Paypal status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Paypal reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Paypal users through our website.

• Sign in (41%)
• Errors (37%)
• Website Down (22%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Paypal outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Benfeld	Sign in	1 day ago
Gérardmer	Sign in	3 days ago
Township of Evan	Sign in	4 days ago
Lodève	Errors	4 days ago
Brisbane	Sign in	4 days ago
Sydney	Sign in	5 days ago

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  JakeOnGrowth (@jakeongrowth) reported 16 seconds ago

  I've only ever had one job in my life. It lasted a few months, and I quit on the spot when I was 17. A week before, £3,000 had landed in my PayPal account. At the time I was working a few hours a week at Morrisons for about £180 a month. Stacking shelves, standing on the till. Then I made almost 17x that in a week from something I built myself. On my own time, with nothing but my phone and an idea. So I stood there doing the maths in my head, walked up to my manager and quit on the spot. No notice. No plan for what came next. To this day, that's still the only job I've ever had. That same year I started sixth form, and instead of slowing the business down I kept it running through the whole thing. Working on it before school. During lunch instead of eating with everyone else. Last thing before bed, replying to people who wanted to join. My teachers noticed. They weren't happy. A couple of them pulled me aside and told me straight. You're distracted. This is just a phase. If you actually want to go somewhere in life, focus on what matters. I understood why they said it. I just didn't agree. So I kept going. Still came out with three A's at the end of it. Looking back, that year taught me something about myself. I've always been a risk taker. It's just how I'm wired. Everyone around me was following the same path. School, uni, grad job, climb the ladder. And I get why. It's safe. It's what we're told to do. But I kept choosing the high risk option instead. Betting on the thing that was working over the thing that was expected. And every big step forward in my career since has come from making that same trade. I remember watching an old interview with Steve Jobs where he talked about starting Apple with Wozniak. He said they realised they had nothing to lose and everything to gain. That's exactly how I felt at 17. And honestly, it's how I still feel every single day. Because the worst thing that can happen is you lose it all and start over. Except this time with more knowledge, more experience, and everything to gain all over again. That's the whole trade. Limited downside, unlimited upside. Most people never take it. Not because the risk is too big, but because the story about the risk is.

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  Kevin (@Kevincreates77) reported 4 minutes ago

  The review system is gamed, and the star rating is lying to you. You see 4.6 stars and 12,000 reviews. You trust it. You shouldn't at least not at face value . Amazon has a massive fake review problem, and it goes deeper than most shoppers realize. Sellers pay for fake 5-star reviews through private Facebook groups and Telegram channels. They offer full refunds via PayPal in exchange for glowing write-ups. Some use "review clubs" where hundreds of fake buyers purchase the product, leave 5 stars, and get reimbursed. The product gets thousands of reviews in weeks, ranks higher in search, and looks legitimate to every future shopper who lands on the page. But it gets worse. Some sellers use a tactic called "review hijacking" they take an existing listing with thousands of strong reviews and swap out the product entirely. The reviews stay. The product changes. You're reading reviews for a completely different item. One former analyst described the scale: "We estimated that 30-40% of reviews in certain product categories supplements, electronics accessories, beauty had some level of manipulation. Not all outright fake, but incentivized, recycled, or merged from different product listings. The star rating was a marketing asset, not a quality metric." The counter-move: Install a browser extension like Fakespot or ReviewMeta. These tools analyze review patterns timing, language, reviewer history and give you an adjusted rating based on how many reviews appear genuine. Also, filter by "Verified Purchase" and sort by most recent. If the recent reviews are dramatically worse than the overall rating, the product has likely declined in quality while riding the coattails of old reviews.

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  XYRA ✨ | VGEN COMMS OPEN (@_sxaynrdra) reported 4 minutes ago

  @ziwan_o1 Yeah that is my issue why it's still there. I don't get many clients and when I do most of them uses PayPal as payment method. I activated this as precautions incase my PayPal gets flagged and get permanently banned.

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  Mike P (@mikepat711) reported 6 minutes ago

  The Cursor SpaceXAI overlap is giving Venmo PayPal vibes. Are Cursor and Grok going to stay separate things? This is called Grok Bot but I'm getting routed to a Cursor login portal when I try to launch the Mac client? What we doin here fam? I'm confused as ****

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  4TON$ (@4TONSofPure) reported 8 minutes ago

  @Rb__sa I successfully completed the non FNB customer profile.. but was having issues using the information received from you to utilise the PayPal services.. this was a 48hour process, today I received an email to visit my nearest branch.. will they be able to assist?

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  Bruce in Iloilo (@BruceinIloilo) reported 11 minutes ago

  PayPal is such a pain. So many hoops. High charges. Every time I went to use it, there was some issue or glitch or something didn't work right. And now they closed my account because I did not respond to some scam. PayPal sucks

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  🩷pinkchocowings💙 (@pinkchocowings) reported 12 minutes ago

  chose paypal but had issues as shipping was not added... when tried to pay again, it was sold out already at 10:02am 💔 @teamwangdesign_ please restock 🙏🏼

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  DividendBoomer (@BoomerDivvies) reported 15 minutes ago

  @darrelltalksfi I sold PayPal after it recovered from a long down cycle. I wish I only picked winners lol.

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  Brandon Crotti/Steelers/Yankees/Lakers (@BrandonCro96736) reported 16 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal I used my verification code still does not let me in I cannot contact help because I can't sign in

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  Christina Lee (@_Rina__Lee) reported 17 minutes ago

  here's how to make your first sale without an audience, without a product, and without spending a dollar step 1: think of one problem you've solved for yourself in the last 12 months. lost weight. cleared skin. organized apartment. grew followers. learned to cook. fixed sleep. anything step 2: write the solution as a numbered list in your notes app. every step you took. every product you used. every mistake you made. every shortcut you found. raw. unedited. brain dump step 3: text 3 friends this message: "i'm putting together a guide on [topic]. would you pay $20 for the exact breakdown of how i did it with every step and product listed" if 2/3 say yes you have a validated product. if they say no ask "what would make it worth $20 to you" and adjust based on their answer step 4: clean up the brain dump. add links to products. add before/after if you have it. export as PDF. send it to the friends who said yes. collect payment through venmo, paypal, or cash app step 5: screenshot the transaction. screenshot their reaction when they read it. post both with "just sold my first digital product. if you want the guide DM me. $20" you just made your first sale. the number doesn't matter. the neural pathway you just created does. your brain now has proof that strangers will pay you for what you know. that proof rewires everything that comes after it

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  ✧Concept of Stars✧ COMMS OPEN (@ConceptOfStars) reported 25 minutes ago

  I have a little problems with PayPal, new comms on Adam YCH of timely delays. This does not affect the already accepted commisions! Sorry!

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  S 👑 EST.19XX ♊️ (@Simply_SunriseX) reported 26 minutes ago

  Down price $75 PayPal

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  Funnelish (@funnelish) reported 26 minutes ago

  Upsells for PayPal users don't fail because of the offer. They fail on the extra verification step. The moment there's an extra step, there’s an extra step: → login → 2FA → re-approval You're forcing a new decision, and CVR drops. At 10,000 PayPal orders, even a 2-point lift on a $30 upsell adds up fast. One less step means less time for intent to decay. We introduced PayPal V3 to remove redirects for vault-eligible merchants. Customers accept the post-purchase offer in one click. The upsell checkout for buyers feels like a single flow, not a fragmented process.

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  DapsyPay (@dapsypay) reported 28 minutes ago

  African merchants just got a bigger door to the global market. PayPal is now at checkout on thousands of African stores. This week, SeerBit, a pan-African payments company, integrated PayPal. Merchants on its platform can now accept payments from PayPal's hundreds of millions of users, alongside cards and mobile money. What happened? African businesses can now sell to the world with a checkout global buyers already trust. Why it matters: fewer abandoned carts, higher conversion, and easier cross-border e-commerce for small sellers. Who it affects: every African SME that sells online and every importer dealing with international customers. The lesson: the world's biggest payment brands are now plugging into African infrastructure. Collecting from global customers is becoming easier. But that is only half of trade. The other half is paying your own suppliers abroad, and that half still crawls through slow, costly bank routes. The businesses that win will pair easy collection with reliable payment. That is where DapsyPay comes in. Same-day delivery, transparent fees, no surprises. Follow for news that affects your money. The world can now pay you. Make sure you can pay the world back.

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  GeekyHairyBestia (@GeekyHairy) reported 30 minutes ago

  @PayPal does ur resolution Centre use AI or something. How can you refuse a claim for having a delivery of over 30kg of RAW DOG FOOD delivered rancid because they shipped it on a Friday so took 5days instead of next day to deliver and vender states not their problem as it a MEAL.

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  liam. (@liambraus) reported 36 minutes ago

  JD Ross lore is actually insane > show up at WashU on two scholarships > study finance and computer science at the same time > freshman year: start running a campus apparel company > also buy a moving company off some other students > graduate 2011 with two degrees and two businesses 2011 > join Addepar as one of the first employees > end up VP of Product > meet Keith Rabois > Rabois tries to hire him to run risk at Square > says no 2014 > co-found Opendoor at 23 with Rabois and Eric Wu > the pitch: skip the agent, we'll just buy your house > everyone says real estate will never work online > raise from Khosla Ventures > scale to 1,500+ employees > buy and sell tens of thousands of homes > Opendoor goes public in December 2020 2019 > leave, become a GP at Atomic > the studio behind Hims & Hers and Homebound > co-found three more companies out of it: Villa Homes, Playbook, Butter > then co-found Royal, where you buy royalty shares in actual songs 2023 > pick the next entrenched industry: insurance brokerage > $500B, basically unchanged for 40 years > the problem: your broker earns a % of your premium > which means they get paid more when you overpay > co-found WithCoverage and charge a flat fee instead > 700+ companies switch, including GoPuff, Eight Sleep, Blank Street > Hungryroot cuts $300K a year. Thirty Madison over $200K January 2026 > raise $42M Series B > led by Sequoia and Khosla > Keith Rabois writes the check > same guy he started Opendoor with, 12 years later > also the first time Rabois and Roelof Botha have teamed up since PayPal August 2026 > ship WithCoverage 2.0

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  still mean 🍰 ไอริส (@ngong_z) reported 38 minutes ago

  why is paypal not working welp

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  mar (@bloodorangegirl) reported 41 minutes ago

  Down $480 now because someone decided to be super inconsiderate and paypal wont ******* help me wow i love life

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  Draxx Artz (@art7draxx) reported 41 minutes ago

  PayPal is acting up for me; have they been having issues lately? although I think it might be my phone too

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  Bubble Puppy VT 🫧🐶 Tamagotchi Vtuber (@BubblePuppyVT) reported 43 minutes ago

  @Sinbadstardust This is so tragic!?! Is this a paypal issue? Are you in or out of the US, because there may be alternate routes to take!

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  CatMuto (@CatMuto) reported 43 minutes ago

  Dang it, #PayPal, I am trying to report an accidental double-charge, and your resolution center is not working, so I can't report the problem.

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  Suzie Lee (@SuzieLeevj) reported 48 minutes ago

  @Xx1tzwillowduh_ Definitely worth having a backup to PayPal if you plan to take commissions later. Payment issues can be a headache once you're relying on them for income, so having another option ready is a smart move.

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  Dogman705 (@Dogman705) reported 54 minutes ago

  @jaggedmaven this is a pretty large rant, but: i cannot run nightshade because getting an @AMDRadeon was my worse mistake this year. i found some of my stuff in some datasets that are widely used for ai training, so i cannot actually post anything without poisoning it, and i cant do it. and i have yet to set even a workflow to get the comissions running, i need to use USDT or USDC, that is my ONLY choice, and im kinda discouraged due fanbox and subscribestar are also not viable because @Wise would just let me down by its own rules, that somehow are above any involved country laws, and using paypal is just begging to be robbed. so by the time i solve my problems i'll face unfair competition by some ai dude profiting from my own effort if i continue posting, but if i dont post more often my reach will be buried into oblivion.

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  Phil Mason (@Philo1000) reported 55 minutes ago

  @MacDoug1 @Rogers I had a similar issue with that scumbag company #Paypal but at least I finally got through to the Toronto office!

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  Sanjay (@sanjayi0) reported 56 minutes ago

  If you've missed $SERV earlier, It's time to start accumulating slowly from here. The market sentiment is not good right now, It may also go down further but this price seems reasonable Order 1: CMP Order 2: 0.195$ Order 3: 0.015$ The team is building silently in bear market. - Joining Emerging Payments Association Asia (EPAA) alongside global giants like Mastercard, PayPal, and HSBC - Pushing hard into regulated finance + agentic payments with v3 in development + SOC2/ISO certifications underway - Look where @openservai logo sitting in middle of tech giants.

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  Arez (@MageArez) reported 59 minutes ago

  @JermainePercins I've been dealing with unbearable payment processing issues. My name is blacklisted on all major payment processors like @stripe @PayPal and so on. I was working for a while with having a having a strawman for my new companies but it's a recipe for a disaster long term.

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  UNDY247K (@UNDY24K) reported 59 minutes ago

  @Sevens_October let me know if the payment went thru bro. Idk y paypal sometimes give me issues with my cashapp card🤩 but I'm re excited now to finish it and prep for volume 3

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  . (@DatMLBro) reported 59 minutes ago

  @Fosudo The issue isn’t just Nigeria’s reputation. India has its own fraud and financial crime problems, yet PayPal serves them. The difference is leverage: India can push back. Nigeria’s weak institutions often leave us begging for access instead of demanding fair treatment.

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  ayu trades - spaylater, ggives, etc. (@ayutrades) reported 60 minutes ago

  open for transfer • not verify ewallet/bank balance transfer to verify (gcash, maya, grab pay, shopee, lazada) • gcash/maya with issue transfer balance (face recognition, authentication failed, can’t send/open) • paypal permanent limited withdrawal (need lagpas 180 days)

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  Bell ݁ ˖Ი𐑼⋆ (@SweetieBellini) reported 60 minutes ago

  @jmnationtv @PayPal @AskPayPal This is terrible. Every day it feels like PayPal gets so much scarier to use