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For most online work, you will receive payment through PayPal. There are 3 different types of Paypal accounts – Personal, Premier and Business . For Premier and Business account, a fee is deducted while receiving money. It is better to open a Personal account, when you can receive payments free from other PayPal accounts. You can open a personal account free.

To open a Paypal account, go the Paypal website. First select the personal account option and also the country. You will then fill a form to create your PayPal account. You have to provide your address and home phone number. For email address, do not use a free email address which can be closed any time. In case you forget the password, the link for resetting the password will be sent to this address. 

The password should be atleast 8 characters long. You will have to answer 2 security questions out of the 4 available – Your mother’s maiden name, last 4 character’s of driver’s license, Father’s city of birth, city of birth. Note down the answers, since these will be required for password recovery.

After you fill the form for opening a PayPal account, you will receive an email with the activation link. After clicking the link, your account will be activated and you can start sending and receiving money.

It appears that PayPal’s Indian operations are handled through their Singapore office. The website is fairly slow when accessed from Mumbai, India , so you have to be patient as the pages load on your computer.