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I live in Australia and have been wanting to set up a PayPal account so that I can set up art commissions and get a little bit of money that way.
My understanding of the personal PayPal account type (which is what I currently have, as my mother said I wasn't eligible for a business account) is that receiving money is a bit more tricky. My mother (she's probably going to feature heavily in this post, I'm afraid) said that I would have to get people to tick the "from a friend or family member" box when receiving payments, although as I understand it that's 1: against PayPal's rules and 2: makes it so that the customer can't get their money back via chargeback.
The reason my mother said I wasn't eligible for a business account is because, legally, I do not have a business, and it wouldn't be something I could maintain as I would not be doing a high number of commissions. Do I actually have to be running a business to set up a business PayPal account? I've had a bit of a look around and it seems like I don't but I wanted to double check.
Thank you!