Do you intend opening a south African PayPal account that you can use at convenience? Opening a south African PayPal account in Nigeria is as simple as opening a Lesotho PayPal or UAE PayPal account in Nigeria. We’ve been able to cover all that in our previous tutorials.

It is no news that Nigerian PayPal comes with a lot of restrictions.

If you’re a Nigerian willing to use PayPal at all costs while still bypassing all the restrictions on Nigerian PayPal, it behoves you to try any of the reliable alternatives to Nigerian PayPal.

Luckily, South African PayPal comes into the spotlight as one of the best alternatives to Nigerian PayPal.

In this post, you’ll find out how you can create a South African PayPal account and verify it.

Steps for Opening a South African PayPal Account in Nigeria

• Click the link here to visit the sign-up page for PayPal

• After landing on the sign-up page, hit the Sign Up option at the top of the page

• Subsequently, you should choose the option “business account”. “Business account” is the best (account) type you can choose simply because it enables you to have unrestricted access to all PayPal features

• Tap the continue button in order to proceed with the account creation
• You should be taken to where you can put your phone number, as seen on the screenshot below;

• On the next page, you’ll have to input your email address, preferably a new and verified Gmail address. Tap the continue button after supplying the email address (As regards email address, you should consider either a custom email address or a Gmail account)
• Tap the next button after inputting your email address
• The subsequent page contains a number of fields into which you should input your details (personal and business information) as appropriate. For the business name field, you can define any business name whether real or unreal but for the business information area, you’ll have to supply your correct first name and last name as legal names. Below are the various input fields and how you should deal with them:
  • Email address –this is the field into which you’ll input the email address (preferably a Gmail address) you’d like to use for the PayPal account creation. Input the email address and your preferred password as required
  • Business information –as stated earlier, you should input your real name (first name and last name) in the fields for legal names but for the business name field, you’re free to input any business name regardless of whether it is real, unreal, registered or unregistered.
  • Phone number –this field is where you input your phone number. Since you’re opening the South African PayPal account in Nigeria, you’ll have to tap the provided drop-down and change the location from South Africa to Nigeria. Nigeria’s code is 234 and so, you’ll have to add your phone number to the code without adding the first zero of the number. Following that, you should input the address on your local bank statement. Then, specify USD as the currency you’d like to use for your PayPal transactions. After that, tick the I Agree and Continue box to verify that you’ve agreed to PayPal’s User Agreement and Privacy Policy. With that done, you may then click the blue-coloured Agree and Continue button so that you can proceed to the next page
• The subsequent (Tell us about your business page) is where you’ll provide specific information about your type of business. If you don’t have any business and are not willing to start one, you don’t have to get worried as you can still proceed with the account creation. All you have to do is to choose “individual” and simply specify anything in the (business) category and subcategory fields. For the Business URL field, you don’t have to input any URL except you have a business website. Tap the Continue button to proceed.
• The next (account holder information) page is where you’ll have to verify your identity by uploading an identification document. For the field titled Nationality, input Nigeria and for identity, you should input the details of your national ID or other document you’re submitting as a means of identification. With the details duly supplied, you can hit the Submit
• The next page is where you’re meant to undergo account activation and payment setup. To do all that, you simply have to confirm the email address you supplied earlier by visiting the corresponding email account. You should comply with the instructions for the confirmation. Normally, you’ll find a confirmation link in the mail sent to the email account. Click the link and on the page that emerges, look for the option “Profile” and click it. You’ll find this option just beside the Log out button on the page.
• Clicking the Profile option will trigger two notifications, with the first one requesting that you confirm your email address and the second asking that you link and confirm your debit/credit card.
• Tap the confirm email address notification and then click the option “Unconfirmed” as seen on the subsequent page
• After doing the above, you’ll be taken to a new page. Scroll to Confirm this email address as seen on the page and click it. Subsequently, you’ll receive a mail message in the email account you provided.
• Log into the account again and click the mail message. Doing that will take you to the login page where you’ll have to complete your PayPal account verification. You should input your password in order to log in to the account
• Following the successful email verification, you’ll have to link your debit/credit card to the PayPal account. So, you should input your card details in the required fields and tap the Continue button. After that, you’ll receive a debit alert from your bank. You may get the alert immediately or in a matter of hours. Meanwhile, the word “CODE” will be sent along with the debit alert statement. Take a careful look at the word “CODE” which you’ll find within digits. Carefully note the four digits before the word “CODE” and take it as the code for your account verification. Return to the PayPal account you’re creating and provide the 4-digit code as required for account verification.

Provided that you have followed all the instructions above, you can rest assured that your South Africa PayPal account is ready for sending and receiving funds in Nigeria.

Conclusion

South African PayPal is certain to guarantee you access to those PayPal features you wouldn’t get from Nigerian PayPal. Therefore, you may opt for South African PayPal provided you don’t find Nigerian PayPal any suitable.