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W o r k s h o p s

Creat e a P a y P a l g r o u p

t o c o l l e ct m o n e y

What you n eed: Any w eb browser Time required: 15 minutes

nline-payments system PayPal has group trip, group gift, s pecial e vent, o r
Olaunched a n ew feature c alled to help someone in need. W e’ll show you
Money P ools. Y ou can use t his t o c reate a how t o c reate a M oney Pool for a 7 0th
group and s ecurely c ollect money f rom birthday g ift on your PC. Y ou can follow
your family a nd friends. It’s ideal for the s ame s teps by installing t he free
contributing t o s hared e xpenses like a PayPal Android or iOS a pp.

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STEP Go go www.paypal.com, c lick Log I n a t t he top r ight STEP Now g ive y our p ool a n ame 1 , s et the g oal a mount 2
1 and l og into your account. I f y ou don’t have an r ight 2 and a d ate w hen t he pool c loses 3 (the latter two a re
c lick the S ign
a t t he top
optional). By default, ‘Show
U p
b utton
t he amount you’ve
account, t hen
to create a f ree o ne (you’ll b e p rompted t o l ink y our b ank collected’ i s t icked 4 , b ut you c an untick t his i f y ou want to
account to it), otherwise log i nto y our e xisting a ccount. O n y our hide i t. After filling i n t hese details, c lick the N ext b utton 5 .
PayPal homepage, y ou’ll s ee options to add a nother b ank On the f ollowing screen, y ou need to select one o f t hree options
account or card i f y ou want 1 . H ere, you’ll see t he new M oney to set w hat c ontributors can pay: any a mount, m inimum
Pools s ectiion 2 . C lick Start C ollecting 3 , t hen c lick ‘Create a amount, o r a n e xact amount. A t t he bottom, y ou’ll s ee two
Pool’ a t t he top r ight. tickboxes: to show/hide contributors’ n ames and s how/hide t he
amounts t hey’ve contributed. C lick Next when you’ve finished.
STEP Y o u’ll now s ee the o ption to add NEXT ISSUE
3 a c over photo 1 and a d escription ONSALE
to your pool (useful to explain
why y ou’re c ollecting money) 2 . C lick the • • Use W indows 10’s Weds
3 J an
Preview b utton 3 to see h ow your Money superb new
Pool webpage looks. I f y ou need to make video e ditor
1 changes, click t he ‘Edit d etails’ l ink a t t he • • Remove Windows 10’s
top l eft. When you’re happy , click P ublish biggest annoyances
at the t op right, then click ‘ Agree a nd • • Remotely access an
Publish’. Y ou’ll n ow get a l ink t o t he web iPhone or iPador iPad
page that you c an copy a nd email t o y our • • Save data o n y ourSave data on your
family and f riends. They c an contribute t o phone and t abletand tatablettablet
your Money P ool u sing their P ayPal
2 balance, d ebit card o r b ank account (on
PC or phone). Fees apply i f t hey u se their
credit c ard o r i f s end m oney from abroad.
Upon reaching your intended goal
3 amount, y ou can transfer t he money i nto Subscribe to Computeractive at
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