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 (46%)
• Errors (34%)
• Website Down (20%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Tacoma	Sign in	12 hours ago
Chicago	Errors	17 hours ago
Eugene	Errors	17 hours ago
Lormont	Sign in	19 hours ago
Novi Sad	Errors	22 hours ago
Biard	Errors	23 hours ago

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Jay🐝 (@JaybeeTheh) reported 32 seconds ago

  @OdinakaMic19691 @malagojr I have PayPal that shouldn’t be problem

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  Madam Avaa🖤 (@findomavaaa) reported 2 minutes ago

  Who can I hunt down and request angel numbers from on PayPal before bed?

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  ᘔÖᒪÏ (@zoltansilaba) reported 5 minutes ago

  @PayPal how do i report a problem in the app when i haven’t got the option to do so? Cheers

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  emaxxx (@emanuelaaxx) reported 9 minutes ago

  i had a problem with my paypal can someone help me verify it works now pls #nsfwtwtًً #nsfw

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  Grumpy Gramps (@ElderSpook) reported 22 minutes ago

  @BellaBaddie__ Already wake up at 2:30 3:30 and 530 so what’s the issue? Where’s my money you can PayPal that

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  Mofu Mollis ☁🐾 | Illustrator (@mofu_asb) reported 22 minutes ago

  💞Here's my own personal guide on how to be a respectable Artist and to be a great art Customer💞 ARTISTS: - Japanese communities still use hashtags, idk why we killed the habit of using them and deemed them cringe. The statement that using even one kills your engagement is a huge cope of people who blame the algo of their art not being successful. Japanese people actively go through their fandom or fave character tags, this is why I built up a sizable Japanese following on this account. Stop using shadowbans as an excuse, use at least one hashtag so if your post goes viral people will find your commission post. Btw using said JP hashtags might get you some new friends from Japan, use for example: ウマ娘 (Umamusume), 葬送のフリーレン (Frieren), ホロライブ(Hololive) etc. - Have an email in your bio for the love of god and close your dms for the sake of your own sanity. - Learn to communicate with your customers, social anxiety is not an excuse to reduce everything to 2 clicks anymore. If you do business you need to be professional and speak to people. This is going to be harsh but commissions need revisions, if you can't hold up basic communication this line of work isn't suited for you at the moment. If you're under 18 I'd completely steer away from accepting work until you learn basic etiquette and to protect yourself from predators reaching out to you using commissions as an excuse. - Use business Paypal, hide your personal info. You don't need any extra site, just do work through google forms or email. - B-B-But the bad algo- SSSSHHH.. 🤫 Stop whining and start creating. The algo changed so you need to put in more effort to do research on what's popular. The time of blowing up through artstyle exclusively is over. Still happens, but now you have to either draw lots of fanart of popular shows/games, or become a yapper and build connections with fellow artists or viewers. It has become much harder, but it's not impossible. Stop blaming the game instead of learning the rules. I believe in you! - Don't use AI. You won't be able to hide it and you'll destroy your own credibility with the shortcut. Not worth it, plus it destroys the Earth. Draw those titties instead of generating them, it will feel much more satisfying, promise. COMMISSIONERS: - Reach out to artists through google forms or email in their bio. Ask them about their rates. I get emails like that constantly and I always happily answer. - Stop telling artists to register to art commission sites. There are no good sites like those anymore, I won't elaborate. - Start browsing hashtags again. If you do so you give artists engagement and make them happy cause their art will be seen again and you will find better commissions as well, a great deal for everyone. - You WILL have to put in the effort to learn how to distinguish AI from real art. This isn't anyone's fault but Silicon Valley's, don't blame the artists, blame the ones who spoiled the game for everyone. It's all for your own good to detect signs of a SEA sweatshop studios, or someone tracing AI. There are a multitude of guides out there, before you hire an artist read through them to stay updated. Ask friends, mutuals, your mom, downstairs neighbour etc. The downside is that it will take more than 2 clicks and a cardswipe. - Only do payment through Paypal for now. I know for Americans it's tempting to do local bank transfer or other payment processors like Zelle or Cashapp, but as of right now Paypal has the best artist and buyer protection of all of them. The fees are high, but from my own experience it is worth for the protection. - Artists and commissioners alike WILL have to communicate. Ask your artists questions. Learn commissioner etiquette and read the TOS of an artist if there's one, most reliable ones have one. Don't be afraid to check in periodically, but not until it's your slot's turn. You most likely will have 1 or 2 free revisions, use them if you need to. Here's how the commission process should go: 1. Reaching out, agreeing on rates, deadline, personal or commercial usage 2. Paying invoice (NO FRIENDS AND FAMILY never pay those) 3. Artist thanks you and gives you an approximate timeframe of your slot coming up in queue 4. Artist lets you know it's your turn, estimated time of completion 5. Artist sends you a sketch/wip, you ask for adjustments if needed 6. Artist delivers your full completed piece, sends you a high-res version in email or a Drive link Feel free to ask for it, it should be the norm of receiving a minimum of 300dpi version If at any time you feel uncomfortable tell the artist. If things can't be worked out say that you'd like a refund or if it's not possible and you feel the urge to chargeback, please make sure to try and work it out in private. I understand that the temptation of dropping a Google Dockey on here is high, the calling of the sweet engagement is alluring but you also need to act professional if you'd like to be treated that way by an artist. Only go public if there's no other way of resolving things. - Red flags for possible scammer artists: - ChatGPT-like mannerism - Overly positive - Literally has nothing but random "art" on their account, all in different styles (especially random esports banners) - No email anywhere - Suspiciously cheap pricing for seemingly high-quality art. - Extremely fast turnover rate or uploading art daily for a long period. (Sometimes people on holiday draw daily, that shouldn't be suspicious by itself) - Sudden spike in art quality, huge improvement in a very short (1-2 months) period of time. It strongly indicates AI usage but always double, triple, quadruple check, sometimes people literally just sit down and cram anatomy and rendering courses or Youtube videos for days. Sudden improvement alone is not a scammer indicator, you need extra nuance to see the bigger picture. Always assume the better scenario before jumping into conclusions. These are not carved into stone, just wanted to list out things to be suspicious about. A reputable artist can have fast turnover rate too, don't accuse them of being a scammer just because of it. Look up known bad sheep, check out their callout posts and compare. I can't stress it enough to ASK OTHERS around you for advice or to double check before stating anything. - You got your pretty shiny illust, now what? Check what perms you agreed to. Personal usage: - No uploading to any site that generates revenue. Examples: X, Twitch, Youtube, Kick, Fansly, etc. Ask if you're unsure. Merch production is for your own enjoyment, no reselling stuff like keychains or stickers later or the artist deserves a cut of the money. Commercial usage: - Uploading art to any site that generates revenue. Yes, now X headers and icons count as commercial usage. Merch production also falls into this category, if you want mass production you will have to get an estimate from the artist. Why is this important? Even if you're a small creator who earns nothing on X for example, you have the potential to blow up overnight and if you grow people will associate the icon you have with you, which was drawn by the artist you commissioned. Outside of vtuber spaces an artist usually gets a percentage cut from sales from a product that has their art on it, I think it's fair to think the same system should apply on here as well. - "This is all nonsense, AI can do all this for me in minutes for FREE!" - Sure buddy, no one's stopping you and I promise I personally won't get offended. If you'll be happy with weirdly rendered pictures of people with 8 fingers and 3 boobs may you find happiness with it, have a nice day 🙏 (I will secretly make you explode with my mind though) - "I only have an AI reference that I found on Pinterest, is it okay to give it to you for inspo?" - FOR SURE at the end I'll be the one bringing your idea to life and you didn't generate anything, all good! Artists should support customers who turn to them instead of AI. Some will be uncomfortable though, please respect their boundaries and look for someone else. - An artist isn't a friend. A lot of them prefer 2 click commission sites because people overstep the professional boundaries while working. If you want to befriend that that has to happen outside of work. If your work has been delivered please don't talk to them about unrelated things, people often abuse the work communication channels for flirting. We are professionals, never forget. If the artist themselves shows interest then go for it, otherwise just be friendly/neutral. Overall, if we get angry and spit fire at each other here on X that won't solve anything. Remember to be kind to each other and act as if you two are standing in front of each other in person. Internet anonymity doesn't give you a pass to haggle, to harass, to flirt with each other, same goes to artists as well. Never publicly accuse an artist of using AI/scamming on a hunch because you can destroy their livelihood in a minute. If you feel suspicious gather evidence, investigate and ask someone to confirm or deny your claims. Artists should always keep their commission queue in order and only accept work they can deliver on time, otherwise people will lose trust in them. Always act professional, you will never know what kind of eyes are looking at your profile. This turned out to be long, if you read so far I'm happy if I could help even a bit. The internet changed a lot in the past 1-2 years and we have to adapt not only in artstyle but adjusting prices, adjusting rules and communication too. These are all my own personal opinions and doesn't represent any organization I'm connected to. (I'm ESL please forgive any weird wording or typos)

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  redzuz (@Red_chimera13) reported 23 minutes ago

  @theghettoverse @theghettoverse Man that's gonna be a problem,.I'm from Venezuela and getting the money to recharge digital wallets like paypal and others is way more expensive, is there an alternative?

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  💜🤍❤️SoCalRoving ⁷ ❤️🤍💜 (@SoCalRoving) reported 24 minutes ago

  @Katarinna @mimijungoogie I hope they get it figured out. PayPal is slow and I often miss out on merch because of the purchase time.

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  Ris (@risXKS45) reported 26 minutes ago

  So @PayPal has been holding my funds for more than a week, because "my country doesn't accept transactions" (they do). No bounce back to the sender automatically. I was never notified, no emails. This is hoarding under pretense. Incompétence beyond belief. Fix your service.

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  Victor Bigham 🇺🇸 (@Ravious101) reported 27 minutes ago

  Facebook sold our data for years and years made billions of dollars and then they got caught. So now we the people got robbed will get a measly 29 dollars for the first payment and maybe 4 bucks for the second payment. 😡 Meanwhile lots of strangers have all our private information our photos our private conversations to friends and family while the law firms get 181 million dollars or our money. These lawyers tried to settle quick so they could get the million dollar payout that goes directly into their pockets. Heck they all are probably working with FB buddies with them this is all just part of their way to keep us all poor and keep themselves rich. What kind of world do we live in that lets this happen? Check your bank account, Venmo, PayPal and email: A surprise second round of payments is starting in the $725 million class action settlement over Facebook users' privacy issues.

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  Nisha Patel, MD MS, Dipl of ABOM, CCMS (@DrPlantel) reported 28 minutes ago

  Let’s clear up a common misconception. Doctors are not getting paid every time they prescribe a medication. There is no secret PayPal from Big Pharma. Per prescription kickbacks are illegal. Now, do financial relationships between physicians and industry exist? Yes. But they are generally tied to services rendered or other transfers of value, not prescriptions. Examples include: • Conducting research • Consulting • Speaking or education • Travel related to legitimate professional activities • Meals provided during educational presentations Many of these relationships are publicly reported and searchable through the Open Payments database. That is very different from: “Your doctor prescribed a medication, therefore they got paid.” That is not how this works. And here’s where I think people should apply the same skepticism consistently. If a wellness influencer is selling supplements, detoxes, coaching, testing, memberships, affiliate products, or courses, ask: • How much money do they make from this recommendation? • What happens to their income if you follow their advice? • Are they profiting from keeping you worried about a problem? • Are they selling a solution to a fear they created? • Are they discussing risks, limitations, and uncertainty or only benefits? Because here’s the interesting part: You can look up many physician industry payments in a public database. There is no public website where you can search how much a wellness influencer made from a supplement deal, affiliate link, brand partnership, detox program, or coaching package. Financial incentives deserve scrutiny. All of them. Not just the ones we already disagree with. Skepticism is healthy. Selective skepticism is not.

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  B (@BrockHancock6) reported 30 minutes ago

  @skibbsky Down for a video call but I only have PayPal, that work?

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  Joe Mwangi (@Joe__Mwangi) reported 35 minutes ago

  @Safaricom_Care The PayPal mini app is not working this morning ..

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  ChubbyAri (@The_Chubby_Ari) reported 36 minutes ago

  @LillyLisha86126 Good thing I don't have a problem with vgen.... just PayPal TwT

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  Cybrix Solution (@cybrixHQ) reported 37 minutes ago

  @MoviesWorldw @AskPayPal A locked user error usually means the account is under a security restriction. Avoid repeated password reset attempts for now. Since you still have access to the registered email, keep it secured and monitor for security notices. Let me know if anything changes, or contact me

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  Manu Mathur - Digital Marketer | Blogger (@mannkizubani) reported 39 minutes ago

  @PayPal, why am I getting this error? "You can no longer use PayPal. We noticed activity in your account that's inconsistent with our User Agreement and, therefore, can no longer offer you PayPal services! Can your team assist with this issue? @AskPayPal #PayPalsupport #helpdesk

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  jimSBr (@jimsbr) reported 39 minutes ago

  still did land alone in NC with a job offer from Ubisoft tho (before progressing my career first further and also working for the ISP down the street doubly employed, Ubisoft let me keep working on the weekends they had a few sound designer employees and other employees moonlighting at Red Storm too, similar to T2 had peopel cross-polinate in from the nearby and to the PayPal and Zenimax offices back in Maryland) and live here alone for a long time now... cuz i already worked for Take-Two Interactive before 2014 in Maryland which helped, and a computer science educational background, so there's that. That's what was the start of my non-retail tech career. It's still been a mostly uneventful life, but boring and uneventful is better than not safe and left wanting.

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  Frank (@LordFrz) reported 39 minutes ago

  @MoshiMoshiMoan terrible paypal link

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  Keith Diamond (@KeithDiamond994) reported 40 minutes ago

  @Catholic_bro @EddieJamro84189 You are a deceitful liar who I will expose as such every day I can. You get NO MONEY because NONE of these WORDS ARE IN THE BIBLE. I issue the challenge anew. IF the things you believe are ANYTHING OTHER THAN MADE UP CRAP it should be EASY TO FIND THEM IN THE B-I-B-L-E,. right? So I will PayPal or CashApp or Venmo YOU 10K , ten thousand dollars, for every single mention you find of the following SEVEN words, ready? Bible commentaries and concordances are NOT inspired by God and I , who know so much more than YOU, can point out blatant lies in various bible commentaries like "The trinity" which obviously is not biblical! Find ( ROSARY, POPE, CARDINAL, SACRAMENT, MASS, EUCHARIST, CATHOLIC.) These words cover your entire fake religion. That's at minimum 70K you could have in MINUTES if your religion comes from the bible, that is. IF YOU ASKED ME to prove that MY baptism is BIBLICAL, I’d take you to ACTS 2:38 where Peter commanded us to be BAPTIZED IN JESUS’ NAME .. Acts 2:38King James Version 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. And tell you that on 12-27-92 between 2 and 4 pm I was BAPTIZED AS ORDERED in Jesus’ name. If you asked me to prove that I have the HOLY GHOST, I would take you to Acts 2:4 because.... Acts 2:4King James Version 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. ...this where the Apostles received the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues and tell you that after being baptized correctly in Jesus name I spoke in tongues 12-27-92 between 2 and 4 pm. EaZY PeaZY. If the things you believe are BIBLICAL that's 70K you could gain IF those things are even mentioned JUST ONCE. If they are mentioned multiple times, that's MORE MONEY FOR YOU. Good luck.

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  KR 🟨 (@KRinweb3) reported 43 minutes ago

  @Jbn3ex PayPal feels like it still wins from habit more than product experience. Crypto payments make the most sense in moments like this when the old rails are slow, random, or just refuse to work.

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  David Black (@biomance) reported 45 minutes ago

  You can connect to NOWPayments (crypto), Stripe, PayPal, Dodo Payments, Authorize(.)net, Square. Or... you can self-host a Monero node on your own private server and accept Monero as payments. Heck... you can even accept @Goldback with our pay-by-mail option. It's up to you!

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  Trade With Congress (@tradewithcong) reported 50 minutes ago

  Buying the dip is "probably" his forte Rep. Byron Donalds invested ~$30K into a stock that is currently trading near its 9-yr lows Why "probably"? 1. The stock is PayPal - $PYPL 2. He sits on the House Financial Services Committee (oversees PayPal's industry) 3. Right now they are advancing stablecoin legislation that could benefit PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin business Firstly, that's sketchy Secondly, there might still be time to get in since he's down ~7% on the trade

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  Dustin Moore (@MMZZero) reported 51 minutes ago

  @TheCyanYoh I got mine through Best Buy. I had to use PayPal since the entire website was slow af.

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  Rainbow🔞 (@freakodragon) reported 51 minutes ago

  @skunkswamp Issue a chargeback via PayPal. If that doesn’t work or it’s been too long, make a post warning others.

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  Robin | Agentic Governance (@AptlyDone) reported 52 minutes ago

  @grok The PayPal founders solved fraud detection for human payments 25 years ago and it built an empire. Who is solving the authorization problem for AI agent payments, and why is everyone building rails but nobody building the authority layer?

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  Norgesbanken (@norgesbanken) reported 52 minutes ago

  PAYPAL COMPLAIN ALSO, THEY SHUT DOWN INLOG AFTER SOME MINUTES AND THEN YOU WAIT UNTIL DAY AFTER BEFORE YOU NEED TO CALL THEM MANUALLY AND IDENTIFY BEFORE THE LOGON IS ACTIVE A SINGLE TIME BEFORE IT SHUTS DOWN BACK AS LOCKED UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN YOU DO NOT WANT TO CALL COSTUMER SERVICE EVERY DAY, A TRASH CAN PARTIZIPPE!!!!!

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  Camilla Osterlund (@camicroq) reported 52 minutes ago

  @BluFnxResists not think he would be re-elected. I mean, in my bio I say, how I feel about mankind. But still, I could n o t believe there would be second term. But, one always has to remember, he's not the problem. He's the symptom. World's most known "useful idiot". While PayPal mafia 🥂 2/

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  tay 合 (@taylerislame_) reported 54 minutes ago

  i have no idea if my order went through or not i got a paypal receipt in my email but this app is so broken it won’t tell me if my order is confirmed 😭

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  CryptoD₿S (@DbsCrypto) reported 55 minutes ago

  If getting paid means begging Stripe, Lemon, and PayPal in the same week, you do not have a payments stack. You have a permission problem. And if the “no-code” path breaks the moment you need webhooks, it’s not no-code. It’s no-control.

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  AkuziKe😅 (@Akuzike_di) reported 58 minutes ago

  @PayPal has now extended its PYUSD stable coin for usage in Malawi. What does this mean for the average Malawian or business? a thread/text/whatever well, this means a good step in the right direction but still practically nothing substantial for the average Malawian. Why you ask? 1. Mostly because with the forex situation in Malawi, the only way yo access/deposit money into paypal is through the parallel market which is expensive in itself without considering the huge fees that come with PayPal services. So basically for you to buy PYUSD, you still have to deposit money into your paypal account which requires your bank card to have a USD allocation, and we know most of us dont have the connections. BUT!, On the bright side, being a stable coin this means that if you are able to get your hands on the PYUSD you can transfer it to another paypal or venmo account globally with no fees and instantly. But charges are there for any conversion or withdraw from their stable coin “PYUSD” to any other crypto coin on the blockchain. This is Crypto 101, you are better off just using any-other crypto coin than this BS really. 2. Paypal runs custodial wallets. what this means is that; as you own an account with them, you are subject to their scrutiny in terms of identification, proving source of funds and explaining any “shady” transactions in your account. They will literally scrutinize every transaction that comes and goes in and out of your account. This is where being a third world citizen of a country like malawi starts to work against you. Because we are flagged as high risk areas when it comes to fraud and money laundering, and this is why you always hear stores from people talking about having their money frozen by paypal without proper explanations. You can literally avoid this by just using another other crypto services out there, the scrutiny is there but not as much. 3. This is not a new service or breakthrough as Paypal is putting out to be, we already have access to better stable crypto coins that can be accessed through more friendlier services such as binance,bitget, trust wallet, etc you name it. But!, Am not saying there are no problems there, but you will have a less of a hustle using those platforms. I for one, have been using binance for years now, and have never gotten my money frozen, you can literally send and receive money to/from any user on Binance across the globe with zero charges and instantly. If you have heard of people getting rich off crypto pakatipa, this is where the loophole was exploited but thats a story for another day. I can keep going, but these are the main 3 reasons why @PayPal introducing its PYUSD in Malawian changes anything for you as an average Malawian. Rock on!