Friends/Family vs Goods/Services

[dbsd]

I'd like to know whether it's acceptable to PayPal if I accept payments for tutoring services through "friends and family" for customers I know personally and see every week (i.e. the issue of trust is not a problem). I have now known most of these people for years and would actually now call them "friends," but they are in fact paying for a tutoring service. I don't want to violate any of PayPal's policies but just want to know if the line gets blurred after a certain amount of time knowing people personally, such that one could make a case that they can pay as friends.

[kernowlass]

@dbsd 

Its against Paypal rules to accept a family / friends payment for selling goods OR services and you risk your Paypal account being limited if you do so.

Paypal do not like you evading paying your paypal fee for using their services to receive payments.

If they are not 'gifts' for family members or close mates then you should not use that option.

You also risk your account being limited if you select that option for payments.