Send Money Via PayPal Using Your Cell Phone
Did you know that you can make PayPal payments using your cell phone? And I’m not talking here about a fancy-schmancy web-enabled phone, although that would allow you to simply surf on over to PayPal.com. Rather, I’m talking about a run-of-the-mill cell phone. Here’s the deal…
First off, you need to activate your phone. You can then send money to a friend’s phone number or e-mail address simply by sending a text message like this:
send 10 to 2025551414
or simply this:
10 2025551414
or maybe this:
send 10 to name@domain.com
to 729725 (PAYPAL). PayPal will then call or text you to confirm your PIN.
Alternatively, you can call PayPal at 1-800-4PAYPAL (1-800-472-9725) to send money. Thus, you can take advantage of this even if your phone isn’t capable of texting.
Currently, the following U.S. carriers can handle PayPal Mobile for texting:
Alltel
Cinci Bell
Midwest Wireless
Sprint
T-Mobile (regular and pre-paid)
Verizon
Virgin Mobile
While I realize this has been around for a little while, I still thought it was worth mentioning. In fact, this sort of technology (if widely adopted) could revolutionize person-to-person transactions, as you’d be able to effectively pay individuals electronically while out and about.
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June 18th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Neat trick, but I most likely will never use it. It won’t be at any point in the forseeable future, at any rate. Nice to know that it is available, though.
June 18th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Just to add that you can do this in the UK too.
June 18th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Obopay allows you to make payments via cell phone text messaging as well (although, I just canceled my account with them because they threatened to increase the fees).
June 18th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
I think this would be great for in-person transactions such as craigslist ads. You don’t have to carry around large amounts of cash. We’re slowly becoming a paperless society with cash.
June 18th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Danny, I think it would be great for craigslist transactions.
I was also thinking garage sales and the like, but that’s not necessarily a tech-savvy crowd.
January 2nd, 2013 at 7:31 pm
Does anyone know if it can be done from Portugal?