Doing business online providing e-commerce service is main source of income for some IT people. Making money online comes from a vast variety of sources. This could include providing IT support services remotely to do computer system maintenance or computer software re-installation. It could also be a web design or web development work, providing web hosting, maintaining blogs, or doing SEO marketing for a particular business and other wide range of work online.

Usually, PayPal is the platform which is widely used in services payment online. This comes very convenient for both the customer and the service provider. With the use of email alone registered with PayPal payments are transferred hassle free. It comes to be a trusted form of payment online. I don’t doubt when someone pays through PayPal as transaction payments are received immediately.

I got a surprised to receive a payment which requires clearing and that’s in a form of PayPal eCheck. I delivered the services online, but the customer paid through PayPal eCheck and it’s about 3 to 5 days before I could get the payment usable. There are reports that some unscrupulous people are taking advantage of this. Thus, others are wary of receiving payments in a form of eCheck.

PayPal though is very clear in stating not to ship items before the payment is cleared. How about if it’s a online service done such as website design or remote computer software installation? This leaves the service provider with little or no choice. Every transaction on the Internet involves risk. Thus, a degree of trust should also prevail that the agreement would be honored. Just keep your fingers crossed while waiting for the PayPal eCheck to get cleared.