benchmark of African transactions, $20! That is equivalent to writing a continent off but @RaenestApp puts us back in and I am all for anything that benefits and puts Africa back on the global map. 1/2...

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  A (@BasicAshBitch) reported 39 minutes ago

  @gravey4rdkid Fix your PayPal, and we can do a tarot reading at some point 💪

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  Leyla Customizable Model | MLS (@melar_cus_model) reported 40 minutes ago

  @Dekmo_5 Payments through PayPal are currently experiencing issues, so buyers may not be able to complete payments using this method at the moment We’ll do our best to resolve the problem as soon as possible

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  AmicuNoa🧜‍♀️🌊 Vtuber | Emote Comms OPEN (@AmicuNoa) reported 41 minutes ago

  @StreamlabsHelp @zachbussey Paypal is well known to lock accounts and balances. Ever since I was a kid i had paypal issues and I don't trust it. I don't feel safe, connecting paypal business to anything related to where I actually live. Are you guys willing to try and imitate SEPay? It was an amazing feature. Not to mention the sponsorships from stream elements. I went back to streamlabs today. And the sponsorship page didn't work.

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  Jim Billings (@Thundercat3000) reported 42 minutes ago

  @HardRockBet seriously bro, you guys have the worst system of all books. Suspend my account for 5 days to verify my paypal. Reactivate it..I use my debit card to withdrawal my winnings been processing since the 11th. How come you guys are the only ones with these issues??????????

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  SL (@SDL_921) reported 43 minutes ago

  @libsoftiktok Is the same type of “Settlement” begun under Obama that has PayPal “donating” to Left-wing NGOs instead of to the Treasury specifically to pay down our debt??

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  JustAWuWaGuy (@JustAGuy1610) reported 44 minutes ago

  @_Aemeath_ Or at least fix it like AKE fixed their paypal issue.... Just delete it.

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  Chris (@theechriswhite) reported 53 minutes ago

  @jcpenney WORST experience trying to return order. Traveled twice to “nearest” store. First time the system shut down. Second time I was told I could only receive a gift card for full amount back even though I paid with part gift card and @PayPal. PayPal has been no help either.

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  bim codgers (@videogaminggary) reported 53 minutes ago

  @PayPal What ******** is going on with your site? I can't sign in

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  Goran Stojcic (@GanSic966) reported 56 minutes ago

  @HedgeFundTips The reason I invested in PayPal was due to their entrenched position in Europe, predicated on the idea that Apple Pay’s threat is neutralized by Android’s regional dominance. This, I am afraid is no longer the case. Google Pay is rapidly scaling across Europe, presenting an equally formidable, native operating system threat. Consequently, PayPal’s core branded checkout business is on highly unstable footing. We tend to underestimate the non-linear velocity of consumer behavior. While the shift from writing checks to swiping credit cards lasted couple of decades, the current migration from cards to native digital wallets (smartphones, wearables, and biometric authentication) is occurring at an exponential pace. In an ecosystem dominated by hardware-level convenience, PayPal lacks a structural moat. This fundamental erosion makes a further multiple compression and market cap drop entirely possible. I see a lot of parallels to Charter Communications (which I've been buying this week and last): despite robust legacy fundamentals and an aggressive, long-term share buyback program, Charter’s stock is down 65% in twelve months (worse than PayPal's 38% decline), and 80% over five years (same as PayPal). Both are down for the same reason - a fear that their core product is facing irreversible terminal decline.

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  hunter (@hxxntrr) reported 60 minutes ago

  You can walk into any Apple Store in America, buy $50,000 in MacBooks and iPhones on 0% business credit cards, and resell every single item for 85 to 95% of retail on eBay, Swappa, and Facebook Marketplace the same day. Cash in your bank account by Friday This is how people convert 0% credit limits into liquid cash without Plastiq, without Melio, and without paying a 2.85% processing fee The Apple Store accepts credit cards for purchases up to $50,000. No questions. No ID beyond what's needed for Apple Pay. You walk in, buy 8 MacBook Pros at $2,499 each, and walk out with $19,992 on your Chase Ink Business Unlimited at 0% APR List them on eBay as "Brand New Sealed" at $2,199 each. They sell in 24 to 48 hours because sealed Apple products have the highest resale velocity of any consumer electronics on earth. People buy them because they're getting a $300 discount on a product that never goes on sale $2,199 x 8 = $17,592 in eBay revenue eBay + PayPal fees (13%): -$2,287 Your net cash received: $15,305 You spent $19,992 on a credit card. You got $15,305 in cash. You "lost" $4,687 "That's a terrible deal" No. You converted $19,992 in credit into $15,305 in LIQUID CASH at a cost of $4,687. That's a 23.5% conversion fee Plastiq charges 2.85% but has a $100K annual limit and many payees are restricted. Melio charges 2.85% but some payments take 5 to 7 days and large amounts trigger manual review The Apple resale method has: No annual limit (buy as much as they'll sell you) No payment restrictions (it's a retail purchase) No manual review (it's a credit card transaction at a store) Cash in your bank within 3 to 5 days (eBay payouts are fast) And you can improve the conversion rate dramatically: iPhones resell at 92 to 96% of retail (better than MacBooks). A $1,199 iPhone 16 Pro Max sells for $1,050 to $1,100 on Swappa within 48 hours. That's only a 5 to 8% loss after fees iPads resell at 88 to 93% of retail AirPods Max resell at 85 to 90% Apple Watches resell at 82 to 88% The optimal mix for maximum cash extraction: $30,000 in iPhone 16 Pro Max units (25 phones at $1,199): resell at $1,080 avg = $27,000 - 13% fees = $23,490 net. Loss: $6,510 (21.7%) $20,000 in iPad Pro units (10 iPads at $1,999): resell at $1,799 avg = $17,990 - 13% fees = $15,651 net. Loss: $4,349 (21.7%) Total credit card spend: $50,000 Total cash received: $39,141 Conversion rate: 78.3% Effective "fee": 21.7% "21.7% is way worse than Plastiq's 2.85%" Yes. If Plastiq works for your use case, use Plastiq. The Apple method is for when you need: More than $100K liquidated (Plastiq has limits) Cash in 3 days not 7 No paper trail linking credit cards to bank deposits through a payment processor (the cash appears as eBay/PayPal revenue, not as a Plastiq transfer) Amounts above $25K per transaction (Melio flags large single payments) The people doing this at scale aren't converting $50K. They're converting $200K to $500K across multiple Apple Stores, Best Buys, Costcos, and authorized resellers. At that volume they have eBay stores with Top Rated Seller status, which reduces fees to 10.5% and pushes the conversion rate to 82 to 85% There's also the Amazon Retail Arbitrage version: buy Apple products at retail, sell on Amazon as a third-party seller, Amazon pays out every 2 weeks. The conversion rate is similar but Amazon's customer base is willing to pay closer to retail for the Prime badge and the Amazon return policy A guy in our network converts $80K to $100K per month from credit cards to cash using this exact method across Apple, Costco, and Best Buy. His blended conversion rate after eBay fees and marketplace fees: 81%. He converts $100K in credit into $81K in cash every month $81K in cash from $100K in 0% credit. His "cost" of $19K per cycle is his equivalent of a processing fee. He treats it as a cost of capital. $19K to access $81K in free cash for 15 months = effective annualized cost of 18.6% "18.6% is expensive" Compared to what? An MCA (merchant cash advance) charges 40 to 150% effective APR A hard money loan charges 12 to 18% + 2 to 3 points A personal loan at 680 score charges 15 to 24% APR A credit card balance at standard APR: 24.99% 18.6% annualized for UNSECURED CASH with NO APPLICATION PROCESS, NO UNDERWRITING, and NO REPAYMENT SCHEDULE beyond minimums at 0% for 15 months is cheaper than almost every alternative source of liquid capital for someone without assets to collateralize And the credit card rewards on $100K in Apple Store purchases: roughly $2,000 to $3,000 in points. That drops the effective cost to 15.6 to 16.6% btw the IRS doesn't track retail purchases on credit cards. The purchase shows up as "APPLE STORE #R123" on your credit card statement. The eBay revenue shows up as income from your eBay seller account. If your LLC is the eBay seller, the purchase is a "business inventory expense" and the revenue is "product sales." The accounting is clean this is the emergency version of the liquidation play. when you need cash in 72 hours, can't wait for Plastiq, and need more than $25K. you walk into Apple, buy everything they'll sell you, walk out, list it on eBay, and have cash in your bank by Friday. the most liquid asset in America isn't gold or bitcoin. it's a sealed iPhone lmfaooo (we get 700+ score business owners $100K-$250K in 0% business funding. how you liquidate is your business. we build the capital stack. link in bio)