What are some reasons why my payment would be held?

In deciding whether to apply payment holds, PayPal reviews many factors including:

• Account tenure
• Transaction activity
• Business type
• Past customer disputes
• Overall customer satisfaction

Holds are typically placed on:

• New sellers or sellers who have limited selling activity - until they build up a history of successful transactions
• Merchants selling in higher-risk categories like electronics or tickets, where we see higher levels of chargebacks and disputes
• Sellers who have performance issues, or a high rate of buyer dissatisfaction or disputes